ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014
Contents Thank you 3
Gender equality 28-29
Can Crossroads help you?
Logos: telling a story
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Digital divide 30-31
Sponsors 68-83
Snapshot 6-7
Disabilities 32-33
Where Crossroads worked: 2013-14
Elderly 34-35
International 8-9
Environment 36-37
Hong Kong 10-11
Needs served by Crossroads
partnerships 38-41
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Developing global
Health 14-15
HIV/AIDS 16-17
Education 44-49
Conflict 18-19
Social welfare and
community development
Refugee Run 20-21 Disasters 22-23
Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda
24-25
Job creation 26-27
Rehabilitation and recovery 42-43
50-51
Finances 52-55 Fundraising 56-57 Crossroads’ volunteers
58-61
Press 62-63
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THANK YOU We would like to thank all who are part of the Crossroads ‘team’ and that may well mean you! Many may think our team is simply our full time staff, but, in our eyes, it includes our community volunteers, private sector partners, NGO partners, partners in the Government of the HKSAR, and our faithful sponsors and supporters. We are very aware of the crucial role you play in this work. We couldn’t do it without you.
Our report is brimming with stories about the results of this team work. In it, you will see: • many in poverty who have received strategic donated aid, here in Hong Kong and around the world, through Global Distribution • students and others motivated to be change-makers in our needy world after being inspired through Global X-perience • people in poverty empowered by the provision of a regular income through Global Handicrafts • partnerships made, all over the world, between companies and charities through Global Hand This same team also helped us revise the United Nations website over this time, enabling businesses to lend their
support to crucial global issues. It has also seen us attend the World Economic Forum, taking the Refugee Run in 2013 and Struggle for Survival in 2014 to world leaders in Davos. Most importantly, this team work is seeing suffering alleviated here in Hong Kong and across the planet as you will see in this report when you flick through the following pages. But it couldn’t possibly happen without people such as you. Helen Keller, the blind and deaf woman whose life left an indelible impact on the world, said it well. “Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.”
2013 saw Crossroads’ director, Malcolm Begbie, presented with the Bronze Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong’s acknowledgement of 30 years’ service to the local and international community.
Thank you for being part of ‘Team Crossroads’. It is our privilege to serve beside you.
This Annual Report is unusual. We are moving to a mid-year-mid-year reporting system so this particular one spans an 18 month period. Our next report will be twelve months, as usual, starting our ‘year’ in July and ending in June.
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We introduced new logos in 2014. Our artists worked with passion, using the art of grassroots communities across the world: places where people have very limited income and tell their story on their walls and in their fabrics. The designers shaped each logo into a globe to show the world-wide reach of our work. They also added cultural richness and an element of joy. The people we serve may often be poor, financially, but they are rich in tradition and in heart. There’s a story behind each logo. Take a look!
Where need meets resource
Fair trade for a fairer world
We distribute quality goods to people in need, in Hong Kong and around the world, in keeping with standards of best practice.
Aid helps people today. An income helps them tomorrow. Global Handicrafts marketplace sells goods made by people in need within Hong Kong, and around the world, on a fair trade basis.
Truck: collecting donated resources
Horizon: ‘sky’s the limit’
Coffee/cocoa bean: sustainable crops
Drum/panpipes: cultural
Lanterns: helping Hong Kong
Thread: textiles
Map: helping the nations
Coins changing hands: fair trade/access to markets
Boat/train: delivering to those in need
Paintbrush/bowl: arts/crafts People with boxes: distribution partners, near and far
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Woman with market stall: gender empowerment
Crossroads: Connecting people in a world of need • Truck: aid/welfare distribution
• Soldier: victims of conflict
• Feet: x-periencing life in another’s shoes
• Woman with basket: poverty alleviation
• Tents: disaster services
• Handshake: partnerships for change
• Water: environment
• Kids: a better world for tomorrow
• Needle/thread: fair trade
Partnering to change a world in need
X-periencing life in another’s shoes
Global Hand is a match-making service which links forprofit and non-profit organisations who want to partner to help meet global need.
We offer simulation x-periences in which participants step, briefly, ‘into the shoes’ of people facing global challenges: war, poverty, HIV vulnerability, blindness, environmental challenges, hunger, and more.
Turbines: environmental care
Graduation cap: education
Road: global reach
Smart phone: digital inclusion
Handshake: partnerships for change
Feet: x-periencing life in another’s shoes Water: environmental need
Stethoscope: medical need
Hammer/ nails: income generation Sacks/pot/pitcher: community development
Soldier: victims of conflict
Barbed wire: breaking through oppression of poverty
Tents: disaster need Raised hand: participants inspired to engage
Woman: poverty
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604,990 LIVES impacted in 2013
HK$23 impacts one life
Across Crossroads’ range of services, we saw 604,990 lives impacted in 2013. The cost of operations averaged $23 per individual life. 6 Crossroads Annual Report 2013 - 2014
SNAPSHOT
GLOBAL HANDICRAFTS
16,300
Your gift of $100 allows us to send
people helped towards economic independence in 2013
We welcomed our
140,000th
GLOBAL goods worth $900 or more
X-perience
participant since the programmes began
102,670 14,675 community volunteer
hours in 2013
STUDENTS
participated in
Global X-perience
Full time team drawn from
23 nations
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USA Global Hand Vice President Matthew Gow attended the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York City in September 2013. At the summit, Global Hand launched the latest version of business.un.org, a platform built by our developers to help businesses partner on UN projects.
Chile Global Handicrafts manager Josh Begbie met with Fair Trade producers Pueblo del Sur in Chile, who supply jewellery and other goods to our handicrafts shop. By selling Pueblo del Sur’s goods, we can help their artisans keep traditional techniques alive, and earn a fair wage for their work.
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Where Crossroads worked in 2013 - 2014:
Global Distribution
Global Hand
Global X-perience
Global Handicrafts
INTERNATIONAL
England Unilever invited Global X-perience to London in May 2014, to help 90 of their Vice Presidents from around the world engage with issues of urban poverty. They discussed a vision to improve conditions for half a million (small-holder) farmers and producers in Unilever’s supply channels. Our team ran Struggle for Survival, our urban poverty simulation, for the delegates.
HK
Ethiopia Mike and Helen Tozer represented Crossroads on a visit to partners in Ethiopia, including this school which received a shipment from Crossroads. They also met producers of the Fair Trade coffee used in our Silk Road Cafe. Crossroads
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Kwai Chung: Crossroads helped JP Morgan bridge the digital divide for disadvantaged students at Fresh Fish Trader’s School, when they donated the funding, and volunteered their labour in our computer processing department, to give the school computers and laptops. For the full story see page 45.
Tuen Mun: At Silk Road Storytime, we invite preschoolers from the community to join us weekly at Crossroads Village for half an hour of songs, stories, and crafts from around the world. We’re helping them learn that no hands are too small to help! Read more on page 47.
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HONG KONG
Where Crossroads worked in 2013 - 2014:
Locations around Hong Kong
Sheung Wan: Our Silk Road Cafe’s pastry supplier, iBakery, trains and employs people with disabilities like Vincent. Our customers love their baked treats, such as iBakery employees enjoy a steady job in a supportive environment that cares for their needs. See page 27 for the full story.
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Needs served by
CROSSROADS 2013-2014
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HEALTH
UN Photo/Tobin Jones
LIKE COALS IN WINTER Looking at Li Na’s serene face, it was impossible to guess the weight of tragedy she had carried throughout her 24 years. Born in Hong Kong, to two parents with severe mental illness, Li Na was put into the care of relatives. Life there was not very different, however, as that environment was likewise unsafe. She was beaten regularly.
working in the grounds of the institution. She became pregnant, but terminated: an action she counts as the single most tragic point in her pain filled life. The regret and grief she felt over the decision haunted her to the point of attempted suicide. “If I had just one more chance,” she says, “I would really want that baby.”
In her teenage years, the full brunt of her suffering seemed to come upon Li Na and she went to a home for those needing psychiatric care. It did not bring the longed for safety either, however, as she was raped there by a man
When we met Li Na, this heartbreak was still so raw that she couldn’t speak of it without tears filling her eyes. But there’s hope in them, now, too. She has received care and medication which has all but eliminated her
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symptoms. She’s now moved into a tiny, independent flat, a flat so small that most of her possessions are stacked on the top of a small bunk bed. She’s engaged to a young man who makes her happy. She’s finally content, though, and very grateful. “So many social workers have helped me,” she says. “So I am now studying social work. I hope to help other people the same way.” Li Na moved into a larger flat and came to us so we could help her furnish it. We were also able to give her a computer for her studies.
Every week, many ‘Li Na’s come through our gates: Hong Kong people whom life has treated harshly and left vulnerable. Chinese people have a traditional saying they quote when describing our work: “like coals in winter”, they say. It’s a picturesque way of describing the timely provision of life’s essentials. We long to warm many more lives who’ve spent too long out in the cold.
BATTLING MALARIA It kills more than 1 million people each year. It claims the life of one in every twenty African children under 5. It’s a public health problem for 40% of the world’s population. This is malaria, the life-threatening yet preventable disease that can eat up more than ¼ of a poor family’s income when one member is affected. The tragedy is that, while malaria is reasonably straightforward to prevent and treat, those most at risk have little access to mosquito nets, medication and health care. A UK manufacturer offered 2,000 nets, on our Global Hand ‘matching’ website, and, in just 6 minutes, they were snapped up by two non-profit organisations: one in Cameroon and one in Nigeria. Both work with communities for whom mosquito nets will be a life-saving tool. That is the kind of match Global Hand loves to make.
CHILDBIRTH MORTALITY IN PNG One of the world’s highest childbirth mortality rates is found in the rugged highlands of Papua New Guinea. In its isolated villages, it is the norm for women to give birth at home under unsanitary conditions. Too many babies die of preventable causes, such as pneumonia. Too many mothers die of infections they would not have contracted under sterilised conditions or could easily have had treated if they had been able to get to a clinic. A match on Global Hand played its part in helping combat this problem. An Australian laundry company which supplies hotel chains offered bed linen on Global Hand’s ‘matching’ website and a clinic in Papua New Guinea rapidly responded. This clinic is committed to lowering the death rate by expanding its clinic for mothers and babies, and now uses what could well be the best quality linen of any clinic in rural Papua New Guinea. A supply of linen sounds almost unexciting to those of us for whom it is an assumed provision in life. “For most areas,” though, we were told, “this is the first linen they have received.” It is extraordinary to think so simple a gift can help in the battle to save lives.
Birthing suite before
Birthing suite after
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HIV/AIDS PROMOTING DIGNITY: HIV SUPPORT FOR UGANDA The HIV epidemic in Uganda has left more than 1 million children orphaned. In some cases, elderly grandparents take up their care, but, for many, it is older children who are suddenly thrust into responsibility as heads of households. Crossroads’ shipment to partners in the Bogosa region, Eastern Uganda, was hand-tailored to serve as a ‘bridge’ for support community strategies to bring relief from poverty.
Medical equipment from Crossroads has revolutionised care at this rural health centre. For the first time, they can offer diabetes and blood pressure tests and have totally upgraded their level of care: “We can now offer inpatient services where clients are hospitalised on proper hospital beds,” they wrote. “We can give better handling of critical patients with these trolleys. People are flocking to the centre for medical services!”
CAPITAL INVESTMENT Crossroads’ goal for this shipment, as for all, was to make a capital investment in the lives of those in need, not with finance, but with a strategic injection of goods to equip initiatives that will multiply themselves in years to come. Our partners told us: “Your support is a huge investment in the future of our nation. Just imagine the number of people who are going to be influenced through the items you’ve donated. When you set up an institution, you solidify a movement.” It was, they said, in keeping with their motto: “Promoting Dignity”. 200 children received toys, clothes and school books. All are from homes managed by widows or elderly grandparents who struggle to keep their little ones in school. Many of the children had never owned a toy before.
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AIDS X-PERIENCE OPENS IN KAZAKHSTAN In 2013, our partners in Kazakhstan opened a new Aids X-perience simulation, bringing the heart and vision of our Aids X-perience in Hong Kong to people in Shymkent. Crossroads’ directors were there for the opening of the X-perience.
Crossroads in Kazakhstan opened its own version of an HIV/AIDS X-perience, similar in concept to ours in Hong Kong, but with four local stories.
Participants listen to recordings through earphones as they walk through the story lane, showing ways they live their daily lives against a backdrop of challenges.
In coping with financial problems, emotional disappointment, the desire for friends or family heartbreak, some make choices which place them at risk.
Some become lured into lifestyles of dependency and potential vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
They are ‘tested’ and, afterwards, discover whether they are HIV negative or positive.
Following the x-perience, participants write reflections they post on a Tree of Life.
For those in Hong Kong, you are welcome to make bookings for the Hong Kong Aids X-perience. Just email globalx@crossroads.org.hk or phone +852 2984 9309.
Crossroads director, Malcolm Begbie, attended the opening.
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CONFLICT The war in Syria began in 2011. Many thought it would soon be over, but, tragically, it has continued and has seen millions of people displaced. Over 2.7 million Syrians have moved over their border in what Antonio Gutteres, the United
Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees, has called it ‘the biggest humanitarian tragedy since the Rwandan genocide.’
A HAND-MADE FUTURE: Embroidery puts refugee children in school As refugee families battle for survival with the ongoing conflict in Syria, education is one of the greatest casualties. While living in Syria, prior to the fighting, many refugees had professional careers and their children looked forward to the same. Now, however, gifted young people watch their career aspirations fade as education moves beyond their reach. The Basmeh
and Zeitooneh’s Women’s Workshop in Shatila refugee camp trains 120 Palestinian and Syrian refugee women in embroidery and crochet, allowing them an opportunity to sell their production and earn an income with dignity. This is allowing mothers to put their children in school. We are delighted to sell their embroidery in our marketplace. Every piece helps another woman and, very often, another child.
SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILD: ”DON’T LET THE WORLD FORGET US” Kareem, a thirteen year old Syrian refugee, was the sole breadwinner for his mother and sisters. He worked in a car mechanic shop, leaving home at 5.30 am and returning at 11.00 pm. This brought in US$7 a day. School, of course, was out of the question.
When Kareem heard that one of the aid workers in his refugee camp would be attending Crossroads’ Refugee Run at the World Economic Forum, he made a plaintive request: “When you meet with the people there, tell them ‘Don’t let the world forget us’.”
His boss took advantage of the young boy, abusing him physically, emotionally, mentally and even sexually. He also ‘sold’ Kareem to other customers, at US$1 per time, for sex services.
