Date

Content

March-May

Pre-service

Team Building, Agency/ Field Visits, Meeting with Service Targets

June-August

Service

Service design and implementation, reflection

The specific service dates will depend on the arrangements of the organization and the content of the students' service plans.

September

Post-service

Presentation, Group report, individual reflective essay, and intra-group evaluation form

People with Hearing Disability

• Service targets are students with different levels of hearing disability.
• The group aims to enhance students’ social skills, communication skills, interpersonal skills, emotional management, and understanding of the community through activity-based learning programmes; and to promote sign language and deaf culture.
• Service will be conducted in Ngau Tau Kok and Mong Kok.
• Students are required to serve as volunteers in SLCO, so as to engage the service targets and explore their needs.

SLCO Community Resources

Ethnic Minorities

• The group aims to enhance EM children’s interest in learning Chinese through a variety of activities. Students can also explore the needs of youth, women, and families through the service.
• Service will be conducted in Jordon.
• Students are required to serve as volunteers in June, so as to engage the service targets and explore their needs.

Ultimate United, Hong Kong

Rehabilitated Substance Abusers and their families

• Service targets are psychotropic substance abusers and their families.
• Service will be conducted in Tseung Kwan O.
• Students will participate in the group activities in Centre in June to get in touch with the service targets. After that, the group will conduct service according to the service target needs.

Rainbow Lutheran Centre, LC-HKS

Community Bridging

• Service targets are residents in Yau Ma Tei district.
• The group will conduct visits in the community and interview residents. Other than co-organizing activities to the community, students will also design electronic community maps, recording the remarkable highlights and stories, which enrich the community bonding.
• Students will participate in training sessions related to social design in June.

Lokday Culture

Scavengers

• Service targets are scavengers.
• Service will be conducted in Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei.
• Activity dates (full day): May 26, Jun 1,4,6,9,11,13,16,18
• Through community visits and experiential activities with scavengers, students will learn about Hong Kong's waste recycling system, understand the role of scavengers in the community, and gain insights into local poverty.
• The aim is to "reflect" on the value of caring for the impoverished and put students’ learning into practice and show concern for grassroots communities through community service.

Mission to New Arrivals

Agri-food Education and Urban-Rural Symbiosis

• Service targets are CUHK students and the food and agriculture education communities.
• The main service location is the CUHK campus (especially Chung Chi College student halls) and farms in Sheung Shui.
• Students will engage in activities such as collecting community food waste, composting, and farming to understand how community agriculture and food and agriculture education can foster urban-rural symbiosis. They will then collaborate with Chung Chi College student halls and other CUHK communities to plan and implement a more sustainable edible campus. There will also be opportunities to connect with primary, secondary, kindergarten, and special schools to promote food and agriculture education.

Biscuit Farm

Oyster Reef Ecological Conservation

• Service targets are Oyster farmers and communities around Deep Bay.
• The main service location is Ha Pak Nai (Yuen Long) and Lau Fau Shan.
• Students will work with the conservation team and other volunteers to restore oyster reefs on the mudflats, compile oral history interviews with Deep Bay oyster farmers, and learn about ecological sustainability. They will also have the opportunity to participate in oyster reef restoration and promote traditional oyster farming culture.
• Students may need to participate in services on weekends.

The Nature Conservancy