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Message from Executive Director
I am always humbled and uplifted when I witness volunteers like you who put your beliefs into action. One example of this took place on a blisteringly hot day on 1st September when over 1,700 Christian Action volunteers labored to raise funds by selling flags. Through the sacrifices of supporters like you over $460,000 was raised to help new arrivals and ethnic minorities. On behalf of all those we serve I would like to say "thank-you" to the 12 schools, churches, branches of Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, disciplined service units and non-profit organizations and companies for providing flag bag collection points and for providing volunteers, and G4S Cash Services Limited for sponsoring secure transportation services. more



Send Love to Qinghai–Sharing Session of Child Sponsors
In order for sponsors of our Child Sponsorship Programme to understand more about our humanitarian services in Qinghai, we held a Sharing Session on 8th December 2007. We have invited 60 sponsors and volunteers who took part in the youth trips this year to join the sharing. 2 Executive Committee members, Mrs. Sophie Hung and Dr. Yue Kwok To also joined to support this activity. more

Adoptive Children Visit Xining Children's Home
This summer was a special moment for 3 teenage girls with a mixture of anxiety and excitement. Jie-jie, Ling-ling and Yang-yang left Xining 4-5 years ago to live in the States with their wonderful new families. They returned to visit the Xining Children's Home with their adoptive parents in July 2007. more





"Small Light,Big Love" 2007 Charity Catwalk Show
On 24th November 2007 we have organized a "Small light, Big Love" Charity Catwalk Show in the Dragon Centre. This event was aimed to promote the awareness of environmental protection and raise funds for the Xining Children's Home in Qinghai. We were delighted to have artists Yan Ng, Oscar and Yo Yo Chan to be the Ambassadors of the event. more

Charity Basketball Game
More and more corporates have been participating in community services to support the disadvantaged communities. City Telecom (CTI) is one of the corporates willing to undertake the social responsibility and encourage staff to take part in voluntary work. CTI and Christian Action held a "Charity Basketball Game-cum-Kick Off Ceremony of CTI Volunteer Team" on 30th August 2007 at Plaza Hollywood to help the low-income families and ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. more



Scott's Singing Tang Poems in Putonghua Contest 2007
To mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR and promote racial harmony as well as facilitating the usage of Putonghua, Christian Action, SONY BMG and Matches Foundations jointly organized the "Scott's Singing Tang Poems in Putonghua Contest 2007" on 28th July 2007 at Kai Tin Shopping Mall, Lam Tin. The event was fully sponsored by Scott's. more




Most Improved Trainees of YPTP & YWETS
Christian Action has been actively participating in the Labour Department's "Youth Pre-employment Training Programme" (YPTP) and "Youth Work Experience and Training Scheme" (YWETS) to equip the young generation with new vocational skills and employment assistance. In the 2007/08 Kick-off-cum-Award Presentation Ceremony of the YPTP and YWETS, one of our trainees Ivan Cheung was awarded as the "Most Improved Trainees of YPTP & YWETS" out of 12 awardees. more



Job Fair for Ethnic Minorities
With the support of the Labour Department, Christian Action organized a Job Fair for ethnic minorities on 4th October 2007 at the Henry Leong Yaumatei Community Centre. This is the second year we held this job fair, and we hope to provide the better educated and more motivated ethnic minorities a convenient occasion to seek jobs. We have received full support from the Vocational Training Council and the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau. Mr Byron Ng, Assistant Commissioner (Employment Services) of the Labour Department officiated at the opening ceremony. more



Job Fairs
Our Marketing & Liaison Department has organized 3 job fairs with different themes from September to November in 2007, which provided 6,500 vacancies. We held a job fair in Henry Leong Yaumatei Community Centre on 22nd November, which was the biggest job fair in 2007 and provided 5,000 vacancies, such as sales, shop assistant and customer service assistant. We held another Healthcare job fair on 8th November which mainly focused on vacancies for baby caretakers and domestic helpers, 130 people joined this job fair. more



Know More Domestic Migrant Helpers' Rights
At the end of June 2007, the Domestic Helpers and Migrant Workers Programme (DMW) conducted a 'Train the Trainer' session on the Sexual Discrimination Ordinance (SDO). The training was sponsored by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in pursuit of its aim to raise awareness about sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace. The training was conducted by Myriam Bartu and attended by an array of NGOs, such as Helpers for Domestic Helpers, Mission for Migrant Workers and Asian Migrant Centre. These organizations have offered assistance to migrant domestic workers (MDW) and other ethnic minorities. more