After the Refugee Run, many participants, deeply touched by the simulation, were wonderfully responsive. One, herself a refugee from the Lebanese conflict in 1982, took action. She raised
funds to support education in Lebanon for hundreds of refugee children. Among those now in school, wonderfully, is Kareem. Sometimes people ask the purpose of the experiential activities we run. The answer is simple. We want to reach participants so they, in turn, can reach those who are in dire need of support.
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Syrian refugee children are frequently subject to ongoing abuse, even in the ‘tent cities’ where they try to start a new life
HARROW STUDENTS SUPPORT SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN During the appalling winter of 2013/2014, Syrian refugees lived in mud that was a foot deep, with snow and wind bringing temperatures down to almost unbearable levels. As the refugee numbers rose beyond anyone’s
expectations, relief supplies fell short of the need. “Two children froze overnight” an aid worker told us, by phone, begging us for urgent action. It was a similar story every week.
“I wish you could have been there for the distribution,” the aid worker later told us. “It was like drawing a smile on the children’s faces.”
Hong Kong’s Harrow International School responded with a gift of HK $500,000. This allowed 5,000 children to receive winter kits. We partnered with an NGO on the ground who purchased what they needed, giving the kids
warm clothes and, as an extra touch, a new toy as well: for some, the only toy they now own. “I wish you could have been there for the distribution,” the aid worker later told us. “It was like drawing a smile on the children’ s faces.”
Harrow students supported refugee Syrian children
Crossroads’ representative, David Begbie, visited Syrian refugees following the distribution of winter kits
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REFUGEE RUN: GALVANISING SUPPORT FOR SYRIA AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM During the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos 2013, Crossroads again offered the Refugee Run. This year, it was part of the WEF official programme with special focus on the tragedy in Syria. Following the event, participants donated funds to put hundreds of children in schools.
The Refugee Run cast members are not trained actors. They are aid workers and former refugees committed to helping deal with conflict situations
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“I had the privil ege go through a sim to ilar exercise a few y ears ago, and I think it has changed my life .” Peter Bradbeck-Let math, Chairman of the Ne stle Group
Piers Cumberlege, Head of Partnership, World Economic Forum
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Jonathon Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity, at the Refugee Run
Soldiers ‘interrogate’ Robert Elliott, Senior Partner, Linklaters, at the Refugee Run
Participants in the Refugee Run do not watch a video. They take a few steps ‘in the shoes’ of refugees, ‘x-periencing’, for a short time, some of the struggles they face
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“I found it incredible… that you can put yourself in a room like this and feel as much as you feel.” Facebook Sheryl Sandberg, COO of
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DISASTERS TYPHOON USAGI: HONG KONG Hong Kong is one of the best prepared cities in the world to face typhoons, which it regularly meets. For Hong Kong’s poor, though, it can be something to watch with trepidation, knowing that, for example, village housing can be vulnerable to flooding, collapse and irreparable damage.
She was one of many who came through Crossroads’ gates, following the typhoon. We appreciate all who donate to assist with disaster recovery, equipping us to assist those across the world or across the street.
When severe Typhoon Usagi hit Hong Kong in September 2013, Mrs Wang and her family watched as it flooded their small village-style home in Hong Kong’s New Territories. Almost every piece of furniture was damaged. Caring for four children and dependent on welfare, Mrs Wang didn’t know how to make the family home liveable again. The Social Welfare Department referred her to Crossroads. Mrs Wang seemed overwhelmed with the choice of goods available to her, donated from all over Hong Kong. She left with a dining table, six chairs, a double bed, wardrobe, two bookcases for her children, and home appliances.
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE
Yet, we are also told, that over the past decade, disasters have seen 1 million people killed, 2 billion people affected, and 3 trillion dollars incurred through disaster losses.
As part of our commitment to help reduce disaster risk, a Crossroads team attended the United Nations’ Global Platform in 2013. This conference brought together a cross-section of humanity inviting all to express their views: children, people with disabilities, business leaders, scientists, members of the non-profit sector and governments from both wealthy and poorer nations.
Too often, according to the United Nations, people say, “We never imagined such a thing could happen.” It is time, the United Nations says, that we do imagine that it could happen and that we act. That is why the United Nations is committed to reducing the risk posed by disasters. The UNISDR, its Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), leads the way.
All worked towards the establishment of a new set of international guidelines, a ‘framework for action’, to be finalised in Japan, in 2015. The goal is simple. The world is seeing disasters bring too many deaths and too much damage. That can be changed. Crossroads is keen to do anything possible to help make that happen.
Experts tell us, “There is no such thing as a ‘natural’ disaster. There are natural hazards, but they only become disasters when man makes mistakes.”
13 year old Dhang, who battles with cerebal palsy, from Vietnam, was a young speaker at the conference. Floods had threatened to wash away his family’s home and, in the face of danger, none of them knew how best to protect the life of a child with disabilities. Dhang spoke powerfully, urging the international community to give DRR education to children with disabilities and their families so that, in an emergency, they would know how their lives might be saved. Dhang is pictured here with his mother, left, his carer, right, and Crossroads’ director, Sally Begbie.
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YA’AN EARTHQUAKE IN SICHUAN We love to see partnerships empower people in tough places. Multinational law firm, Hogan Lovells, has always demonstrated a strong humanitarian imperative. It was no surprise, therefore, when they asked us for ways they could donate to the recovery effort following Sichuan’s Ya’an earthquake in 2013. They gave generously and saw clothing reach people devastated by the damage.
X-PERIENCING DISASTERS During the 2014 World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, we adapted our regular ‘Struggle for Survival’ programme to give it a Disaster Risk Reduction focus. Participants were told that their jobs had been lost through a disaster and, with no business
continuity plan, they now had to battle to find income so they could feed and house their families. The post simulation discussion was led by Margareta Wahlstrom (below right), Special Representative of the Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction,
who, subsequently, asked us to develop an experiential programme fully focussed on reducing disaster risk. The new ‘Disaster X-perience’ is now under development, with details available on our website: www.crossroads.org.hk
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TYPHOON HAIYAN/YOLANDA: The indomitable Filipino spirit PHILIPPINES “Filipinos are waterproof!” That was the cry of the indomitable Filipino spirit as the nation fought back against Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, one of the strongest typhoons in recorded history. It typified the Filipino determination to cope, and even use a little humour, when faced with hardship and tragedy. The United Nations says 11 million people were impacted.
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE: DISASTER KITS Four days after the typhoon struck, we rushed relief supplies to the Philippines. As disaster preparedness is an important part of our relief work, we had been packing kits over recent months so we could be ready, should disaster strike. The Hong Kong community rallied, further, in continuing to supply further kits over the ensuing days and early weeks. Our profound thanks to the thousands in Hong Kong who helped us with the relief and reconstruction efforts in the Philippines!
Volunteers pack disaster kits, year round, so we can act quickly should disaster strike. Would you like your organiasation to participate? Email us and we’ll send you the details. Or go to our Home Page and look at ‘Find Projects’ for more detail.
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IMMEDIATE RESPONSE: EDUCATION KITS One urgent goal, following a disaster, is to ensure children are back in school as quickly as possible. We also, therefore, prepare educational kits year round and were able to rush these to the Philippines, as well as construction materials, to support the children’s return to education.
BUILD BACK BETTER Following a tragedy such as this, there is no point in rebuilding homes that will not stand in the face of the hazards which so often impact vulnerable locations. We therefore work with partners who commit to ‘build back better’. They take care to target new structures that will be far more resilient than the earlier ones. We have repeatedly shipped building materials, and sent cash donations, to assist the reconstruction effort.
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JOB CREATION A FAIR DEAL FOR CHILE’S ARTISANS “Chile is losing its artisan culture,” says Alvador, a 58-year-old copper craftsman who makes beautiful jewellery stamped with traditional designs. Due to the gap between Chile’s rich and poor - one of the widest in the world - Alvador is one of a dwindling number of Chilean artists who can still make money from their handiwork. Fair Trade is more than just an idea for Alvador. It’s literally the only reason he can afford to make his jewellery passion a business. He works with Pueblos del Sur, a Fair Trade cooperative that helps Chilean craftspeople find international customers for their work, where they will get a fair price, be paid on time, and network with other artists to share ideas. Our marketplace, Global Handicrafts, sells clay ocarinas and pendants from Pueblo del Sur artists, along with their exquisite glass jewellery.
DANCING GOATS AND FAIR TRADE COFFEE
Dancing goats are, it would seem, responsible for the world’s love of coffee. According to legend, Kaldi, an Ethiopian goatherder from ancient times, found his goats very spirited on one occasion, seeming to ‘dance’ near a certain plant with little red berries. The latter turned out to be coffee beans and the rest is history.
Legend or not, with centuries of coffee history behind them, one would think Ethiopia’s coffee farmers should now be thriving. Until recently, though, farmers such as Mama Doree and Burtukan Zeleke received only a pittance for their long years of labour in the famed Sidmamo region. Many of life’s basics were beyond their families’ reach: clean water, adequate clothes, medical care, proper housing, and education for their children.
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Enter a Fair Trade cooperative. “Now we are getting great dividends!” Mama told members of a visiting Crossroads team. Both families, along with many others, now have those much-needed clothes, clean water, better housing, and education for their kids. As our team photographed Burtukan Zeleke, in front of a huge pile of coffee for export, she gave them a message to pass on. “This coffee,” she says, “is the best not only in Ethiopia but in
the world. You should all buy and drink it!” Happily, we in Hong Kong do! This cooperative is one of the suppliers whose coffee we sell in our Fair Trade Cafe. Come join us and raise a cup to Kaldi and to Fair Trade!
HELP FOR A SILENT WORLD Lei Mei was 25 when she suddenly lost her hearing. It was a devastating blow. She knew that being deaf in Asia would mean the loss of her job as a salesperson. Her future looked bleak. She did, indeed, lose her job and learned that the only way she could hear again would be a cochlear implant, costing her US$30,000. She had been earning approx. US$200 per month and paying all her costs out of that. This purchase, then, was impossible. She tried selling goods on the street at night but, with her hearing challenge, this was harder for her than others in the noisy marketplace and she struggled. With just two years’ schooling, she had nothing else to fall back on. In time, she was introduced to ‘Hearts and Hands’, an organisation which had, amazingly, been set up in her area to employ people with hearing difficulties. They taught her how to make handicrafts and, today, she has done so well she is in charge of the stock and fabric rooms. When our Global Handicrafts team visited, they told us, “She said that normally, in her local community, deaf people are treated as second rate and very often cheated. Here, though, she is genuinely respected and valued and nobody cheats anyone. It is truly run on a fair trade basis. She loves this work.”
DIFFERENT ABILITIES, ONE PASSION! Only about 13% of Hong Kong people with disabilities are economically active, Hong Kong’s Labour & Welfare Department reported last year. Providing jobs, therefore, is crucial. iBakery has created a fun and fulfilling workplace in which people with disabilities make bread, cookies and cakes, earning both a living and self-respect. Their slogan: different abilities, one passion. This photo shows them celebrating their success.
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GENDER EQUALITY HARD TO WRITE ABOUT; HARDER TO LIVE WITH Women too often struggle because of society’s ‘unmentionable’ topics. These two stories are simple examples of ways women may suffer in silence.
UNFAIR SHAME It’s not a topic that makes for polite conversation, but the fact is that women’s underwear is unaffordable for many of the world’s poor. In one Sri Lankan children’s home, for example, the female staff often are as much in need as the children they serve: for them, money is so
scarce that new outer clothes, let alone underwear, can be an almost unimaginable luxury.
daily school attendance, because they lack decent clothes, including the simple provision of a bra.
Young women like these in Sri Lanka, and similar economies, can be held back from pathways out of poverty, such as a job interview, or
We were grateful, then when an Australian company used Global Hand, our matchmaking website, to offer new women’s underwear and
sleepwear, worth US$100,000. They gave an extraordinary 16,000 items, a gift so large that it saw not only generous provision for women in Sri Lanka, but, as well, help sent to women in Armenia and to female flood victims in the Philippines.
‘NOT JUST A PIECE OF CLOTH’ Extreme taboo surrounds the process of menstruation in some parts of India, says local NGO, Goonj. What options do women have, then, without access to feminine hygiene products? In rural India, millions of women improvise with rags or, unthinkably, sand, ash and the like. As a result, they meet infection and disease, not to mention a crippling lack of dignity.
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Goonj is doing what it can to restore that dignity to Indian women. In a project they call ‘Not Just a Piece of Cloth’, they produce pads and underwear out of cleaned, recycled textiles. They distribute these in packs to rural women, teaching them how to sew pads of their own. For the women, this simple provision is proving liberating and empowering.
This creative organisation also supports its women with another of their innovative enterprises. They train women to make paper bags out of recycled newspaper so they can earn income based on fair trade principles. These bags are sold all over the world, including Crossroads.
Peruvian craftswoman who made Crossroads’ Christmas cards in 2013
CHRISTMAS CARDS - PERU “Those were the years of violence,” said Juliana, a Peruvian woman who works with craft collective Kuyanakuy. She reflected on the bloody internal conflict that raged in parts of Peru in the early 1990s, leaving at least 70,000 people dead. At the height of the violence, Juliana was sheltering 12 families who were forced out of their
homes to flee the terror. Although the conflict has now settled in Juliana’s community, it left deep scars. Women who lived through that time lost husbands, children, and beloved neighbours. Many found themselves impoverished without their breadwinner or another steady source of income.
Out of these ashes, a group of women banded together to form Kuyanakuy, a name that means ‘Let us love’: a place where today women survivors of the conflict can meet, support each other, cry together, and work together to create beautiful handicrafts drawing on rich Peruvian artistic traditions and imagery.
All the craftswomen are from low-income families and most are illiterate when they join, with little chance of a decent, steady job. Through Kuyanakuy, though, they are now learning to read and write alongside their newfound handicraft skills. As well, of course, this work generates income for them as they care, singlehandedly, for their families.
CREATING JOBS FOR OLDER WOMEN: HONG KONG “Nobody wanted to hire us!” we were told by women struggling to generate income here in Hong Kong. For those who are older or who live with disabilities, finding a stable job can be challenging in today’s competitive world. Happily, though, the story has a good ending for a group of women who have been trained and employed to cook and clean by a social enterprise group: one committed to creating employment and giving women a salary. They now work at a canteen near Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University and Crossroads donated the pots, pans, and utensils they use. We provided not only the quality kitchen equipment but also the tables, chairs, and other furniture required to run the new canteen. We were only too happy to supply what was needed to help empower more disadvantaged women.
