HKUST Connect supports and facilitates a broad and diverse set of collaborative activities that link the University and its larger community (local, state, national, global) for the benefit for all. Over the years, our students have collaborated with different partners in the following projects/events.
18 Aug 2014 Food Angel HKUST volunteers prepared food ingredients and packed hot meal boxes for the underprivileged communities.
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18 Aug 2014 World Vision Hong Kong HKUST Volunteers supported in a very meaningful event "Used Book Recycling Campaign" in their summer holiday.
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18 Aug 2014 In order to increase the confidence level for primary school students aged 6 - 12 in conversational English, our volunteers created a fun camp with a series of English games and activities for the children to experience a day in English.
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16 Aug 2014 HKUST volunteers provided logistics support in the registration counter and facilitated in crowd control and material distribution.
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Jul - Aug 2014
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6 Aug 2014 HKUST volunteers became the flag sellers to support the Association.
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Jul - Aug 2014 HKUST volunteers accompanied mentally challenged children to explore and to learn more about our society.
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Jul - Aug 2014 HKUST volunteers organized science lessons in which the primary school children could learn about and could apply scientific theories through interactive science experiments.
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Jun - Aug 2014 HKUST volunteers acted as big brothers and sisters to children coming from low income family to teach cooking skill and enhance self-care ability of those children.
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Jun - Aug 2014 The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups organized the Neighbourhood Academic Support Program to engage volunteers as private tutors for underprivileged children.
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4, 7, 9, 12 & 16 Jul 2014 The Centre regularly organizes healthy budgeting programs in different secondary schools. Volunteers played the roles of parents or bosses and taught secondary school students about financial management skills through interactive games.
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12 Jul 2014 HKUST volunteers provided logistics support to the Water Rocket Competition 2014.
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7 Jul 2014 HKUST volunteers participated in the scheme on a sunny Saturday afternoon and assisted revamping the gates of the elders.
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Sep 2013 - Jul 2014 Volunteers facilitated the experiential games for primary school students to learn more about financial management.
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21, 23, 25 & 30 Jun 2014 The Centre regularly organizes healthy budgeting programs in different secondary schools. Volunteers played the roles of parents or bosses and taught secondary school students about financial management skills through interactive games.
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May - Jun 2014 HKUST students provided tutorial classes and organized interactive games with the children from the low income families inHung Hom and Yau Ma Tei.
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Apr - Jun 2014 HKUST students have regular visits to the mentee's home and provide face-to-face, one-on-one, home-based language training to ethnic minorities (EM) who are unable to attend formal language classes.
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Sep 2013- Jun 2014 Volunteers served elders in Tseung Kwan O with traditional Chinese soup monthly.
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Sep 2013 - Jun 2014 Further to last year’s success, another group of students joined the project to care the elders who tended not to open up themselves in the Tseung Kwan O Community. A couple of volunteers were matched with one elderly family and visited the family monthly. During the visit, they not only got to know each other, but also built a close friendship.
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4-11 Jun 2014 HKUST students empower Cambodia children to pursue their dreams by showing affection and compassion through the specially designed educational and cultural exchange programs for kids in different organizations according to their needs and English level.
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3-8 Jun 2014 HKUST students planned and organized different interactive actvities for the primary school students to empower them to pursue their dreams.
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3-8 Jun 2014 The team prepared different interactive games and a carnival to the children. They also visited a social enterprise called “Providence Farm Family” to understand how its operations impact on Jiangxi local community.
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2-7 Jun 2014 This was the fourth time that HKUST volunteers continue their effort in serving the primary school children in Huangshan. Our volunteers organized the science teaching workshops and themed workshops to inspire them to learn. They also cared about the local families during the family visit.
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5 May 2014 The Sichuan Service Learning trip participants planned a Mandarin activity for primary school students in order to motivate the students to develop an interest for reading and encourage them to practice Mandarin.
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6, 13, 27 Apr & 4 May 2014 Through interactive games, the project aimed to motivate ethnic minority children to learn Chinese and deliver learning tips to them. Volunteers organized three teaching sessions and a city hunt around Hong Kong for them to learn Chinese but also to get to know Hong Kong.
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30 Apr 2014 HKUST volunteers prepared food ingredients and packed hot meal boxes for the underprivileged communities.
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9, 10, 16, 17 & 30 Apr 2014 HKUST volunteers provided regular tutorials to reduce their academic stress of children with limited family support on Wednesdays and Thursdays in April. Both the volunteers and the children enjoyed their tutorial sessions.
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Nov 2013 - Apr 2014 HKUST students from different schools were selected as ambassadors to promote integrity-related messages and assisted in an international project called “i-Relay” Youth Integrity Project.
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Feb - Apr 2014 HKUST volunteers accompanied mentally challenged adults to explore and learn more about their neighborhoods with the aim of helping them to experience a more vibrant community life.
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Oct 2013 - Apr 2014 HKUST volunteers organized some themed workshops and an outing for the mentally-challenged adults.
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10, 15, 17 & 24 Apr 2014 Through handicraft workshops organized by HKUST volunteers, new arrival and low-income women were encouraged to develop positive habits and new skills. Additionally, they had the opportunity to meet friends with similar backgrounds, engage in the broader community, and establish a support network among themselves.
