A mentor at work and a friend in life
“Store manager Ellen is like my teacher. Not only she has patiently taught me every detail at work, also she has always been there for me - when I encountered difficulties in private life, she was by my side helping me to overcome them. Assistant manager Chong is like my mother, she is always so caring.” Every time when Yuen Yi talked about her work in the Nam Cheong Family Store of The Salvation Army, ...
Regain Dignity in Living in ‘Home Plus’
'For our family, To Kwa Wan Ha Heung Road is a paradise on earth.' Although Coco, one of the participants of The Salvation Army 'Community Housing Movement – To Kwa Wan Project' (Home Plus) (referred below as 'Home Plus'), has successfully applied for public housing during herstay in 'Home Plus' and moved into a new flat at the end of 2020, she still keeps wonderful memory of 'Home Plus'. A smile shows on her face ...
Fulfilling Elderly’s Wish of Revisiting Church
In residential home, sometimes we may be too focused in taking care of the physical needs of weak elders and forget their hearts also need nourishment. This issue of Special features Uncle Fong, a resident in Salvation Army Tak Tin Residence for Senior Citizens - with the help of the Army's project Palliative Care in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (the Project), his residential home and his family, Uncle Fong had one long-awaited wish ...
Recycling and Reuse for Charity
When we talk about the Recycling Programme of The Salvation Army, the relatively known part may be the 17 Family Stores in Hong Kong and Macau and the collection points located across all districts. But we may not know so well about how exactly the donated goods are processed on their way finding new homes. This time let us introduce the different units of the Recycling Programme and tell you more about the whole recycling ...
Peer parent counsellors help self and others
Modern family life sometimes is complex and tense just like being in a battlefield. Parenting can be stressful and for parents who are so busy and can hardly relax, mutual support and understanding among peers become priceless. Ying, troubled by familial issues and inferiority complex because of low education level, once lacked self-confidence and social life. Thanks to the companionship of Wah-wah and Jojo, her fellow parent friends in The Salvation Army who are parent ...
Elderly and young people launching online guided tour in the pandemic
‘Old neighbours have finished their tour guide training, tour plan has also been completed, and invitations have been sent to schools… everything was almost ready but has been deferred again and again due to the pandemic. This disappointed the elder volunteer guides who have been looking forward to the tour launch,’ said Bonnie Sin, the supervisor of the Nam Tai Centre for Senior Citizens.Many plans were interrupted by the unexpected changes. In last year many ...