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DIGITAL DIVIDE MICROSOFT SERVING A WORLD IN NEED The digital divide is very real in remote parts of Nepal. About 50% of the population is illiterate and, given the pressure of poverty, there is a high drop-out rate from schools. Even those who stay in school might not emerge with an ideal education as infrastructure and equipment is often insufficient. Meanwhile, Microsoft told us they were interested in helping people in need. “We were just looking for an opportunity to allow our team to give back in some way to one of the global communities we serve,” they wrote. They came out to Crossroads and took part in our poverty x-perience, the Struggle for Survival, along with a massive volunteering team-build. Following that, they assisted with our shipments, gave Crossroads exceedingly generous software provision and then began discussions about helping people cross the digital divide. The result? Microsoft, through a partner group, New Zealand non-profit, Global Equity Brokers, donated hardware, software, and expertise to children in a remote part of Nepal. They gave a fully equipped computer lab, with twenty computers and the needed software. They also sent six members of staff to install it and train the students.
This equipped the laboratory to provide 1500 computer training slots for students each week, enabling many to cross the digital divide. We often say that, in this work, we love to be as our name suggests: a crossroads between people in need and those who can help.
“Our computer lab is really becoming fruitful for students of class 4-8. It’s been nearly 1 year but we can’t express the outcome in words.” School principal to Microsoft
CAMEROON: STUDENTS’ FIRST TIME TO TOUCH COMPUTERS In a nation where, the United Nations International Telecommunication Union reports, only 6.4% of the population is connected to the Internet, children in Cameroon are at a significant technological disadvantage which helps keep them trapped in poverty. When a Cameroonian community wanted to bring their kids up to speed with their global peers, Crossroads shipped
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computers to set up the brand new computer lab. Now, children and other members of the community, including widows and single mothers, are using the computers to learn skills that make them more employable. “Many have never seen a computer before,” wrote NGO staff. In a world where, in many countries, computers are taken for granted, it is a
reality check for us when we see how real the digital divide continues to be. If you are replacing your computer, or your company is, please consider Crossroads before throwing anything away. It may well be that we can use them to help see lives changed. Email donategoods@crossroads. org.hk
THE CROSSROADS EQUATION: Multiplying lives released from poverty The day the copper mines changed hands was a huge blow for the people of Kitwe in Zambia. The government gave the huge local mines over to the private sector and, quickly, our partners tell us, approx. 70% -80% of the employees were made redundant. As the mines had provided the major employment for the area, and many men were then out of work, their wives tried to become the breadwinners by selling vegetables. That brought in little income, however, and depression, even suicide, soon took hold in the community. The toll of the massive unemployment was compounded as HIV/ AIDS wrought the area a further deadly blow. Children were left without parents and many had to fend for themselves by sleeping on the streets and trying to find a living through simple jobs, selling drugs, or prostitution.
employed by the local government for a short term project and earned an astonishing US$2,500, more than he had ever dreamed possible. “My life begins now,” he said. He bought a photocopy machine and a computer and began a tiny business. Today he has his own centre and four employees. He has taught many more students, giving them the chance to cross the digital divide and find a different future. The same has been true of other students whose own computer training has resulted in others being trained. We love the multiplication in stories like this. We call it the ‘Crossroads Equation’. Computers sent from Hong Kong can literally re-start people’s lives and they, in turn, can then multiply many, many more. It’s why we love this work and why we love your help. If you are upgrading your computer, please don’t throw them out. Please email donategoods@ crossroads.org.hk
Education, in the midst of this, was beyond the reach of many. Our partners in Kitwe decided to open a school and computer training centre which they asked us to equip. The number of students enrolling has constantly increased such that, today, they are needing to open another school. A typical student was Brian, a young man in his twenties who, every day, sold homemade scones and cupcakes from a basket he took from office to office. He earned very little money, but saw no alternative. He enrolled in the computer training centre and learned quickly. After graduation, he was
The donation of a few computers, can result in DIGITAL EDUCATION FOR MANY
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DISABILITIES
MACLAREN STROLLERS CHANGE LIVES Every gift can change a life. When Maclaren, maker of high end children’s strollers, gave Crossroads a massive donation of brand new strollers, they reached needy families across the world. Some were included in shipments to places such as Uganda, but most were given to children right here in Hong Kong.
One stroller went to Chi Kin, a 3 year old with special needs that prevent him from walking. His family’s limited budget has already been stretched with medical bills. So, for them to get him, a big boy, around busy Hong Kong, he needed the ‘Rolls Royce’ of strollers, albeit on a ‘Mini’ budget. The sight of the Maclaren gift, brand new and still in its packaging, left them open mouthed with amazement. It was perfect for his needs and, best of news, it cost them nothing.
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Mei Li is a widow, a mother of five, and completely blind. Living on a shoestring budget, she could not afford the needed furniture for her home, much less a stroller for her baby. Though unable to see, she carried her baby around on her hip throughout the day, while trying to care for her other four children. When she heard a brand new stroller could be given, her hands stroked it in wonder. For her, too, this was a transformative gift.
L’OCCITANE FIGHTS BLINDNESS It is a shocking truth, but 8 out of every 10 people with sight problems should be able to see. Visual impairment can be prevented or cured with the right resources made available. 9 out of 10 live in low income countries or communities. French retailer L’Occitane understands this. It has long felt a connection with those with sight problems. The company and their richly fragranced cosmetics and beauty products, so reliant on the senses of smell and touch, have adopted blindness as a particular focus for their social
responsibility activities. Their founder, Olivier Baussan, wants to turn one of his old factories into a museum where he can teach blind children about careers working with aromas.
Not only was Crossroads able to help L’Occitane, but L’Occitane graciously helped Crossroads too. The company raised over HK$5000 for our Blind X-perience. Having been open for some years, its
complex equipment needed funding for renovation. Now, with L’Occitane’s help, it is open, year round, to serve its purpose: giving sighted people an x-perience of life for those who cannot see.
The company, worldwide, supports work against preventable blindness and its Hong Kong office therefore contacted us to book our Blind X-perience for their employees. Mo Tam, one of their staff, said of the x-perience, afterwards, “I felt dazed and confused. It was very scary to walk in the dark. I was afraid to fall. Fortunately, our guide led us all the way. I realised the importance of being helped and how we should always help people in need.”
BUILDING FUTURES Serwanga, disabled from birth, desperately needed a wheelchair that could get him to school in his Ugandan village. Without an education, he faces a life of extreme poverty, just like that of his parents. Even when he makes it to class, learning is a challenge for Serwanga and his classmates. “This school had so few teaching items,” our partners told us, “it had left many of these children in despair.” When Crossroads shipped a 40’ container of educational provision to Serwanga’s community, it was an injection of hope for the children and their teachers. Packed in with the equipment and supplies was a new wheelchair for Serwanga. This is a life-changer for him. Mobility means access to school and that, in turn, means access to a very different future.
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ELDERLY FROM HOUSE TO HOME At 60, Mr Mak is nearing life’s end. He battles lupus but, as well, recently learned he is dying of cancer. The doctors have told him they could no longer do anything but help him manage the pain.
cabinets for storage, drawers, chairs, a washing machine and other items. Later, one of our team visited and he said, that, now, his happiness comes from “having this lovely apartment and sitting by the window on my couch.” The gratitude and humility that radiate from Mr Mak are remarkable.
Before he became sick, Mr Mak worked as a welder on construction sites but now, too ill to continue, he depends on social welfare. He was granted a government flat but struggled to furnish it. He owned just a bunk bed and a fridge. Without any cupboards, he could only store his belongings in bags on the bunk. With no couch, he could only use the lower bunk as a place to sit.
Half of all the goods Crossroads receives are distributed inside Hong Kong to people like Mr Mak: individuals whom life has dealt a heavy blow and who need support.
His social worker helped him visit Crossroads, where he chose all his other furniture needs: a small couch, side table, two large
ZIMBABWE’S GRANNIES FACE DOWN BELEAGUERED ECONOMY As women in Zimbabwe face unemployment of 97%, a creative group of grannies are fighting back, using a combination of hard work and massive personality. As they had no factory, no equipment, and no infrastructure, the grannies took on the economy with knitting needles. These were an obvious choice for them as knitting could be done anywhere, any time, and required only cheap materials. The grannies produce animals with attitude, funky caricatures with often cheeky expressions. They are among the bestsellers in our fair trade marketplace, Global Handicrafts. The women call their creations ‘shamwari’, Zimbabwe’s word for ‘friends’, and each comes with the name and photo of the grannie who created it. Their organisational name is as funky as their products: ‘Gogo Olive’. ‘Gogo’ means a ‘grannie’, or someone similarly loved in one’s life. ‘Olive’, given its traditional association, means ‘hope’: a commodity in very short supply among the struggling people of Zimbabwe.
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TAI O FIRE Mr Chen, a 94 year old Hong Kong man, has lived through his fair share of tragedy, war, and economic hardship. Nothing, however, prepared him for the devastation that followed when a fire swept through the traditional fishing village of Tai O where he lived, destroying his home. “This was the one thing I owned, the thing I was proud of,” he told our staff when they visited. In picturesque Tai O, life is slow and many families still depend on fishing for their livelihood. The average income for many local residents, especially elderly people like Mr Chen, is low. Where, then, was he to go? How was he to start life over? Thankfully, the Social Welfare Department placed Mr Chen in public housing, so that, while he yet mourned the loss of his home, he could be safe and sheltered. Mr Chen still had one critical need in his new home: a washing machine. This is a costly item, particularly for one at his age and stage of life, but it’s an essential, with his hands no longer up to the task of handwashing. We gladly provided a washing machine to Mr Chen, giving him what support we can in the final years of his life. With the average lifespan increasing in Hong Kong, older people can find it hard to meet their ongoing needs and to cope with life alone. So, when the Italian Women’s Association, who regularly support our work, were kind enough to offer us a huge supply of pasta, we knew where to pass it on! One of our partner NGOs in Hong Kong routinely visits the elderly and they distributed this generous gift (pictured above), offering both practical support and a listening ear.
Medical conditions for patients in Moldova are stretched. In some parts of the country, makeshift beds and other equipment provide very limited solutions, leaving the aged, in particular, vulnerable. 2013 saw Crossroads send a shipment of hospital beds and medical equipment to our partners on the ground committed to upgrading care.
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ENVIRONMENT PRODUCT LIFECYCLE AT CROSSROADS Crossroads does all it can to keep goods from landfill. We check goods to see if they are of suitable quality to give people in need. Usually they are, but, if not, our volunteers repair or strengthen them where possible. Beyond that point, we seek other ways to make the most of these goods.
In the first half of 2014, our Environment Department fully reworked our recycling programme. With creativity, energy, and commitment, they found additional ways to give unwanted goods, wherever possible, a ‘second life’.
Cardboard and paper
Metal Rejected goods, together with packaging and other waste, are rigorously handled by our Environment Department. It works diligently to undertake product stewardship and recycle all that is possible in Hong Kong.
For example, we give our Waste Electronic & Electronic Equipment (WEEE), to other NGOs helping people in poverty. In turn, they repair, donate or recycle the WEEE.
Glass
Plastics
Image credit: WRAP UK
HURTING PEOPLE ON A HURTING PLANET Crossroads aims to help a hurting planet as well as its hurting people. We give new life to goods otherwise destined for landfill, placing them strategically in the lives of people in need, re-purposing furniture, medical equipment, clothing, play equipment, computers, building materials, bicycles, tools, and more.
KILOGRAMS OF GOODS SAVED FROM LANDFILL THROUGH HK DONATIONS 140,000
120,000
2013 Total of 659,964 kg
2014 (Jan - end of June)
42,194
Total 100,000
36,712 80,000
26,498
60,000 40,000
27,697
28,248
14,067
96,154
53,702
64,607 48,406
20,000
15,296 74,218 8,762
59,142
44,525 28,045
91,105
62,473
Clothing & textiles
Computers & accessories
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81,950
59,821
36,807
Metal
Other items
Paper/ books & magazines
102,621
138,348
Plastics
Woods (eg. furniture)
A COMPACT SOLUTION TO WASTE Living in a city where 13,800 tonnes of waste are sent to landfill each day, we were excited to receive a donated solution for managing Crossroads’ own waste. Every day, as we receive donations, we handle cardboard, metal and plastics: all an abundant by-product of goods donations. With the compacting machine (right), donated by Ladies’ Circle Hong Kong, our environmental staff can compress all of this waste to 1/4 of its original volume. That means we can load four times as much waste onto a truck for recycling, than we previously were able to. Just another way, we are able to look after our world better.
NEW LIFE FOR TRASH Environmental education is one of the goals pursued by our Environment Department. Students from Christian Alliance International School (CAIS), for example, came to Crossroads after they had been learning about the problem of waste. They wanted to see for themselves how Crossroads redistributes unwanted goods, saving millions of items from landfill every year. The students also brought some ‘safe trash’ with them, which they had been collecting for us to use in a new simulation on the environment. It will give an ‘x-perience’ of the lives of people who live and work on rubbish tips.
GREEN THE GAP: UPSCALING IN INDIA The Yamuna River, in Northern India, battles pollution on a tragic scale. Although its waters are clear in the early stages of its journey, when it flows through New Delhi, that drastically changes. Up to 80% of its pollution is gathered in the 22 km stretch within the city. Entrepreneur Vimlendu Jha sought to make a difference. Targeting young Indian students, the leaders of tomorrow’s generation, he sought to gather change-
makers. He soon found, though, that there were more environmental issues to be addressed and, in time, began a very successful scheme they call ‘Green the Gap.’ It was started as a way to give waste another life by upcycling old materials. They purchase materials from ragpickers and waste markets, transforming old tyres, juice cartons and waste fabrics into beautifully designed products. We now stock trendy satchels and bags in our Global Handicrafts store.
These products ‘do a double good’. They are good in brilliantly re-purposing trash and, being a Fair Trade organisation, good for employment opportunity. Many ‘Green the Gap’ workers have come from low income backgrounds and,
by working there, have seen not only their environment improve, but their personal lives as well.
