Established in 2022, The Planning Department Volunteer Team has been working with different organisations to arrange various types of volunteer activities, bringing love and care to the community and fostering an inclusive society through volunteer work.
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Exchange with ethnic minority elders On 28 September and 23 November 2024, the Volunteer Team of the Planning Department, in collaboration with Hong Kong Christian Service under its Support to Ethnic Elderly (SEE) Project, conducted cultural exchanges with ethnic minority elders. The volunteers went to multicultural shops to buy food as gifts for the ethnic minority elders living alone or with mobility problems during home visits, showing love and care to them and sharing the joy of the National Day together.
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Visit of children in Po Leung Kuk The Volunteer Team of the Planning Department visited the children living in Po Leung Kuk for occasional care multiple times between August 2024 and January 2025 (17 August, 21 September, 19 October, 2 November, 14 December 2024 and 18 January 2025). Communicating and interacting with the children through group activities and games, the volunteers enjoyed the weekends together with the children.
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Charity book sale The Volunteer Team of the Planning Department joined a charity book sale event under the JC Volunteer Together Project on Charity book sale (25 May 2024). The volunteers assisted in duties such as sorting and conveyance of books in an effort to promote a reading culture among the general public.
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Visit of elderly singletons in Wing Cheong Estate On Visit of elderly singletons in Wing Cheong Estate, the Volunteer Team of the Planning Department participated in a volunteer activity co-organised by the Animal Social Enterprise and Sik Sik Yuen Ho Kin District Community Centre for Senior Citizens, and paid home visits to elderly singletons of Wing Cheong Estate, Sham Shui Po in groups (24 February 2024). The volunteers took the opportunity of the Spring Lantern Festival to extend care and warm regards to the elders, and chatted with them to learn about their physical conditions and daily needs. Through this activity, the volunteers gained a deeper understanding on the daily needs of elderly singletons and the caring work for abandoned animals.
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Interaction with ethnic minority families The Volunteer Team of the Planning Department and the Multicultural Outreaching Team for InclusiON of Hong Kong Christian Service jointly organised an activity (21 October 2023) for Hong Kong’s ethnic minority families on Interaction with ethnic minority families featuring health talks, interactive games and a grocery shopping session to enhance their competence in health management. The activity also helped ethnic minorities gain a deep understanding of local life and culture through exchanges and communication with the volunteers, facilitating the building of an inclusive society.
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Visit of elderly in Un Chau Estate To show care and respect for the elderly and their carers, the Volunteer Team of the Planning Department, in collaboration with Hong Kong Christian Service Un Chau Neighbourhood Elderly Centre, visited Un Chau Estate in Sham Shui Po to hand out daily necessities to the elderly on the day before the Senior Citizens Day (20 November 2022), Visit of elderly in Un Chau Estate, wishing them a happy Senior Citizens Day.
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