Volunteer work.

Posted by Sally Jennings (86 days ago)

I am a US citizen residing here with my partner. I am on a visiting visa and looking to do some volunteer work. Does anyone have any suggestions or reccomendations.

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Posted by sistim (85 days ago)

Hong Kong Dog Rescue, Helpers for Domestic Helpers, Crossroads, or contact the AWA (American Women's Assoc.) - they have fingers on lots of pies.

Posted by ateo_66 (85 days ago)

Check this out:

Society for Community Organization (SoCO)

Child Mentorship Scheme and Community Learning Centre

Recruitment of Child Mentor and teacher

[ 21st round ]



SoCO is a non-profitable social services organization which was set up in 1972. In cramped and crowded cages and dilapidated private tenements are found, lonely old people, residents in old public housing estates, new immigrants, children living in poverty, street-sleepers, low-paid workers, and common people whose voices are not heard. They have long been the targets for our service.



Facing the widening disparity between rich and poor in Hong Kong , the poor struggle each day to survive. Living standards and development opportunities for their children are sadly compromised. There are more than 380,000 children living in poverty. Among these, some 20,000 children are living in extremely deprived conditions in cubicles and bedspace apartments. They have to do their homework on their beds and earn their living at night collecting discarded paper, cartons and tins, in the centre of affluent Hong Kong .



There are mainly two levels of interventions for the improvement of the children's condition. On the level of policy advocacy, SoCO reviews the respective government policies and organized the affected children to fight for their rights, such as call for rental allowance, shorter waiting time for public rental housing, children subsidy. Meanwhile, SoCO will mobilize the general public to provide direct services in their daily lives.



Would you like to be a mentor or teacher for the underprivileged children?



Join the Child Mentorship Scheme or the Community Learning Centre .(www.soco.org.hk/children/q7_content.htm)

Mentoring children through tutorials, social contact and community resources on a one to one basis or teach children in the Community Learning Centre in Sham Shui Po..

Application: send the application form to SoCO by email(soco@pacific.net.hk)or fax (27613326).

Enquiry: 2713 9165 / 71103301a /c5677, Miss SZE Lai Shan or Mr Wong Chi Yuen

Interview and Training will be held for each round every three months.

Posted by GreenValleys (84 days ago)

Just be aware though that work of any kind (including unpaid voluntary work for charitable organisations) could be against the conditions of your visa.