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DEVELOPING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013: Architects of a Better World Bringing together a world in need is not as easy as it seems. People in need of help can’t always find those with the resources to make a difference. And, people who want to help sometimes need to find further partners too. It can take a confluence of several organisations to make strategic change to our needy planet. In 2013, the United Nations asked us to further the website we built for them, in 2009, so that it gave interested parties a ‘hub’ where they could come together, online, to work out the best ways to address issues such as water, social enterprise, climate, and energy. Matthew Gow, Global Hand’s Vice President, led the project and attended the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit where it was launched to facilitate, as the UN puts it, ‘architects of a better world’.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Helping Communities Thrive When Bank of America Merrill Lynch embarked on an office move project in Hong Kong, it took the opportunity to partner with Crossroads to help communities across the globe. Like most Hong Kong firms shifting offices, BofAML faced the challenge of decommissioning thousands of technology equipment -- including computers, monitors, and peripherals -- that would otherwise have ended up in landfills. BofAML’s senior managers designed a program that would donate all this equipment to Crossroads,
ultimately benefiting people in need. BofAML’s IT department designed an integrated plan to maximise the utility of the equipment for Crossroads beneficiaries. Besides funding the reformatting and refurbishment of the machines, employees of the firm also volunteered their time and skills to prepare the computers for donation. This strategic partnership with Crossroads is part of BofAML’s efforts as a responsible company to help its communities thrive, and could well form the blueprint for other firms looking to give their excess goods to
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Crossroads. “They wanted to complete the whole story, end to end,” said Jason Noble, from Crossroads’ partnership team.
ROMANIA: NEW SUPPLIES FOR OLD CHALLENGES No one can forget the images that rocked the world, in the 1990s, when the tragic conditions for orphans in Romania became public. Lack of basic care and attention left many of the children under-developed, uncommunicative and emotionally crippled. Today, things look quite different for thousands of orphans in Romania and other parts of Eastern Europe. Some of those in orphanages have caring staff, desperate to give them a childhood they will be glad to remember. It can be difficult to do so, though, when operating on a small NGO budget, and many of these programmes rely on outside donations and sponsorship.
pillows and duvets, through Global Hand, a number of Romanian orphanages gratefully received the donation. Every strategic donation plays its part in the composite whole.
So, when a UK hotel chain offered 5 star quality bedding,
IT’S IN THE BAG! TESCO’S GENEROUS DONATION It’s in the bag! Retail giant Tesco donated 90,000 tote bags that have been included in shipments to communities in need all over the world. In Cameroon, Tesco bags were given to women as prizes for excellence (pictured here) in their community leadership training programme. Others, in India, were given to impoverished women living in a Calcutta slum.
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DEVELOPING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
Philippe Lacamp, Head of Sustainable Development at Swire, comes under the spotlight in the Refugee Run
Peter Bennett, founder of the Peter Bennett Foundation and long time supporter of Crossroads, tries a typical slum meal
Paul Tighe, Australian Consul General in Hong Kong, with Crossroads’ directors, Malcolm and Sally Begbie
Participants being briefed in the ‘refugee camp’
GLOBAL SURVIVOR 2013 No one believes it’s possible but they come! Once a year, we see leaders from the Hong Kong community undertake a challenge to live an extraordinary 24 hours in simulated ‘poverty’. These men and women, used to top positions in their workplace, step into the shoes of those who are powerless and penniless. With their ‘families’, they face an attack from ‘soldiers’ brandishing fake AK47 rifles, bribe their way past
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‘border crossings’ into safe territory, and survive in their new setting. They construct a slum house out of debris, meeting ambush on the way, and spend 24 hours in their new homes. It is extraordinary to hear senior figures speak of the profound impact this experience has on them, the depth of understanding this brings, together with their desire to help. If you would like to participate in our next Global Survivor, please email us!
SWIRE & HAECO: HUMANITARIAN CARGO SUPPORT In our line of work, envy can take strange forms. It’s not that we aspire to plush offices or elegant homes, but we can become quite envious when we see commercial warehouse equipment which would lighten the load of our volunteers. Until recently, they loaded tonnes of cargo into containers using sheer determination and massive perspiration. Swire, however, has helped. One of its companies, HAECO, specialises in aircraft repair and maintenance services at Hong Kong’s International Airport. Some of their work processes are not unlike our own
so, when we considered fundraising to buy more supportive equipment, we consulted HAECO for their recommendation.
Wells, however, is a professional with the needed expertise and devoted his spare time over several weeks to fit it precisely to purpose.
As it happened, the man we spoke to had been to Crossroads and undertaken our poverty x-periential programme. “Take what you like!” he told our team, as he showed them a collection of equipment the airport no longer needed.
As we say, it’s a strange kind of envy we harbour here. Sometimes the business community helps us with a straight up financial gift, and that is always welcome. Sometimes, they help with the provision of the needed expertise or equipment, and that can also be transforming. We are constantly looking for commercial partnerships, large and small, that can build capacity and empower us further on behalf of the powerless.
And the story got better. Some adjustments were needed for our use and these might have proved expensive. One of our volunteers, Ian
MAERSK Maersk shipping line has entered into a strategic partnership with Crossroads, committed to transporting up to twenty 40’ containers in 2013. David Skov, head of South China Cluster at Maersk Line, is seen here signing
the commitment with Malcolm Begbie, director of Crossroads. Begbie said, “This is a first for Crossroads: an empowering gift for which we are grateful. When shipping is assured by a company, we can guarantee help to those who cannot afford transportation of the goods they so badly need.”
SPONSORS OF CROSSROADS’ EVENT AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 2013
Crossroads is grateful for our invaluable partners who make it possible for us to run simulations at the World Economic Forum, Davos.
Sponsors
2014
Premium Sponsors
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REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY DRUG ADDICTS START A NEW LIFE Lewis felt his life spiral out of control when Hong Kong’s SARS crisis hit in 2003. With the economy impacted, Lewis, as did thousands of others, lost his job. He took solace in drugs. At first it was marijuana, and then harder drugs. Soon, he was addicted to ketamine. “My family didn’t know what to do,” he said, “but they were always supportive.” It was the thought of hurting his family and friends so deeply that finally flicked the switch for Lewis mid way through 2013. He knew he had to get help. Thankfully for Lewis and hundreds of addicts like him, there are groups in Hong Kong waiting to support those who want to get clean. One of these, Mission Ark in the New Territories, was where Lewis found his new home and it was here that
Crossroads staff met him and heard his story. For several months he has lived there, finding support, mentorship and recovery. It’s a long road, but Lewis is confident that his drug days are over. We equipped this drug rehab centre that has helped Lewis and around 80 others per year. They needed kitchen equipment for their canteen and furniture and computers for their offices. Seeing their humble, though beautiful, countryside premises and the way they manage so much care with so little, makes it all the more joyful to be able to give them the things they need out of the abundance of our warehouse, saving them tens of thousands of dollars!
DRUG REHAB CENTRE - KAZAKHSTAN Intoxicated people are a part of the fabric of life on the streets of Shymkent, Kazakhstan. “Most people ignore happy drunks and avoid violent drunks,” says Crossroads’ partner Salem Union. “Every family has been affected.” In winter, the below-freezing temperatures become deadly for addicts sleeping rough. Colleagues in the area began patrolling the city
during the winter months, taking the homeless into a shelter. They started with 23 people, helping them find jobs, identification papers, care and rehabilitation. Some needed multiple amputations of frostbitten legs and fingers. By the following summer, all had found a new place in society. We sent goods to furnish this shelter. Carpet tiles, household furniture, a
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television, clothing, crockery, and kitchen equipment all helped transform a bare building into a home. Men who had undergone amputations and found it difficult to transfer from beds on the floor to wheelchairs, were given beautiful hotelstyle beds to cater for their needs. It is more than just accommodation. It’s a home that meets a need with love and compassion.
George Bernard Shaw said, “Alcohol is the anaesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.” This centre is designed to help people wake up to a new and far more fulfilling life. By helping furnish the centre, we have sought to invest not just in the building, but in lives.
SARDA DRUG REHAB “We need almost everything!” SARDA (Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers) staff told us when describing their many drug rehabilitation facilities across Hong Kong. We listened in amazement at the massive nature of their services, with branches all across Hong Kong that help addicts recover, rehabilitate, and retrain. They undertake this huge operation on a simple budget with great dedication, but limited financial resources. We offered to help outfit their centres which had not been refurbished for years. Twenty trucks left our premises, laden with provision that SARDA had selected. It was our biggest ever single donation to an NGO.
SARDA staff visited Crossroads and were excited to select 20 truckloads of goods to equip their under-resourced rehab centres
Furniture from Crossroads now supports SARDA’s community homes for recovering addicts. Computers and desks have set up a new training scheme (below right) to teach IT skills. Crossroads loves to make an injection of capital, through donated goods, when financial capital is not in the offering. “It can be hard to find funding for drug addicts,” said one of the SARDA staff. It seems that donations are not easily given for drug addicts because “people think they’ve brought it on themselves and don’t deserve help. But we believe everyone deserves a second chance.”
Rehab staff at SARDA work hard with very few resources to help addicts recover. Most of their furnishings, such as chairs and the mattresses in the detox ward badly needed replacing, but budgets are tight. Crossroads was delighted to help fill the gap by giving SARDA goods from our warehouse.
Left: Some of SARDA’s staff, such as this man, are ex-addicts who have completed the programme and now have the opportunity to earn an income as supervisors, mentors, cooks or trainers. Below: Crossroads provided office furniture, computers and other furniture and supplies to fill 20 trucks, giving SARDA’s centres a huge capital injection.
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EDUCATION: GROWING A NEW GENERATION EDUCATION TRANSFORMING SLUM LIFE: INDIA These Indian school boys were taking lessons in a store room because classrooms were overcrowded. Now the school has a brand new building equipped with furniture from Crossroads.
Urban poverty tends to repeat itself with unremitting consistency. It’s not just about a lack of money. It’s too often, also, about alcoholism, drugs, social breakdown, ill health, violence, homicide, or suicide. Two decades ago, in Hyderabad, India, a young woman agonised over the poverty in the nearby slum community and asked herself what she could do. Education, she decided, was the most strategic way to break through the suffering. She began a modest school which, with no resources, she held under a tree. The children loved it and attended in droves until, eventually, the tree was no longer enough. She then relocated to a building where she could accommodate more students. Conditions were less than ideal, but such was the eagerness of the kids to learn that they continued increasing in number. They studied well and achieved, with some ultimately becoming lawyers, accountants, and professionals in other fields. Nonetheless, facilities are insufficient. School assembly takes place in the street, with the roads blocked off either end, as they have no building sizeable enough. With donor support, they found another building which they were able to purchase, while Crossroads had the task of furnishing it. We sent a wide range of provisions, from computers to furniture, text books to clothing.
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A Western sponsor who made a follow up visit wrote to us, “I am just back from a visit to Hyderabad. I was amazed at all you have sent them. As I walked around the school, I saw the desks and chairs, kitchen equipment for the orphans, cupboards and the soft toys as well as many other items, including uniforms.’” Crossroads, as an organisation, is not able to make large capital injections of a financial kind. What we can do, however, is make a capital injection of goods: one which, we trust, can multiply itself in the lives of many who use it in years to come.
JP MORGAN PARTNERSHIP & FRESH FISH TRADERS’ SCHOOL
He is a Hong Kong legend. Poverty forced Leung Kee Cheong to drop out of school at 13 and left him with a passion to see quality education given to children in economic need. Being poor is not a crime,
he believes, but refusing to reverse it is. He is proof of concept. After later qualifying as a teacher, he worked with Hong Kong’s Education Department and, in time, was offered the top job at an elite school. Instead, he took the principal role at the Fresh Fish Traders’ School: one started by the Kowloon Fish Traders Association for their children. It is one of Hong Kong’s poorest schools and risked closure until Mr Leung took over. Today, it thrives, primarily because of its principal and his understanding of his students’ needs. “Children love playing, eating, and being loved,” he says. He makes all three happen
in his school. His education methods are fun, using creative lessons to help children grasp information and stay motivated. He ensures they have enough to eat through a food bank he has opened on site to help both the children and their families. His personal care is boundless. His goal is to know each one by name and to visit their families, where possible, to offer support. The door of his office is always open and, inside, students find toys, snacks, and a listening ear.
the money needed for computer refurbishment and the volunteer labour to undertake it. We gave both desktops and laptops to the school, glad to support Leung Kee Cheong in his mission to help create leaders for Hong Kong’s next generation.
So, when JP Morgan offered Crossroads computers, we immediately thought of this school. Wonderfully, the finance company added to their donation
MORGAN STANLEY INVESTING IN CHILDREN “The majority of schools in rural Nepal are inadequately resourced,” says the NGO, First Steps Himalaya. “Children often have to sit on dirty floors without a teacher present.” This group is building early childhood centres in Nepal that use vibrant educational materials to give little ones a healthy start for their school career. When Morgan Stanley wanted staff to volunteer their time as part of their Corporate Social Responsiblity programme, we partnered with Global Equity
Brokers to link them with First Steps Himalaya. The Morgan Stanley staff designed and created English flash cards that are now in use in Nepalese kindergarten classrooms. They also created more than 500 back-to-school kits to transform educational life for children who have never seen a pen before. Educational investment always pays dividends. Giving a child a fair start in life can be transformative in ways impossible to measure.
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EDUCATION: STUDENTS CHANGING THE WORLD On these pages we want to honour students of all ages who have shown dedication to a world in need. From six year olds to teenagers, we have seen young people pour their efforts into making a difference, self-organised and self-motivated. We salute them all and their hard-won efforts.
SIX YEAR OLD HELPING SYRIAN REFUGEES Six year old Hannah from Hong Kong proved you’re never too young to make a difference. After hearing about the plight of Syrian refugee children, Hannah (right) decided she did not want gifts for her birthday. Instead, she asked the guests at her party to donate help for Syrian refugees. She raised HK$3,300. Each of the kids who gave also sent their photo and a note of support which Crossroads included in packages of clothes and toys that were distributed to kids in refugee camps. Little campaigners can make a mighty difference.
Kids4Kids recipient using his donated sports equipment
Kids4Kids Every year, Kids4Kids, a Hong Kong student NGO, takes action on behalf of kids in need. 100% led by student advocates, they collect goods for children and for households in need. In 2013, together they collected 7,300 educational toys and household appliances.
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Their project was backed by Morgan Stanley and logistics assistance given by Kerry Logistics. 14 NGOs received donations which were then re-distributed across Hong Kong.
SILK ROAD STORYTIME: NO HANDS TOO SMALL TO HELP In a world where 1 billion children are living in poverty, we love nothing more than sowing seeds of compassion in even the littlest people in our community and seeing them empowered to help others. Silk Road Storytime happens every two weeks at Crossroads and is a time when preschoolers from around Hong Kong come for stories, songs, and crafts that teach about a world in need. We’ve seen some as young as 4 and 5 eager to make a difference by, for example, donating excess birthday presents to Crossroads. At Silk Road Storytime, we know that no hands are too small to help!