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Mar - Apr 2014 Volunteers organized two cooking sessions, guided tour and family visits of HKUST for underprivileged children and their families. This project not only aimed to raise awareness about healthy diets and lifestyles, but to also provided an encouraging environment for the children.
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1 Mar 2014 The Centre regularly organizes healthy budgeting programs in different secondary schools. Volunteers played the roles of parents or bosses and taught secondary school students about financial management skills through interactive games.
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Jan - Mar 2014 HKUST students provided tutorial classes and organized interactive games with the children from the low income families.
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23 Feb 2014 HKUST volunteers provided logistics support such as managing the checkpoint booth and giving instructions to the participants in the fundraising event.
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13 Feb 2014 Through visiting low-income families in Sham Shui Po, volunteers provided care to the underprivileged and understood the needs and challenges of people from different social backgrounds.
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Nov 2013 - Feb 2014 The Centre regularly organizes healthy budgeting programs in different secondary schools. Volunteers played the roles as parents or bosses and taught secondary school students about financial management skills through interactive games.
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28 Jan 2014 HKUST volunteers visited the elders living at the Cho Yiu Estate to share with them the joy in this festive season and bring them red couplets and small gifts for a prosperous year to come.
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17, 20, 22, 24 & 27 Jan 2014 HKUST volunteers organized science lessons where the primary school children could learn about and apply scientific theories through interactive science experiments.
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12-19 Jan 2014 During the trip, HKUST volunteers worked on the 5-day house building project to build lasting friendships with fellow team members and with Habitat home partner families in Malaysia.
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14-17 Jan 2014 During the Workcamp, our students repainted 10 worn-out stilt houses for local elders. In this 4-day-3-night Workcamp, all students enjoyed staying in tradition stilt houses and preparing breakfast and dinner together.
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9-15 Jan 2014 Building on the effort of the previous Cambodia Service Learning Trips, four previous participants initiated the sixth trip to Cambodia since the project was launched in 2011. The project this winter did not only aim to inspire and bring love to the Cambodian children, but also cultivate a stronger sense of belonging to HKUST and improve bonding among students.
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5-10 Jan 2014 The team prepared different interactive games and a carnival to the children. They also visited a social enterprise called “Providence Farm Family” to understand how its operations impact on Jiangxi local community.
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5-10 Jan 2014 It was the fourth time that HKUST volunteers organized science teaching and themed workshops for primary school children in Huangshan. They also visited the local families to show the care. Both the children and volunteers enjoyed the trip!
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Oct - Dec 2013 Volunteers served children who are in need of temporary care away from home. They provided regular tutorials and organzied a Christmas pasty for the chidren.
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Sep - Dec 2013 HKUST students supported the "Caring Call Service" so that more elderly could be benefited from the service. The volunteers could not only understand more about the living of the elderly in our society through the service, they also found something impressing and touching from their sharing in the calls.
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4 Dec 2013 HKUST volunteers had a unique and fun culinary experience and made a personal contribution to their food parcels to be delivered in the festive month of December.
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Sep - Nov 2013 HKUST students provided tutorial classes and organized interactive games with the children from the low income families in Prince Edward.
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23 Nov 2013 HKUST volunteers participated in home visits to meet and greet elders in order to promote this programme. The volunteers visited the elders and showed care and concern about their daily life by sharing their life stories.
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17 Nov 2013 HKUST participants supported this event to raise donation of $2,600 and attended the walk.
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10 Nov 2013 Benji's Centre organized a fund-raising walkathon to support their speech therapy services for underprivileged children with speech disorder. Our volunteers assisted in the event and provided on-site logistics and administrative support.
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2 Nov 2013 Volunteers visited the “Life Journey Experience” Center. They rethought the meaning of life and death, and how they could manage their time through the experiential games and the sharing sessions.
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26 Oct 2013 Our students helped in logistics support and crowd controls in the fundraising event "Starstreet Gourmet & Wine Walk".
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26 Oct 2013 HKUST volunteers helped in providing logistics support in the charity run “Raleigh Challenge - Wilson Trail”.
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25 Oct 2013 12 volunteers helped to collected unsold vegetables in the market, and they distributed them to needy families.
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12 Oct 2013 HKUST volunteers participated in home visits to meet and greet elders in order to promote this programme. The volunteers visited the elders and showed care and concern about their daily life by sharing their life stories.
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5, 19 Oct, 2, 16 & 30 Nov 2013 'Interactive English Fun' aims at motivating lower primary school students aged 6-9 to learn English vocabularies and boost confidence in speaking English through fun English activities designed by the volunteers.
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21 Sep 2013 HKUST volunteers provided logistic support and managed booths in a carnival held by the Centre. The carnival aims at increasing the elderly's awareness of Alzheimer and giving care to them through the different interactive booth games.
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16 Sep 2013 The volunteers introduced the families and elders to community resources available to them and brought them gifts from a generous donor.
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13 Sep 2013 HKUST volunteers brought the elderly a bagful of happiness and spent time chatting about their recent encounters.
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7 Sep 2013 HKUST Volunteers formed teams with the elderly volunteers from the organization visited elders in Lam Tin area to better understand their daily lives and needs and gave them support and care at the same time.
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