everbright volunteer team and sham shui po district council member spending a happy easter with children from underprivileged families
china everbright limited’s (“everbright”, stock code: 165.hk) volunteer team visited sham shui po (south) integrated family service centre of international social service hong kong branch, jointly organized the “easter egg creation activity” with a local ngo, “yum cha together”, to show love and care to children from underprivileged families in sham shui po district. the children felt the joy of easter through designing the easter eggs and having chinese dim sum together. ms. joephy chan, member of the sham shui po district council, was invited to the event, where she visited and cared for the underprivileged group within the community in person.
the children who participated in the event are mainly from single-parent families, new immigrant families or low-income bracket in sham shui po district. they usually have very limited chance to join extracurricular activities. the easter egg creation activity with the volunteers helped to build the children’s confidence, improve their communication skills, and experience a festive spirit. every easter egg created every single child were beautiful and unique, and the volunteers complimented their creativity and imagination. all participants enjoyed chinese dim sum after the event, and spent a pleasant afternoon together.
ms. joephy chan appreciated the invitation from everbright, which allowed her to participate once again in a volunteer event organized by the group. she believes that volunteer events in districts can help volunteers learn more about the current social problems of hong kong’s grass-roots personally. this encourages more people to care about the situation of the more vulnerable community.
review from the participants:
“the volunteer event organized by the group gave me an opportunity to better understand the children in hong kong’s grass-root families. just like what we expected, they seem very timid, but are full of talent and have broad interests and hobbies beyond our expectations. the two-hour event for making easter eggs and chatting felt short, but it was meaningful. i really like this kind of event.” -- zhao xiaohan (investment and management department of everbright)
“it has been a pleasure to have a playdate with the children, and feel the warmth and energy radiating from every one of them! i like to see children being expressive about what they want, and i am surprised that they have clear goals even though they are still young. i would like to thank the corporate communication department for organizing such an event, and hope there will be more opportunities for us to participate in charity events.” -- izabelle ye (corporate client services department of everbright)
“i am very grateful that everbright’s volunteers came to sham shui po again. i hope that everbright will continue to support community services and expand into different communities, in order to bring more joy and laughter to children in every family in hong kong.”- ada ip (chief operating officer of yum cha together)