School children who received donated goods through Kids4Kids
Cambodian school started by Sarabe Chan and her colleagues
GET STUFF DONE! As a teenage student, Sarabe Chan came out to Crossroads, back in 2010, to undertake our experiential programme on poverty: Struggle for Survival. She wrote to us, “The work that Crossroads is doing has touched many people, especially youngsters. I remember not knowing a thing about volunteering or poverty back in March 2010, but the simulation definitely planted a seed in me hence my journey from then on in this field.”
Sarabe’s journey has been extraordinary. She, together with Hong Kong University students, began a non-profit called ‘Get Stuff Done’. It has opened a school in Cambodia which, over the years, has continued to grow, accommodating increasing numbers of students and providing both academic and sports facilities. Today, Sarabe works with Habitat for Humanity in China.
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EDUCATION: SERVICE LEARNING IN ACTION We offer many activity options for students, of all ages, to become global citizens: internships, student service certificates, on the job training, and simulations where they x-perience life challenges by stepping into another’s shoes.
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SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DE
BABIES BEHIND BARS These babies and children have done nothing wrong, but they are in prison. One of today’s unmentioned tragedies is the fact that, in many countries, children born to prison inmates must live with their parents in jail. The world these little ones grow up in makes them witnesses to anger, violence, and rape. The picture of nursery nurture with gentle care, colourful toys, and a loving family unit are years away from the emotionally abusive environment in which these children must learn their basic life skills. Many find it difficult to recover from their years in prison. One of our partners on the ground in Kazakhstan focuses on care for parents and children in this unthinkable situation. They support them while in prison and offer transitional care and rehabilitation for those who have been released. They were recipients of cargo we shipped to the area, providing kids’ equipment that would brighten the lives of the children and lighten the load for their mothers.
Hong Kong is a city that reveres its older people and Crossroads embraces that value wholeheartedly. Each day, we welcome 10-12 Hong Kong individuals or families - including the elderly - in our warehouse where they can select items that might alleviate suffering in their circumstances. This man (pictured left), for example, was left with a disability following a stroke. We provided him with a wheelchair to help him regain some of the mobility and dignity that the stroke took from him. Many of those who come to us are referred by Hong Kong’s Social Welfare Department or by the city’s many non-profit organisations.
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EVELOPMENT INSTRUMENTAL DONATION A young Hong Kong widow, struggling to manage after losing her husband to cancer, told us she desperately longed to find a piano for her talented young son. A devoted mother, she had organised piano lessons, subsidised at a cheap rate, and bought him a little battery operated keyboard. “He plays it like he’s addicted to it!” she told us. Clearly, though, as he learned more, it could not support his need to practise.
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FINANCES 2013 DIVISION ANALYSIS HK$’000 (surplus/(deficit))
Sales
Global Handicrafts World Village Marketplace
Global X-perience
note 1
note 2
Global Distribution
1,391.1
Less: Cost of Sales
902.4
Gross Margin on Trading
488.7
Donations & Other Revenue
Net Volunteer Support
1,190.5
300.7
306.7
2,163.3
Operating Expenses
60.8
735.7
4,277.1
Overhead Expenses
141.5
146.8
907.8
(14.3)
1.3
(7,348.2)
note 4
% of Revenue Value of Distribution Goods Multiple
note 5
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note 1: Crossroads Foundation Global Handicrafts World Village Marketplace operates on a fully fair trade basis through a Handicrafts shop and Cafe on site. The turnover and profitability has been increasing year on year, both ventures having the objective not only to cover their own costs, but ultimately to supplement the donation revenue and so directly contribute to impact the other divisions. In 2013, with a turnover of $1,391,100 and a gross profit of $488,700, the division incurred a deficiency of $14,300.
note 5:
note 4: Volunteer Support Costs cover provision of accommodation and hostel services for full time and short term volunteers, plus catering for community volunteers. Volunteer Support Donations raised by volunteers personally to support their involvement in Crossroads amounted to HK$2.0M in 2013.
2013 HK$’000
Donations and Other Revenue
6,416.2
Designated Donations
1,562.7 7,978.9
Trading Revenue Revenue bef. Vol. Support
note 2: During 2013 the Global X-perience division earned fees amounting to $1,195,500 sufficient to cover all direct and indirect operating expenses and to cover its proportion of overhead expenses. It produced a small surplus of $1,300. note 3: Donations Revenue includes designated contributions to support Global Distribution and special projects, major corporate donations plus general donations to support Crossroads’ day to day operations.
Total Revenue
Volunteer generated revenue
note 6:
2,581.6 10,560.5 1,995.5
Total Revenue
12,556.0
Total Expenses
2013 HK$’000
Cost of Sales
902.4
Operating Expenses
5,763.5
Overhead Expenses
1,605.3
Total Volunteer Support
5,412.3
Total Expenses
13,683.5
note 7: Crossroads shipped goods to the value of HK$64M in 2013. This reflects the value of goods that Crossroads distributes to the local community and by shipment to recipients globally. For every one dollar of cost, $9 in value is shipped and delivered to final beneficiaries.
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Communication
Administration
Donations Revenue
Crossoads Foundation (HK)
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1,391.1 902.4 488.7 7,978.9
9,169.4
301.3
344.8
3,416.8
304.9
385.0
5,763.5
105.6
303.6
1,605.3
(711.8)
(1,033.4)
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8.2%
7,978.9
(1,127.5)
604,990 LIVES impacted in 2013
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FINANCES 2014 DIVISION ANALYSIS HK$’000 (surplus/(deficit))
Sales
Global Handicrafts World Village Marketplace
Global X-perience
note 1
note 2
Global Distribution
1,445.2
Less: Cost of Sales
843.2
Gross Margin on Trading
602.0
Donations & Other Revenue
Net Volunteer Support
1,728.1
302.0
292.8
2,000.6
Operating Expenses
51.8
471.9
4,238.8
Overhead Expenses
233.2
757.0
1,321.1
15.0
206.4
(7,560.5)
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note 1: Crossroads Foundation Global Handicrafts World Village Marketplace operates on a fully fair trade basis through the Handicrafts shop and Cafe on site. During the 2014 year, these two entities generated $1,445,200 in gross revenue and contributed $602,000 on trading margin. The margin was sufficient to cover all operating and overhead expenses. The division is thus self-supporting.
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note 4: Volunteer Support Costs cover provision of accommodation and hostel services for full time and short term volunteers plus catering for community volunteers. Volunteer Support Donations raised by volunteers personally to support their involvement in Crossroads amounted to HK$2.8M in 2014.
2014 HK$’000
Donations and Other Revenue
10,753.3
Designated Donations
1,519.9 12,273.2
Trading Revenue
note 2: During 2014, the Global X-perience division generated revenue of $1,728,100. This was sufficient to cover all expenses, direct and indirect. The year-end net surplus for the division was $206,400. note 3: Donations Revenue includes designated contributions to support Global Distribution, and special projects, major corporate donations plus general donations to support Crossroads’ day to day operations.
Total Revenue
Revenue bef. Vol. Support Volunteer generated revenue
note 6:
3,173.3 15,446.5 2,801.6
Total Revenue
18,248.1
Total Expenses
2013 HK$’000
Cost of Sales
843.2
Operating Expenses
5,190.6
Overhead Expenses
3,469.6
Total Volunteer Support Total Expenses
6,085.5 15,588.9
note 7: Crossroads shipped goods to the value of HK$69M in 2014. This reflects the value of goods that Crossroads distributed to the local community and by shipment to recipients globally. For every $1 of cost, $9 in value is shipped and delivered to final beneficiaries.
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Communication
Administration
Donations Revenue
Crossroads Foundation (HK)
note 3
note 5
1,445.2 843.2 602.0 14,001.3
12,273.2
267.3
421.2
3,283.9
89.6
338.5
5,190.6
478.7
679.6
3,469.6
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(1,439.3)
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7.9%
12,273.2
2,659.2
Crossroads Foundation Sources of Revenue 2009-2013
EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON SOURCES OF REVENUE
20.0
1. During 2010 a major one-off fundraiser was held. It alone generated $6 million which contributed significantly to the fund balance.
15.0
2. During 2011 the organisation felt the impact of the global banking financial issues which affected the organisation’s traditional donors. So, though the year resulted in a financial deficit, Crossroads had a sufficient fund balance to absorb it.
10.0
5.0
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3. 2012 saw a gradual recovery in the income levels. The fund balances were still sufficient to absorb the reduced deficit for the year. 2009
2010
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2012
2013
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General Donations
Interest Income
Major Corporate
Surplus/Deficit
Trading Revenue
Designated & Specific Project
4. 2013 was notable for the major spike in designated income given, particularly for the Syrian refugee situation. The organisation began to focus on fund raising, which will increasingly become a factor in income generation. 5. The consistent trend of increasing trading revenue can be seen.
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FUNDRAISING FABBAs helps transform Ugandan slum school It might not look like a treasure chest. But the 40 foot shipping container outside the only school in Kamwokya slum is filled with valuables that are changing Ugandan futures, one child at a time. Children in the densely packed, dangerous slum once had nowhere to go to
school, while their parents went to work in surrounding neighbourhoods. Now, this school is a beacon of hope, educating 2,000 pupils, not just in academic subjects but in life skills, job training, and children’s rights. They struggle with very few resources, though. We responded with the shipment sent by Fund
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Managers, Asian Bankers and Brokers Awards (FABBAs). As a result, the school library in Kamwokya is now filled with text books, the boys’ soccer team wears a uniform, the students sit at new desks and chairs, and some of the poorest students, who previously slept on the floor, now have soft new mattresses and warm blankets. All have a
new zeal to attend school each day. It’s FABBAs - our largest single donor in 13 years who made this possible. At their 2013 banquet, FABBAs raised a staggering HK$1.5 million for Crossroads’ operations and international shipments.
Mission Possible, a Hong Kong NGO, ran a fundraiser selling tickets to their box seats at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens. The money they raised bought Crossroads a brand new forklift, and more!
ART AUCTION Bank of America Merrill Lynch donated more than 100 valuable artworks for an auction to benefit Crossroads. The pieces were part of a large donation of goods from the bank sparked by an innovative partnership with Crossroads, which forms part of BofAML’s efforts as a responsible company to help women and children in need (see page 38.)
A round of applause for Faust International Youth Theatre, who held a 24-hour rehearsal for their production to raise money for Crossroads in 2013.
Crossroads badly needed a new locker system to keep volunteer valuables safe while they worked. AsiaSat came to the rescue, donating funds to purchase new, secure lockers.
Now Crossroads volunteers can flush with pride, after Ladies’ Circle funded a massive renovation of our volunteer toilets! These long-time friends of Crossroads know the value of clean, useable facilities. Women from Ladies’ Circle have been volunteering in our stationery processing department as a group since 2000.
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OUR PEOPLE
Volunteers form the backbone of Crossroads’ work. From our kitchen manager to our clothing processing team, from our directors to our receptionists, all of our full time and part time staff work for no salary or remuneration. Residential staff, furthermore, raise funds to cover their own personal accommodation and living expenses. Over the course of 2013-2014, we had a total of 101 full time residential staff (averaging 60 at any one time), augmented by hundreds of community volunteers. These full time staff came from 22 countries: Australia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Malawi, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, UK, USA and Zambia.
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Hours served by community volunteers Crossroads has volunteers with differing physical and intellectual abilities, and strives to offer an inclusive, supportive and accessible environment for people of all abilities. Over the course of the Jan 2013 - June 2014 reporting period, our community volunteers clocked an incredible 148,905 hours of service. This includes both regular community volunteers and groups booking our volunteering programmes. Crossroads’ community volunteers more than double the effectiveness of our full time team, and we could not do the work of Crossroads without their massive effort!
Diversity of age, genders and abilities Crossroads is an inclusive work environment. We provide a workspace where men and women have equal opportunity for advancement. Working parents have considerable flexibility in their work schedule and on site care or schooling is offered for the children of full time staff. We have people of all ages volunteering at Crossroads, from school students, university students, young singles/ couples, families, middle aged singles/couples and retirees. No one is too young, nor too old, to help! Older full time staff are invited to work reduced hours, in accordance with their health and physical ability.
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OUR PEOPLE Who volunteers with us? Business people:
Companies often book team builds or offer individual staff who assist with either skilled volunteering (e.g. logisticians, engineers, designers, lawyers, accountants, architects, etc) or unskilled volunteering (e.g. to paint walls, tend gardens, load containers, pack goods, etc.)
Students: • Student service certificates: Students earn ‘Silver Certificates’ for 70 hours and ‘Gold Certificates’ for a further 70 hours. • Internships: Students over 16 undertake 6 weeks of full time volunteer service, during which they develop specialised skills in their designated area. • Field trips: Busloads of students come for regular field trips. • Curriculum participation: We are a weekly ‘subject’ on the curriculum of a selection of Hong Kong schools. • Offsite school projects: Schools undertake a wide range of projects, on their own premises, to support Crossroads’ work.
Community service groups:
Armed forces:
Community service groups such as religious groups or service clubs send groups for a day of volunteering or send individuals who become part of our regular weekly team.
Several navies e.g. US, UK, French and Australian, when in Hong Kong, send men and women for a day of community service. Some offer skilled volunteering, with expertise in logistics, IT, engineering, construction, etc. Others assist with general maintenance or warehouse needs.
Rehabilitation organisations: Rehabilitation organisations regularly bring out teams of people who are being rehabilitated, to help load a container, or take on other teamwork.
Salvation Army: The Salvation Army sends teams most days of the week.
Families: We are pleased to organise family days where parents and children serve together.
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Individuals: Individuals from the Hong Kong community come and offer their time to volunteer.
What do volunteers do? We have tasks of all kinds: warehouse logistics, inventory management, sorting/processing of basic goods, checking of computer/electrical items, administration, accounting, public relations, communications, design, research, IT, translation, gardening, landscape care, tree care, hospitality, kitchen catering, retail services, product purchasing, barista services, handyman activities, catering, acting, set design, and more.
We give a standing ovation to all our incredible volunteers! We simply couldn’t exist without them!
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IN THE MEDIA 022net.com
Heute
Spiegel Online
Australian Network, AusBizAsia
Hollandse Nieuwe
忽然一周 Sudden Weekly
Hong Kong Commercial Daily
The Financial Times
BBC News
Hong Kong Economic Times
The Independent: Blogs
BBC World Service Business Matters
Huffington Post
The Telegraph
BBC World Service News Hour
i-Cable
Wall Street Journal
Irish Times
Wiener Zeitung
Lesechos
World Economic Forum Blog
Cable TV Chicago Tribune CNBC Daily Mirror deredactie.be Die Welt EXAME.com Fashion and Beauty Magazine
Oximity Produce Green Reuters RTHK Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SCMP Speak HK
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GET CONNECTED We live in a needy world. As our name suggests, we are a crossroads that connects people in need with people who can help. How can we help you? Or how can you help us? These pages describe what you can do through Crossroads.
