He Still Calls Me ‘Ma’!

I have recently returned from a trip to the UK and Germany during which so many amazing and rewarding experiences happened. One such experience was the opportunity to visit with Dan, whom I first met and helped back in 1987! Dan was a young, Vietnamese refugee living in one of Hong Kong’s many camps at the time, and I was running the Job Placement Unit of the Hong Kong Christian Aid for the Refugees (Christian Action’s former name)!

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Give Us This Day Our Daily..... Rice

Ms. Leung is a sweet, energetic, hardworking and loving single mother to her twin 14-year old boys, but each month, after paying all her bills, she seldom has enough money left to buy food for them.

Unfortunately, Ms. Leung isn’t alone. In fact, for every 4.5 persons in Hong Kong, one lives below the poverty line. In total, Hong Kong has 1.65 million people who live in poverty.(Source: Poverty Situation Report for 2020)

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Sing to the Lord a New Song!

Everyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love to sing. I loved it when I was a starry-eyed youngster hoping for a big break and I love it now, as I sing praises to my Saviour and Redeemer!

Five years ago I was privileged to meet a fellow lover of singing, a 17-year-old girl named Xia Meng. But for Xia Meng singing means far more. She has been blind from birth, and when she was brought to the Xining Children’s Home she had hepatitis B and severe stunting. She also had the sweetest, most beautiful voice.

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‘Someday’ Starts Today.

‘The planet is on fire!’ is how it has felt in so many countries across the world this year. Everyone has been longing for the day when things change for the better. At Christian Action I am proud that this summer we held programs that promoted environmental conservation and waste prevention programs.

Organised by our Social Enterprise Department, and sponsored by the Wong Tai Sin District Council, the programs had over 1,000 participants!

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Where Does My Help Come From?

"This relieved the stress of tutoring my daughter and answered my questions about secondary education. My daughter eagerly anticipated every tutorial. Her happiness is my happiness too."

Mrs Yip, On Tai Estates resident

Picture, if you can, a young girl confined to a minuscule, overcrowded apartment in the new On Tai public housing estate in Kwun Tong. She is desperate to break free and move ahead. To learn and to grow. But family finances prevent it. Where does her help come from?

Now picture, if you can, her mother. Yes, money is tight, but her greatest agony and heartache comes from her inability to help her daughter complete her homework, get ahead at school and thereby break free from poverty. All because she too, is largely uneducated. Where does her help come from?

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