A Parable of the Mooncake Talents

Three years ago, by the grace of God, my good friend, Dr. Charmaine Tse, who is also Christian Action's advisor, invited Ms. Jennie Chen to support CA’s work. Since then, we have spent much time discussing ways to champion important CA ministries in HK and Qinghai. As Mid-Autumn Festival is at hand, we took this opportunity to bless the less fortunate families in HK as well as to raise funds for CA’s Season of Love Charity Drive.

It is God’s blessing that Charmaine’s family owns Tai Tung Bakery, one of HK’s most famous traditional bakeries. Apart from a mooncake fund-raising campaign, Charmaine suggested to gift mooncakes to under-privileged families, showing them the love of Christ in action. She shared this charity vision with her father and he immediately agreed to donate 300 mooncakes and subsidise over 3,000 more.

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Thank You, Lydia!

What started out as a mistake turned out to be the beginning of Lydia’s lifelong devotion to our Qinghai programme.

In 2001, Lydia prepared to set off for Nanning to support women with AIDS. However, she confused Nanning with Xining, so she ended up in Xining. She was welcomed with enthusiasm and hospitality. So began her incredible new journey!

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Women’s Health Outreach to Migrant Domestic Workers

On Sunday 16 May, I prayed for a wonderful group of young Christians and our staff before they conducted an Outreach event to 200+ migrant domestic workers (MDW) in Tsim Sha Tsui. The group of 12 volunteers consisted of medical students and Indonesian translators who are members of Harvest Mission Community Church. Together with Christian Action's Centre for Migrant Domestic Workers (CMDW), this group organised free health checks and a seminar on reproductive health for 27 June. The Outreach team started in Kowloon Park and made their way to the world-famous Tsim Sha Tsui harbour front, two popular places where migrant workers gather on Sundays.

During the outreach, the volunteers distributed leaflets to promote the free health check and seminar event. They also spoke to the workers about women's health, Covid-19 vaccines and life in general. Although the target audience was migrant workers with partners in Hong Kong, the team reached out to anyone with whom they could engage in conversation.

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Sow in Tears, Reap in Joy

Standing in front of me was Mr. Walter Hung - he is the former President, Rotary Club of Kwun Tong. Twenty-seven years ago, that full-grown man was a child served by Christian Action!

On April 20 Walter and Club members paid a visit to our new headquarters at Choi Wan to learn about our services. When Walter met the young children in our after-school childcare programme, he reminisced about his childhood in Christian Action, and how our New Arrivals Programme had helped him climb from the lowest valley in his early years to the top of the academic mountain with flying colours in his later years.

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Refugee Renaissance for World Refugee Day

I am happy to announce that Christian Action’s newly renovated Centre for Refugees (CFR) is ready to open its doors and welcome back Hong Kong’s asylum seekers and refugees in time for World Refugee Day on June 20!

Last August, a fire caused by a faulty AC unit destroyed the office area of the CFR and we were forced to suspend all programmes and services. Through generous donations from the community, we were able to both rebuild the damaged area and renovate the rest of the CFR, which was also at fire risk.

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