Donate Goods Would you like to donate goods for people in need? We redistribute quality goods from families, hotels, hospitals, businesses, educational institutions and more. If your surplus goods can help people in need, we would be delighted to send them on.
Types of goods we accept • Books & AV materials • Building materials • Child playground/ orphanage equipment • Computers • Educational furnishings • Educational toys • Electrical goods • Exercise & physical therapy equipment • Food
• Household goods • Medical equipment & supplies • Musical instruments • New clothing • Office appliances • Office furniture • Stationery supplies • Tools • Vehicles • White goods/appliances
Request Goods If you need donated goods from our warehouse, we’d love you to tell us. We give goods to non-profit groups here in Hong Kong and overseas, along with people who apply through the Hong Kong Social Welfare Department.
Organisations we resource • Leadership training
• Animal welfare
– pre-school, primary, secondary & tertiary
• Medical clinics & hospitals
•S ports programmes for the disadvantaged
• Care for people at risk
• Elderly care
• Microbusiness initiatives
•S uicide prevention services
• Community development
• Environmental care
• Orphanages
•S upport for new arrivals
• Computer training centres
• Eye clinics
• Prisoner care
• Cultural needs
• Fair trade initiatives
• Refugee & IDP programmes
• Dental clinics
• Family services
• Disaster response
• Halfway houses
• Rehabilitation and therapy centres
•S upport for special needs: autism, epilepsy, people with disabilities
• Drug rehabilitation services
• HIV/AIDS support
• Service organisations
• Educational institutions
• Hygiene programmes
• Adoption agencies
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•S upport for women • Vocational training programmes • Youth services
Donate Funds Would you like to help financially? We can multiply the donation of dollars given. For every $23 we receive, we can impact a life. For every $100 given, we can send help worth $900.
We would deeply appreciate your regular donations, fundraising support, or sponsorship.
Donate Time and Talent Your time, talents, and skills can provide vital help, especially when given regularly by individuals or teams. We have a full time team of volunteers but we cannot do this work alone. When volunteers come to us on a regular basis, bringing their talents and skill sets, we can see many more people helped.
Skills we need • Accounting
• Driving
• Administration/ office work
• Electrical work
• IT and software development • Medical equipment
• Barista work in cafe
• Environmental work • Fair trade market
• Building projects
• Fork lift driving
• Reception
• Carpentry
• Fundraising
• Sewing
• Catering/cooking
• Furniture repair
• Translation
• Computers
• Gardening
• Container loading
• Goods collection
• Warehousing and stock movement
• Creative design & artwork
• Handyman/ maintenance jobs
• Photography
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Book an X-perience Deepen your understanding by taking a few steps ‘in the shoes’ of people battling the major issues which face our world today. We have a range of options you may book as an individual or group.
WAR: REFUGEE RUN HEALTH: HIV/AIDS VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: BLIND X-PERIENCE
POVERTY: STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
HUNGER: SOME, TONNES, NONE
WATER NEEDS: CHALLENGE OF WATER
FAIR TRADE: COFFEE BEAN TRADE
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And more...
Find Partners/Projects Ask us about projects or partnership opportunities for NGOs and companies. We help ‘match-make’ in Hong Kong and around the world. Advocacy
Microcredit
Corporate Social Responsibility
Philanthropy
Corporate volunteering
Services-in-kind
Disaster response
Social entrepreneurship
Doing business with the poor
Sustainable development
Fair trade Gifts-in-kind Guidelines/Best practice
Poverty alleviation
We help match for-profits, non-profits, foundations, trusts, governments, diplomats, and more.
Humanitarian aid Job creation
Shop ‘n Snack Empower people in poverty by buying their products at our fair trade marketplace and cafe. We sell products from people living in low income areas. Every sale helps give them a more secure future. You can buy chocolate, tea/coffee, snacks, spices, jewellery, scarves, bags, carvings, toys, accessories, stationery, homeware, and much more. Come in and browse around. You can even do your Christmas shopping! The products come from all regions of the world: Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East. Visit our fair trade facilities, shop in our Global Handicrafts marketplace and be refreshed in our Silk Road Cafe!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! 1st Hong Kong Canadian Cub Scouts
Adphocase Studio
3G Sourcing, LLC
Advanced Learning Systems
4M Industrial Development Ltd. 5 Star Jewellery 5.11 Sourcing Ltd. 6waves Ltd. The ABM HK Swatow Baptist Church Community Service Assoc Ltd.
Ad-Prom Specialty Ltd. The Advantage Trust Advendise Ltd. Aeolus(Asia)Ltd. Aerobag Company Ltd. Afasia Fashions (HK) Ltd. Ah Ngau Engineering Ltd.
American International School of Guangzhou
Aspect Asia
American President Lines Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women
American Women’s Association of Hong Kong Ltd.
Aston Wilson Ltd.
The Amity Foundation The Ammado Foundation Amorepacific Andy World Club Ltd.
ABN-AMRO Bank
Aids Concern
ABWE Shing Yan Christian Social Service Centre
Air China
Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) Singapore
Air India
Ann Taylor Sourcing Far East Ltd.
A.D. & F.D. of Pok Oi Hospital Mrs Cheng Yam On School
Air New Zealand
Apax Group
A.D.E.C. Mood Disorder Integrated Center
Air Niugini
Apax Partners Hong Kong Ltd.
Airport Authority Hong Kong
APEX 88 Ltd.
Alcanta International College, China
Apple & Pie Ltd.
ADRA Australia AEON AFS Hong Kong
Alcatel-Lucent Alex Chu & Associates Ltd.
Aqua Pure Distilled Water Co. Ltd.
Associated Sisters in Asia
Atlas Enterprises Ltd. Atlas Global Atlas Impex Atlassian ATOFINA Greater China Trading Co. Ltd. Audio Electronics Augusta Jones Ltd. Aussco HK Ltd. Austrade Hong Kong Australia-China Endeavour The Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong Australian Consulate General
Alex Ho Associates Ltd.
Arboricultural Society of Hong Kong
Alexander Stuart Designs Ltd.
Arcfoto Photography
Aliaba.com Hong Kong Ltd.
Ardex Hong Kong Ltd.
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
Arena Enterprises Ltd.
All Souls Church, UK All Star Sports Association Ltd.
Argyll Scott International (HK) Ltd.
Allen & Overy
The Ark Veterinary Clinic
Avery Dennison
A & L (Asia) International Ltd.
Allens
Armstrong-Hilton Ltd.
Aztec Information Services
A & P International Ltd.
Allerhand Asia Ltd.
The Arnhold Group
Azure Tax Ltd.
APT Design Co.
Alliance Global Serve
Arup
B & J Ford
A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd.
Alliance Francaise
Ashoka Trading Ltd.
BAA
ASrIA
Alliance International Church
Ashurst Hong Kong
BAX Global Hong Kong
AT & T Global Network Services Hong Kong Ltd.
Alliance Primary School Kowloon Tong
Asia Airfreight Terminal
BCJ Joint Ventures
Asia Brokers Charity Ltd.
BDO Ltd.
A Triad Garment Factory
Allianz Global Investors Hong Kong Ltd.
Asia Centre for Mobilisation (HK) Ltd.
BIS Hong Kong
Allied Pickfords Ltd.
Asia Goal Ltd.
Alpha Academy Ltd.
Asia Line Ltd.
BNP Paribas
Absolute Trade Co.
Alpha Bright Ltd.
Asia Pacific Inspection Ltd.
Accenture
Alpha Centre for the Gifted
Acceptor Professional Directors
Alpha Epsilon Chi, GCC, USA
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd.
Access (Asia) Co. Ltd.
Alpha Technics Asia Ltd.
Asia Securities Global Ltd.
Acme Fashion Works Ltd.
Alstom Hong Kong Ltd.
Asia Terminals Ltd.
ACME Landis Operations Holding Ltd.
Amasse Capital Ltd.
Asian Artworks Gallery
Babtie BMT Harris & Sutherland (HK) Ltd.
The Ambition Group Ltd.
Asian Corporate Services Ltd.
Baby Express
Acton Freight International Ltd.
Asian Games Marketing Ltd.
Baker & McKenzie
Addison Ltd.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
Asian Quality Assurance
Balli Steel Asia Ltd.
ADesiflava
The American Club
Asian Tigers K. C. Dat
Bally Hong Kong Ltd.
adidas Group
American Design
AsiaNet Consultants
Adoptive Families of Hong Kong
American International School
AsiaXPAT.com Ltd.
BALtrans International Moving Ltd.
AIC Merchandizing (Japan) Ltd. AIESEC in the Chinese University of Hong Kong AIG Finance (HK) Ltd. A. J. Vachha & Company A. M. International Manufactory Co. Ltd. (HK) AMEC ANZ Banking Group Ltd.
Aaron Shum Jewelery Ltd. Abbotsleigh, Australia Abertay Ltd.
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Argos Pacific Logistics Ltd.
Australian International School Hong Kong Australian Navy Australian Opal Cutters, Australia Autism Partnership Primary School Autumn Rain
BMT Asia Pacific Ltd. BNY Mellon BSI Ltd. Babe Ltd. Babies Trendland Ltd. Babisil Products Company Ltd.
Bamboo
Bird and Bird Solicitors
Brownie Guides
Bamboo Republic
Bisous Hong Kong
Bryan Cave
Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention
Black Castle Ltd.
Buddhist Chi Hong Chi Lam Memorial College
CMG Asia Ltd.
Buddhist Hung Sean Chau Memorial College
CNN (Cable News International, Inc.)
Buddhist Leung Chik Wai College
COSCO
The Blues Filobranca
Buddhist Li Chong Yuet Ming Nursing Home for the Elderly
CPS Group Ltd.
Bobtex (Far East) Ltd.
Buddhist Po Kwong School
The Body Shop
Buddhist Sin Tak College
Barclays Capital Asia Ltd.
Boehringer Ingelheim Hong Kong Ltd.
Barker College, Australia
Buddhist Sum Heung Lam Memorial College
Bondex International HK Ltd.
Buddhist Sum Ma Shui Ying
CTS (Cargo) Hong Kong Ltd.
Barmag Far East Ltd.
Bonnie Blair Ltd.
Barnabas Charitable Service Association
Buddhist Tai Hung College
Bookazine Boom Solutions Ltd.
Buddhist Wong Fung Ling College
CUHK FAA Thomas Cheung Secondary School
Bootham School
Bühler Hong Kong
Caffe Perla Mora Asia
Bosideng International Holdings Ltd.
Buick Management Limited
California Fitness
Bumps to Babes
Cambridge Nursing Home
The Boston Consulting Group
Burberry Asia Ltd.
CamelBak Products, LLC, USA
The Boys’ Brigade, Hong Kong
Business Environment Council
Camelpaint Chemicals Co. Ltd.
Bradbury School
Butterfly Bay Baptist Church Social Centre for the Elderly
Canadian International School
Brand Effect Companies Brandstorm Hong Kong Ltd.
BUZdesign Consultants
Beatitudes Drama Society
CancerLink
Branford Ltd.
ByBodyguard Ltd.
Beaver Scouts
c.i.p (Asia) Ltd.
Canossa College
Branson Ultrasonics (A/P) Co. Ltd. Breakthrough Ltd.
Black Isle Consultants
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Bliss & Wisdom Fund Ltd.
Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School
Bloomberg L.P.
Baptist Wing Lung Secondary School
Blue Star Ltd.
Baptista Szeretetszolgalat Bar 109 Bar U Restaurant
Basic Point Basicline International Ltd. Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP, UK Bauhinia School Bayer MaterialScience Ltd. Beachside Building Services Beacon Hill School
Beijing Datang Power Generation Co. Ltd.
Bloomsbury Books Ltd.
C3 Church Hong Kong
CMA Choi Cheung Kok Secondary School CMS Cameron McKenna
CP Ships CSC CSL Ltd. CSM CST Capital Ltd.
Café Colorado
Canadian Tire Corporation, Ltd.
Canossa Hospital Canossian Girls School
Belfuse Ltd.
Breakthrough Youth Village
CCC Cheung Sha Wan Kei To Church
Belilios Public School
Brecon Ltd.
CCC Heep Woh College
Belkin Asia Pacific Ltd.
Brent Industrial Corporation
CCC Hoh Fuk Tong College
The Capital Group Companies Hong Kong Office
Bellanis Ltd.
Brigantine Services Ltd.
CCC Kei To Mongkok Church
Capital Lease Ltd.
Benetton Asia Pacific Ltd.
Bright Kingdom Development Ltd.
CCC Kei Wai Primary School (Ma Wan)
Capricorn Apparel Ltd.
Berytos International Trading (HK) Ltd.
Bright Light Ltd.
CCC Kwei Wah Shan College
Bright Services Co. Ltd.
CCC Ming Kei College
Best Wishes Company Ltd.
Brilliant Global Ltd.
CCC Ming Yin College
Best Young International Ltd.
Brilliant Standard Ltd.
CCC Mong Man Wai College
Bestpo Enterprises Ltd.
Brio International Ltd.
Bethel Christian Fellowship, Australia
British Airways World Cargo
CCC Mongkok Church Kai Oi School
Berger Paints (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Capital (CMC) Management Consultants Ltd.
Capstone Captivating International Caravel Group Ltd. Care for Children Caritas Bianchi College of Careers Caritas Dr. & Mrs. Olinto De Sousa Family Service (Shatin)
The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
CCC Yenching College
The Better ‘Ole Bar and Restaurant
British Consulate-General
CFT Engineering Ltd.
The British Council
CITA International Ltd.
Caritas Fanling Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
Betterware
British Mediterranean, UK
CJP (HK) Ltd.
Caritas Fu Tung Home
Beyond the Fringe Hairdressing
British Navy
CLP Group
Beyond the Pivot
British Rollmakers (China) Ltd.
CLSA Hong Kong
Caritas Integrated Service for Young People - Tak Tin
Big Apple Ltd.
Broadway Photo Supply
C&M Faith Memorial Church
Caritas Lok Yi School
Bilkey Llinas Design Ltd.
Broadway Trading Co.
CM Holdings Ltd.
Caritas Medical Centre
Bio-Supplies Ltd.
Broadwood Ltd.
