SHKP Quarterly

SHKP volunteers ride tandem bikes with people with visual impairments to enjoy biking fun together 集團義工與視障人士騎乘雙人單車，齊齊享受單車樂 Since its establishment in 2002, the SHKP-Kwoks’ Foundation has actively supported the country’s strategy of eradicating poverty through competency-based education. Financial assistance is provided to promising students from underprivileged families to help them pursue undergraduate studies. The Foundation has enhanced its poverty relief initiatives in recent years. The latest is a donation to the Hong Kong Poverty Alleviation Association in support of its Rural Doctors Training Programme in Nanjiang county, which is under Bazhong city in Sichuan. Organized by the Nanjiang Health and Family Planning Bureau and the Nanjiang Health School, the five-term programme is providing advanced training to about 500 rural doctors in the county from 2018 to 2020. There will be a qualification assessment to wrap up the programme. Those who pass the assessment receive a Certificate of Proficiency from the Nanjiang Health and Family Planning Bureau, which entitles them to officially engage in local health and medical services, providing people with more convenient and timely diagnoses. 新地郭氏基金自 2002 年成立以來，積極響應國家的精 準教育扶貧策略，為優秀的清貧學生提供經濟援助，讓 他們有機會修讀大學課程。近年，基金深化扶貧攻堅工 作，早前向香港各界扶貧促進會捐款，資助四川巴中市 南江鄉村醫生培訓項目。 The SHKP Volunteer Team joined hands with the Hong Kong Blind Sports Federation to provide a one-year tandem bike training course under its Light Up Sports Programme to help people with visual impairments enjoy biking fun. Volunteers took special training sessions with a professional cycling coach before they were qualified to become sighted captains. Each volunteer partnered with a rider with visual impairment to cycle from Sha Tin to Tai Po and back to Sha Tin on a tandem bike. The participants had so much fun while fostering social inclusion. 集團義工隊與香港盲人體育總會合作「活力瞳心體育計劃」的 雙人單車訓練班，協助視障人士享受騎單車的樂趣，活動為期 一年。義工事前特別接受了專業單車教練的訓練，才合資格成 為視障人士的領航員。每位義工夥拍一位視障人士，一起騎乘 雙人單車往返沙田至大埔，一同享受單車樂，以實際行動促進 共融精神。 SHKP-Kwoks’ Foundation donation supports rural doctors training programme held by the Hong Kong Poverty Alleviation Association 新地郭氏基金捐款予香港各界扶貧促進會 資助鄉村醫生培訓項目 SHKP volunteers enjoy biking fun with the visually impaired 集團義工與視障人士同享單車樂 SHKP-Kwoks’ Foundation Director Christopher Kwok (front, right) and Hong Kong Poverty Alleviation Association President Karson Choi (front, left) sign the donation agreement in the presence of Secretary-General Wen Hongwu of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR (back, centre) 新地郭氏基金董事郭基泓（前排右）與香港各界扶貧促進會會長蔡加讚（前排左）簽署捐 贈協議書，由中聯辦秘書長文宏武（後排中）見證 該項目由縣衛計局及縣衛校承辦，於 2018 至 2020 年期間，舉辦五 期鄉村醫生提升培訓班，為全縣約 500 名鄉村醫生進行培訓。培訓 結束後，經考核合格的鄉村醫生將獲縣衛計局簽發合格證，屆時可 正式投入村衛生醫療服務，為百姓帶來更快捷、及時的診斷。 19