SHKP Quarterly

The SHKP Volunteer Team’s passion has been widely recognized over the past 15 years including the latest bronze award for its weCare Volunteering Inclusion Project at the 2016-18 Best Corporate Volunteer Service Project Competition organized by the Steering Committee on Promotion of Volunteer Service of Social Welfare Department. The weCare Volunteering Inclusion Project aims to encourage young people with special needs to serve the community hand-in-hand along with SHKP volunteers, following a series of training sessions to enhance greater social inclusion. Young people and the Team visit the elderly on a regular basis and even make healthy festive food for them to spread some good cheer during the holidays. The two groups also exercise with the elderly and encourage them to make it a daily practice. The overall success of the weCare project is the result of the Volunteer Team’s dedication and that of the young people, which also serves as a showcase for social inclusion. 集團義工隊 15 年來熱心助人，屢獲嘉許，最近憑著「 weCare 共融義工計劃」，獲社 會福利署推廣義工服務督導委員會頒發「 2016-18 最佳企業義工計劃比賽」季軍。 「 weCare 共融義工計劃」鼓勵有特殊需要的青年接受培訓，再聯同新地義工參與義 務工作，以實際行動創建共融社會。學員與義工隊定期探訪長者，更製作健康的傳 統節慶食品送贈長者，與他們分享節日的喜悅。學員與義工隊亦會陪同長者練習健 體運動，鼓勵他們多做運動。是次獲獎，不但肯定了義工隊及學員的努力，而且體 現了傷健共融的精神。 SHKP-Kwoks' Foundation Executive Director Amy Kwok (front, centre), VIVA China Chairwoman Jennifer Yeo (front, right), Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation Acting Secretary General Jia Yong (front, left) and Shanghai Children’s Medical Centre Professor Tang Jing-yan (back, second left) with guests at the donation agreement signing ceremony 新地郭氏基金執行董事郭婉儀（前排中）、 VIVA 中國主席楊太（前排右）、上海 宋慶齡基金會代秘書長賈勇（前排左）及上海兒童醫學中心主任湯靜燕（後排左 二），於捐贈協議書簽署儀式上與嘉賓合照 Director of Social Welfare Carol Yip (fourth left) and Convenor of Sub-Committee on Promotion of Corporate Volunteering Kevin Lau (fourth right) present the Best Corporate Volunteer Service Project Competition bronze award to the SHKP Volunteer Team 社會福利署署長葉文娟（左四）和工商機構義務工作 推廣小組召集人劉健華（右四）頒發「最佳企業義工計 劃比賽」季軍予集團義工隊 SHKP-Kwoks' Foundation supports clinical research on acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children 新地郭氏基金支持兒童急性淋巴細胞性 白血病臨床研究項目 SHKP Volunteer Team earns recognition for social inclusion efforts 集團義工隊鼓勵傷健共融獲嘉許 For many years, the SHKP-Kwoks' Foundation has established various scholarships to nurture youth development. Recently, its caring initiatives have extended into medical services with a donation made towards a clinical research project under the VIVA China Children's Cancer Foundation. The donation will support a clinical research project on acute lymphoblastic leukemia among mainland children, with the aim of improving the cure rate in patients to above 90%. As part of efforts to nurture young people, the Foundation has established a scholarship at Southwest University since 2007 to support academically promising students from underprivileged families to pursue their studies. To date, more than 1,600 grants have been conferred. Foundation representatives have extended the scholarship agreement to continue supporting young people studying at the tertiary level. 新地郭氏基金多年來持續資助教育事業，培育年輕一代，最近 更捐款予一項臨床研究項目，為醫療建設出一分力。該項目屬 於「 VIVA 中國兒童癌症基金」旗下項目，捐款將用於資助內地 兒童急性淋巴細胞性白血病臨床研究組的工作，致力將患者的 治愈率提升到 90% 以上。 在培育人才方面，基金於 2007 年起，與西南大學合作設立 「西南大學獎助學金」，資助學習優秀但家庭經濟困難的 學生，至今提供超過 1,600 個獎助學金名額。基金代表早前 與校方再次簽訂捐贈協議，繼續支持年輕人修讀大學。 Sustainability Vol 90 • Q4 2018 • SHKP Quarterly 24