CMA CGM
Caritas Social Work Service
Bethel College, USA
CDS Overseas
Caritas Evergreen Home
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Caritas Tuen Mun Marden Foundation Secondary School
Cheshire Home
Choy Chan Timber Mill
Clover Seed Co. Ltd.
Cheterson & Co.
Chrisdon Trading Co. Ltd.
Coastal Connections Ltd.
Caritas Yuen Long Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School
Christ Church St Ives, Australia
CO2nnsulting Ltd.
Carmel Bunnan Tong Memorial Secondary School
Christ College
Co-China
Chi Tad Industrial (HK) Ltd.
Christar Hong Kong Ltd.
Chiangs Optical
Christchurch Kindergarten
Coffee Concepts (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Carmel Secondary School
Chiaphua Components Holdings Ltd.
Christian Action School
Carrefour Global Sourcing Asia Ltd.
Chiaphua Industries Ltd.
Christian Alliance College
Coffs Harbour Carpet Court, Australia
Christian Alliance International School (CAIS)
Cognitio College (Hong Kong) Color 6 Laboratories Ltd.
Christian Alliance P. C. Lau Memorial International School
Colour Bar Salon
Childprufe (HK) Ltd. Children at 818
Christian Disciples Church Christian Family Service Centre
Columbia Sportswear Co (HK) Ltd.
Casio Computer (HK) Ltd.
Children’s Hope Fund Hong Kong
Castaways
Children’s Medical Foundation
Castores Magi (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Childz Play
Cathay Holidays Ltd.
Carmel Pak U Secondary School
Carromco-Sport-Games Cartier Cartorama (HK) Ltd. CASH E-Trade Ltd.
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. Catholic Joint School of Tuen Mun and Yuen Long
Chicago Capital Ltd. Chilab Ltd.
Commonwealth Optical Manufactory Ltd.
Chiling & Co. Ltd.
Chu Yu Transportation Co. Ltd.
Community Advice Bureau
China Aerospace Telecommunications Ltd.
Chubb Hong Kong Ltd.
Community Business Ltd.
Chung Shing Hong Rice Co., Ltd.
China Coast Community Ltd.
Chung Sing Benevolent Society Mrs Aw Boon Haw Secondary School
The Community Chest of Hong Kong
China Compass Publishing
Cazenova Capital Management Ltd.
China Congregational Church
Cedar Fund Ltd. Celebrity Exports Ltd. Celki Medical Company
China Lilanz Ltd.
Church Assembly Hall
China National Aviation Corporation Hong Kong Ltd.
Church of All Nations
Compassion International (East Asia) Ltd.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Concord Co.
Central Plaza Management Co. Ltd.
China Power International Development Company
Century First Manufacturing Ltd.
Chinaplay Ltd.
Chabad of Hong Kong
ChinaVest Services Ltd.
Chai Wan Baptist Church
Chinawood Associates
Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College
Chinese Christian Association
Chanel Ltd.
Chinese Christian Mong Man Wei School
Charlies International Charlotte Travel Charming-Lite Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Charter Rich Corp Ltd. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants The Chase Manhattan Bank
Community Education and Resource Centre
China Holiness College
Central Conference Center
Charitable Choice
Community Church Hong Kong
Chunkie International Removal Ltd.
China Orchid Energy Resources Ltd.
Chan’s Creative School
Comgest Far East Ltd.
Chu Kong Plan
Catholic Women’s League
The Cecilian Singers
Christian Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School
Colourful Workshop
The Chinese Foundation Secondary School Chinese International School The Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Sze Tian Rhenish Home for the Elderly The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese YMCA
Cigna Cinox (Hong Kong) Ltd. Cipher International Ltd.
Commverge Solutions Ltd.
Concordia International School Concordia International School Shanghai
Cisco Systems Hong Kong Ltd.
Concordia Lutheran School (North Point)
Citadines Hongkong Ashley
Connaught Travel
Citibank N.A. Hong Kong
Conrad International Hong Kong
Citigroup Hong Kong
Consolidated Textiles
City Garden Hotel
Construction Industry Council Training Academy
City Telecom (HK) Ltd. City University of Hong Kong Civil Service Training and Development Institute
Consulate General of Argentine Republic Consulate General of Belgium
CLARES
Consulate General of Canada
Clariant (China) Ltd. Clarins
Consulate General of Switzerland
Classic Packing & Removal Co. Ltd.
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Consulate General of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Chef Gardens
Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Secondary School
Classic Supplies Co. Ltd.
Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation
Chinook Society
Consulate General of Uruguay
Chengdu International School
CLOSTERMANN Design
Chiu Lut Sau Memorial Secondary School
Clothing Solutions International (HK) Ltd.
Container Providers Intl. Ltd.
Chenille (HK) Ltd.
Contempo
Chesga Ltd.
Choi Designs
Cloudvault (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Continental Airlines
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Clearwater Bay School
The Cookware Company
Danish Seamen’s Church
Copycat Shoes Manufacturing Ltd.
Danzas AEI (HK) Ltd.
Discovery Bay International School
Early Learning Centre (HK) Ltd.
Discovery Bay Optical Shop
Earth Buddy Earthy Publications
Earnward Warehouse Ltd.
Cornwall School
Darling Child International Kindergarten
Corp 8
Darton Ltd.
Discovery Bay Pirates Rugby Club
Corporate Service Group
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Discovery College
Cosy Zone
Debenhams PLC
Displaytech Ltd.
Cotton Spinners Association Secondary School
Deborah International Play School
District Distributions Co. Ltd. Dolly Expo Far East Ltd.
EastPoint Property Management Service Ltd.
Country Garden School Guangzhou
Deborah Oppenheimer International
Donald Chiu Photography
Easyfill International Co. Ltd.
Coutts Bank
Debt Traders Ltd.
Dong Rong Electronics Co. Ltd.
Eaton House Hong Kong
Covenant Church, USA
Dechert
Dong Woo Shipping Co. Ltd.
Eaton Smart Hong Kong
Crafts Hong Kong
Dehres International Ltd.
Dongguan Luen Thai Garment Co. Ltd.
Eban International Ltd.
Creata Promotion (Asia) Ltd.
Delia Memorial School
Door of Faith - HK Mission
Creation Maternity
Delia School of Canada
Ecovision Asia Ltd.
Douceur International Ltd.
Creative Consulting Group
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, CPA
Eddie Bauer International Ltd.
Doulos
Creative Kindergarten
Delphi Ltd.
Edipresse Hong Kong Ltd.
Dowell Trading Co.
Creative Primary School
Delta Electrical & Engineering Services Ltd.
Downton Baptist Church, UK
Education Development Platform Ltd.
Denton Wilde Sapte
Dr. Kong Footcare Ltd.
Educational Perspective
Dragonair
Ege Besin Co. Ltd.
Drake International
eGenix.com Software GmbH
Drake Overload Ltd.
Elco
Dresdner Bank
Elegance Industrial Co. Ltd.
Du Pont China Ltd. Duchess of Kent Hospital
Elegance Optical Manufactory Ltd.
Dunham Bush Services Co. Ltd.
Elegant Fashion Enterprise Ltd.
Duquesne Capital Asia
Elegant Handicraft Ltd.
Dussman Service Hong Kong Ltd.
Elim Development Ltd.
Dymocks EC Harris
Elsevier Health Services Asia Pacific
ECCO
Emerson Electric Asia-Pacific
Digital Eye
EDS Asia
Emirates Airline
EFT (HK) Ltd.
Emmanuel Church, Redditch, UK
DFS Group Ltd.
Diligent Group & Diligent Factory
EK Investment Management Ltd.
Emperor Hotel
DHL International (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Dimple’s International
ELCHK Tai Wo Integrated Youth Service Centre
Empire Toys (HK) Ltd.
ELCHK Tin Shui Wai Integrated Youth Service Centre
Enlighten Hong Kong - Action for Epilepsy
ELCHK Yuen Long Lutheran Seconday School
Elizabeth Homes
EMI Music Publishing Asia
Entertainment+Culture Advisors
EP Power Company Ltd. EPS & Little Flowers Grass
Environment Protection Department
EPSON Hong Kong Ltd.
The Empire Hotels and Resorts
ESL Asia Com
Equinix Hong Kong
E.Sun Commercial Bank
Equity Trust Hong Kong
Creative Primary School’s Kindergarten Creative Secondary School
Design for Change
Credit Suisse Group
Design Link Company Ltd.
Crocodile Clothing Ltd.
Designer Workshop Ltd.
C-Room Production Co. Crowe Horwath (HK) CPA Ltd.
Destiny Wellbeing CentreNeutral Bay
Crown Worldwide Holdings, Ltd.
Deutsche Bank AG
Crystal Apparel Ltd.
Deutsche Investments Hong Kong Ltd.
Crystal Computer Services Crystal Group Culture Technology Ltd. Cuttan Company Ltd. Cybelle Ltd. DBS Bank DDI International Ltd.
DMB & B DMHC Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School DMK Asia Ltd. DMV International Ltd. DP World Asia-Pacific DSV Air & Sea Ltd. DTZ Dah Chong Hong Ltd.
Dexion (North Asia) Ltd. Diageo plc Dick Smith Electronics, Australia Dick’s Sporting Goods International Ltd.
Dinchack Diocesan Boys’ School Diocesan Girls’ Junior School Diocesan Girls’ School Diocesan Pastoral Centre for Workers Diocesan Youth Commission Direct Marketing of Asia Ltd. Direct Sales Ltd.
Eastern Force Computer Ltd. Eastern Worldwide Company Ltd.
The Economist
Elite Concepts
Employees Retraining Board
Enseng (HK) Ltd.
The Dairy Farm Company Ltd.
Discovery Bay Community Groups
Dama Kaya Society
Discovery Bay Girl Guides
E-Tech Management (HK) Ltd.
Ernest Maude
Discovery Bay International Community Church
Eageract Company
Esquel Group
Eagles Mount Adventures Ltd.
Esso Hong Kong Ltd.
Damrak Co. Ltd. Dana Corporation
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Estate Agents Authority
Far East Access
Foundation Techniques Ltd.
German Speaking Ladies Group
Etcetera Ltd.
Far East Foundation Co. Ltd.
Etex (Far East) Ltd.
German Swiss International School
Ethiopian Airlines
Far East Masonic Association for Charities
Four Seas Container Transport Co. Ltd. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Gingers
Ethos International
Far East Media (HK) Ltd.
Four Winds Removals Ltd.
Gingko Biloba Ltd.
Eureka Language Education Centre
Farfalla Ltd.
Fox International Channels
Girl Scouts of America
Farris Associates Ltd.
Framatome Connectors (HK) Ltd.
Glenealy School
EUROGROUP Far East Ltd.
Fashion Box (H.K.) Ltd.
Free Methodist Church
Glimpso HK Ltd.
European Commission Office in Hong Kong
Fashion Focus Manufacturing. Ltd.
French International School
Global Asset Management (HK) Ltd.
Evangelical Community Church
Fashion Linq Hong Kong Ltd.
Global Development Group
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong
Fat Angelo’s Italian Restaurant
Frenchs Forest Baptist Church, Australia
Global Exports HK
Evans & Peck
Federal Express
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Feducia Ltd.
Friends of Hong Kong Charities
Global Ideas, Inc., USA
Feeding Hong Kong
Friends of LSE Hong Kong
Global Industrial (HK) Ltd.
Fellowship Daniel, Tai Po Peace Evangelical Centre
Friends of the Earth (HK)
Global Procurement Hong Kong
Ever Spirit Ltd.
Frontiers
Everbest Technologies Ltd.
Fems International Ltd.
Frontline Clothing Ltd.
Global Settlements Hong Kong Ltd.
Evercore Aisa Ltd.
Ferrero Asia Ltd.
Fu Hong Society
Global Sources
Evergreen International Airlines
Fidelity Investments Management (HK) Ltd.
Fu Lam Village Restaurant
Globe Audio International Ltd.
Evergreen Recycling
Fuji Photo Products Co., Ltd.
Globelink International Pty Ltd.
Exacta Sweaters Ltd.
Fidessa Ltd.
Fuji Xerox (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Excel Asia Ltd.
Fiducia Management Consultants
Fukien Secondary School
Glorious Praise Fellowship HK Ltd.
Evelyn B Fashion Ever Rich HK Industrial Co. Ltd.
The Excelsior Hotel
French Navy
Exclusively Mine Lingerie & Couture House
The Film Factory Ltd.
Fung Yui King International School
Fine Columbian Emerald HK Co.
Furama Hotel HK
Executive Access Ltd.
Fine Gift Creation Ind’l Company
Fuschia Ltd.
Exel Hong Kong Ltd.
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
G-Creation Ltd.
First Place Advertising Agents Ltd.
GfK Marketing Services Ltd.
Exodus Team, UK Expeditors HK Ltd. Express by Holiday Inn Extensive Trading Co. Ltd. FABBAS FJ Hong Kong Ltd. F.O.C.U.S. FTI Consulting (Hong Kong) Ltd. FTL International Ltd. The Fan Family Charitable Trust Fair Trade Hong Kong Fairform Mfg. Co. Ltd. FAIRTASTE Fairton International Group Ltd. Faith Community Church Faith Love Lutheran Church Fame Concept International Ltd. Fame Gain International Development Ltd.
Firwood Furniture Fitness First (Hong Kong) Ltd. Five Loaves Ministries
GE International Inc. GL events Hong Kong Ltd. GL Trade Asia Ltd. G.M. Orient G.O.D. Ltd.
Global Equity Brokers
Glory Overseas Ltd. Gloss Mind Sports International Ltd. Go Consulting Pty. Ltd. Go Inside Café Goethe Institut Hong Kong Gold Coast Yacht and Country Club Gold Star Line Ltd. Golden Champion Corporation Ltd.
G-Set English Centre
Golden Emblem Investment Co. Ltd.
Gainbridge Ltd.
Golden Mountain Trading
Gakken (HK) Company Ltd.
Golden-Mine Co.
Gala Garment Factory
Goldlion (Far East) Ltd.
Gammon Construction Ltd.
Goldman Sachs
Fondgear Co. Ltd.
GAP International Sourcing (Holdings) Ltd.
Goldride Management Services Ltd.
Fook Yee Garden Management Office
Gard Hong Kong Ltd.
Golin/Harris Forrest (Hong Kong)
Foot Tech International Co. Ltd.
Garden Gallery Ltd.
Good Copy Printing Co.
Gateway Apartments
The Good Design Co. Ltd.
Gateway Hotel
Good Health Kindergarten
Gaw Capital
Good Health School
General Lion Footwear Co. Ltd.
