Tuesday, March 15, 2011

MG Project - Elderly Centres

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION MATCHING GRANT PROJECT

IMPROVEMENT IN THE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERS

WOMEN’S WELFARE CLUB WESTERN DISTRICT HONG KONG

KWAN KAI MING MEMORIAL CHUNG HOK ELDERLY CENTRE &

CHUNG HOK SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY





Kwan Kai Ming Memorial Chung Hok Elderly Centre & Chung Hok Social Centre for the Elderly are situated at Shaukeiwan & the Western District in the Hong Kong Island respectively, which are the old developed areas with a large population of old people living in the neighborhood.

The 2 elderly centres have about 2,000 members, a great majority between the age of 70 to 90, and 20% of them are living singly. They provide service to the elders to live a positive old age life in the community with which they are familiar. The 2 centres are 80% subsidized by the government for their running expenses and they have to raise their own funds to finance the balance.

The 2 centres need improvement in the facilities for the elders, including a massage chair for the elders who have long term pain problems and related diseases; a projector for educational talks and movies; Wii consoles for the elders’ exercise and fun; and computers to be used by the elders and the teaching staff.

The equipments will be installed in the 2 centres according to their needs and the availability of space. The centres are situated in the densely populated areas where the demand for service is great. The tight centre space and limited facilities require the staff to manage the use of the equipments carefully. The staff will organize scheduled use of the massage chair and the Wii consoles, organize educational and health talks and movie programs for the elders regularly, and organize computer classes and schedule the use of the computers. The staff will arrange continuous maintenance program for the equipments.

Rotarians, their spouses and children of the club will visit the centres, organize gatherings with the elders, show their care and love for them. The members of the club will supervise the acquisition, exercise control of the funding and the installation. The Rotarians from the International Partner will monitor the funding, come to Hong Kong to visit the centres and show their care about the elders.

Bring Me a Book Project

Bring Me a Book Project

Provide 3 libraries with quality books with bookshelves to 3 Kindergartens



The project is to provide 3 libraries with quality books with bookshelves to 3 Kindergartens.

The 3 Kindergartens are operated by the Women’s Welfare Club Western District, a NGO with limited subsidy from the government.

The libraries are acquired from the reading specialist organization “Bring Me a Book” which  provide the books and the training to the teachers of the Kindergartens. The books are selected by experts from the US and HK and they are the best books for children.

“Bring Me a Book” will provide annual training and books update to the Kindergartens to make sure the libraries are used properly.

Notebook computers and digital cameras are acquired for the Kindergartens to improve the teaching facilities.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Career Expo 2011




We are proud to have organized this career expo for the tenth straight year.  Over the years, we have worked with over 300 professionals and benefited over 2,500 students from various secondary schools.  
Careers Expo 2011 was held in January 2011 at Hotung Secondary School. The Careers Expo 2011 was organised and sponsored by Rotary Club of Kingspark Hong Kong together with Hotung Secondary School; and supported by Queen's College, Wah Yan College - Hong Kong, Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School and TSK Victoria Government Secondary School.

The Careers Expo 2011 brought a number of professionals from various industries to share their valuable career journeys with students, and the videos of the recommended talks are being uploaded below. We hope students can learn more about their future careers and what qualifications are required of them so they can build communities and bridge continents!

*Special thanks to Hotung Secondary School for their prompt support to the building of Career Guidance Resources Sharing Platform and generous sharing of videos with other teachers.