Good Hope School
George Strome, Architect
The Good Lab Foundation Ltd.
Geometry Global
Good Shephard Sisters - Our Lady’s Hostel
Five Star Asia Ltd. Flex-Box Fluid HK Ltd. Focolare Movement Fok & Johnson Solicitors Fok On Church, Elderly Centre
Footstar HK Ltd. Footstop Force Engineering Company
Family Planning Association of Hong Kong
Formable Industrial Ltd.
Fanling Golf Club
Fortune Provider Ltd.
Fantasma Co.
Fosroc Hong Kong Ltd.
Fortune Engineering Co.
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German Speaking Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in HK
Good-Care Int’l Movers Co.
The Harbour School
Hi-Watt Battery Industry Co., Ltd.
Goodwin Curtains
HKBUAS Wong Kam Fai Primary and Secondary School
Harbourview Horizon Hotel
Goodwood Investment Ltd.
HKCAAVQ
Hard Rock Café
Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre
Gordon Baptist Church, Australia
HKCWC Fung Yiu King Memorial Secondary School
Hariaum Apparel Manufacturing Ltd.
Ho Tung Home for the Elderly
HKEC Elite Kindergarten
Harmony House Ltd.
Hodes Weill Asia Ltd.
HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Primary School
HarperCollins Publishers
Hogan Lovells
HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School
Harrow International School Harvey Norman, Australia
Hoi Pa Street Government Primary School
Goodwell Sam Cheong Grocery
Gouten Consulting Ltd. Government Property Agency Government Secretariat Home Affairs Bureau Government Supplies Depot Grace Baptist Church Grace Charity Foundations Grace Fellowship Grameen Foundation
HKFYG Youth S.P.O.T. HKSKH Lady MacLehose Centre HKSKH Lady MacLehose Centre (Shek Yam) Kindergarten
Hasbro Far East Ltd. Haven Books Haven of Hope Hospital Haven of Hope Nursing Home
Ho, Sneddon, Chow CPA Ltd.
Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School Hoi Sing and Philip Movers Co. Ltd. Hoi Yu Transportation Ltd.
HKSKH Tung Chung Intergrated Service
Haworth Hong Kong
HKSYCIA Wong ai Shan Memorial College
Haywood International Financial Planning Ltd.
HKTA Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School
Headland Hotel
HKU SPACE
Heath Wallace (HK) Ltd.
HP Enterprise Services
Hebron Baptist Church
HS & A Ltd.
Hee-na Circle
HSBC
Heep Hong Society
HSBC Property (Asia) Ltd.
Heep Yunn Primary School
green2greener
HYLA Hong Kong
Hong Chi Lei Muk Shue Centre cum Hostel
Heifer International Hong Kong
Hong Chi Morninghill School
Greenfield English (International) Kindergarten & Nursery
Hacis
Heinz Hong Kong Ltd.
Hallmark Cards (HK) Ltd.
The Helena May
Hong Chi Pinehill Advanced Training Centre
Hamburg Süd
Greenleaves Kindergarten
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Ltd.
Greenwood Trading Co. Ltd.
Hang Cheong Building Materials Supplies Co. Ltd.
Group MAD
Hang Hing Company
Helping Hands, Inc., USA
Grown Up Manufactory Ltd.
Hang Lung Properties
Heng On Baptist Nursery
Hong Kong Academy Primary School
Guangzhou Nanhu International School
Hang Lung Real Estate Agency Ltd.
Henry Ansbacher
Hong Kong Adventist College
Hang Sun Button Manufactory Ltd.
Henry Gain Far East Ltd.
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital
Guanhong International Group Ltd.
Hephzibah Evangelistic Centre
Hong Kong Adventure Corps
Guardforce Ltd.
Hang Yee House Material and Committee
Herb King Pharmacy
Hong Kong Aero Engine Services Ltd.
Grand Hotel Hungaria, Hungry Grand Hyatt Hong Kong Grand Pacific Technology Ltd. Grand Step Hong Kong Ltd. Granirex, Canada Grant Thornton Grapevine International Ltd. Great Eagle Hotel Great Liaison Ltd. The Green Valley Youth Choir, Australia
Gucci Group Guest Supply Asia Ltd.
Hangyue Material Support & Engine LTM
Haymarket Media Ltd.
Health Gate
Hello!
Heritas Advisors Ltd. Hermes Greater China Ltd.
Holiday Inn Golden Mile Holistic Education Association Holy Spirit Seminary Home Essentials Home of Loving Faithfulness Honeytone Ltd. Honeyville Canossian Retreat House Hong Chi Fu Heng Hostel
Hong Kong Academy Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd.
Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd.
Hermes-OTTO International Hong Kong
Hanlun Habitats Ltd.
Hewlett-Packard HK SAR Ltd.
Hansard Development Services (Far East) Ltd.
High Rock Christian Centre
Hapag-Lloyd (China) Ltd.
Hill & Knowlton Asia Ltd.
Haputex
Hillman Orient Ltd.
HIT English Club
Hapworld SDL Ltd.
Hillpop Knitters
Hong Kong Baptist Church St Andrew’s Fellowship
HK Amateur Radio Transmitting Society
Harbour City Estates Ltd.
Hind Group
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
Harbour Plaza Hotel
Hip Hing Construction Co. Ltd.
HK Wheelchair Aid Service
Harbour Plaza Metropolis Hotel
Hip Shing Hong Group
Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary
HKACE Joint Venture
Harbour Plaza North Point
Hipp.fish Salon
Hong Kong Baptist University
Guideposts Kindergarten Gwailo Coolies H & M Hennes & Mauritz (Far East) Ltd. H Daya HAECO (Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd.)
Highgate House School
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong Airport Services Ltd. Hong Kong Association of Gerontology Hong Kong Aviation Group Hong Kong Bankers Club
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Hong Kong Blind Sports Association Ltd.
The Hong Kong Institute of Education
The Hong Kong St Andrew’s Society
Hy-pro Asia Ltd.
Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd.
Hong Kong Institute of Marketing (HKIM)
Hong Kong Society of Accountants
Hyundai Merchant Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Hong Kong Buddhist Association Children & Youth Centre
Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate
Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children
IBI Hong Kong
Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE)
Hong Kong Tatler
Hong Kong International Learning Academy (HKILA)
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Hong Kong Chicken & Chablis Club
Hong Kong International School
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong Chinese Church of Christ
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Hong Kong Chinmaya Foundation
The Hong Kong Lutheran Handicrafts Society
Hong Kong Christian Service The Hong Kong Club
Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service
Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS)
The Hong Kong Management Association
Hong Kong Cricket Club
The Hong Kong Management Association K S Lo College
Hong Kong Cable Television Ltd. The Hong Kong Cancer Fund Hong Kong Cheil Church
The Hong Kong Country Club Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong Dollarsaver Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation Hong Kong Express Transportation Co. Ltd. Hong Kong Family Welfare Society Hong Kong Federation of Women The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Hong Kong Football Association Hong Kong Football Club Hong Kong Full Gospel Church Hong Kong Funeral Home Hong Kong Gardening Society Hong Kong General Chamber of Social Enterprises Ltd. The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel Hong Kong Golf Club
Hong Kong Japanese School
Hong Kong Mandarin Bible Church Hong Kong Marrow Match Foundation
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Hong Kong Vision Care Centre Hong Kong Youth Development Network The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd.
IDT Telecom Asia Pacific Ltd. IELTS CEPAS Management Unit IFB International Freightbridge Ltd. IMA Hong Kong Ltd.
Hongkong International Terminals Ltd.
Ideal Films Ltd.
Hongkong Land Ltd.
Hosanna Church
Hotel Nikko Hongkong The Hotung Institute for International Relations Ltd. Hou Tak Securities Ltd.
Hong Kong Preschool’s Playgroup Association
House Hunters Ltd.
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Hue Sang Plastic Factory Ltd.
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
I.D.D.I. International Ltd.
ISG Asia (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Hotel Inter-Continental Hong Kong
Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre
ICS Trust (Asia) Ltd.
The ISF Academy
Hong Kong Parkview
Hong Kong Red Cross
ICPASS
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Youth Employment Integrated Service Centre
Hop Hing Marketing Co.
Hong Kong Professional and Educational Services
ICE (Inter Cultural Education)
Hong Yip Service Co. Ltd.
Hong Kong Non-Woven Fabric Ind. Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
IBM China/Hong Kong Ltd.
IRC Ltd.
Hop Chung School Uniform Co.
Hong Kong Playground Association
IBL Products Co. Ltd.
Hong Lok Yuen International School
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Hong Kong PHAB Association
Hysan Development Co. Ltd.
Housing Department Hughes-Castell (Hong Kong) Ltd. Hugo Fashions Humanity in Focus Hung Ming Ho. Co. Ltd. Hunglam Toys Co. Ltd. Hunton & Williams
IRI Hong Kong Ltd.
Ida Kemp and William M. Passano Family Foundation, Inc. Ideal Gifts Idealab IKEA Imperial College The Incorporated Owners of Villa Rhapsody Incubasia Ltd. Indigo Living Ltd. Industrial Relations Institute Infox International Ltd. Illawarra Grammar School, Australia ING Asia/Pacific Ltd. Inner City Ministries Inno: Solutions (HK) Ltd. Inside (HK) Ltd. Institute of Civil Engineers Hong Kong The Institute of Cultural Affairs Ltd.
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
Husqvarna Viking Sewing Machines
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Counselling Service
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.
Integrated Concepts International Ltd.
Hwa Seng Textile Co. Ltd.
Inter Asia Trading Ltd.
Hong Kong Shrimad Rajchandra Mission
Hwang & Co.
Inter-Trade Agencies Ltd.
Hong Kong Horticultural Society
Interact HKIS
Hong Kong Hotels Association
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Hyatt International Asia Pacific Ltd.
Hong Kong HPVA
Hong Kong Sinfonietta Ltd.
Hyatt Regency Hong Kong
Hong Kong Government Legislative Council Secretariat Hong Kong Highlanders Hong Kong Hockey Association
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Integral Consultancy
Interaction Event Management Ltd.
Interading (Holdings) Ltd.
JCDecaux Pearl & Dean Ltd.
Interconex (Far East) Ltd.
JCI Victoria (Junior Chamber International)
Inter-Continental Certification Consultancy
JustGreen Organic Convenience Store
Kids II Far East Ltd.
Justus International Ltd.
Kin Hing Steel Furniture
JDH Toys Ltd.
K Harjani Electronics
Inter-Continental Hong Kong
J&H Marsh & McLennan Ltd.
K K Removal Ltd.
Interface Asia-Pacific (HK) Ltd.
JJJ Association
K Line (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Interface
JP Morgan
KOG Asia Ltd.
Interlink Productions Ltd.
JSP International Ltd.
KPMG
International Baptist Church
JST (HK) Co. Ltd.
K P Parekh & Sons
International Boundless Dreams Come True Foundation
JTI
KTC (HK) Ltd.
International Care Ministries
J Walter Thompson Company Ltd.
K. Wah Construction Material Ltd.
International China Concern
JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
K. Y. Resource Ltd.
International Christian Quality Music Secondary and Primary School
Jack Morton
Ka Chi School
Jade Rattan Ware Company Ltd.
Kadie Florists Supplies
Janco Overseas Ltd.
Kadoorie Charitable Foundation
Jane Goodall Institute (HK) Ltd.
Kadoorie Estate Ltd.
Japanese International School
Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Corporation
International Christian School International College Hong Kong International Commerce Centre Management Services Office
Japco Express Ltd.
International Corporate Structure
Jardine Airport Services
International Forwarding Ltd.
Jardine OneSolution (HK) Ltd.
International Freight Logistics
Jardine Securicor Gurkha Services Ltd.
International Montessori School
Jarden Outdoor Solutions Jardine Fleming Holdings
Kimberley Hotel Kin Wing Co. King & Wood Mallesons King Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. King George V School King Parrot Group Kingfisher Asia Ltd. Kingsbridge Ltd. Kingston International School Kingston Trading Co. Kinnex International Ltd. Klys & Co. International Ltd. Knight Frank Knox Apparel Ltd. Ko Dak Clothing Company Ko Lui Secondary School
Kai Shing Management Services Ltd.
Kodak (Far East) Ltd.
Kaiyu Asia Industrial Ltd.
Kontinent Six
Kalmar Asia Pacific Ltd.
Korean International School
Kam Kwong Company
Kowloon Central Cluster
Kambo Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Kowloon Cricket Club
Kannada Sangha Hong Kong
Kowloon Hospital
Karl Meyer (H.K.) Ltd.
The Koffee Ko. Ltd.
The International Securities Consultancy Ltd.
Jardine Shipping Services
International School of Ulaanbaatar
Jetair (HK) Ltd.
Kaufland HK Ltd.
Kowloon International Baptist Church
Jetta-Victory Toys and Gifts Co. Ltd.
Kayes International
Kowloon Junior School
Keen Fame Ltd.
Kowloon Shangri-La
Jian Hua Foundation Ltd.
Keen Town Ltd.
Jing Jing Kindergarten and Nursery
Keen’s Products Ltd.
Kowloon Tong School Primary Section
Jipful Ltd.
Kellett School
Jockey Club Ti-l College
Kelly International Corp Ltd.
Jockey Club Sarah Roe School
Kely Support Group
John Ho Art
Kennedy School
John Swire and Sons Hong Kong Ltd.
Kennedys
Johnson & Johnson (HK) Ltd.
Kentville Kindergarten
International Social Service Hong Kong Branch International SOS (HK) Ltd. International Vedic Centre Interpac Containers Ltd. Investec Capital Asia Limited Islamic Union of Hong Kong Island Christian Academy Island City Church Island Evangelical Community Church Island Pacific Hotel Island School
Javacatz
Joinstar International Ltd.
Island Shangri-La Hong Kong
Joint School Volunteer Association
Italia Marittima Hong Kong Ltd.
Jones Lang LaSalle
The Italian Women’s Association
Joseph Wong & Co., (HK) Ltd.
Item Industries Ltd. Ivy Gate
Kellett Cares
Kennoway Ltd. Keystore International Ltd. Khimco (HK) Ltd. Kiama Anglican Churches, Australia
Kowloon Union Church Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Kretztechnik AG, Austria Kroll Kum Shing Group Kumon Hong Kong Ltd. Kwong & Associates Ltd. Kwong Lam Baptist Church Kwong Wah Hospital Kwun Tone Ltd. Kwun Tong Government School
Joywind Knitting Ltd.
Kiangsu & Chekiang Primary School and Kindergarten
The Kwun Tong Vocational Training Centre
Juicy Red Ltd. June Dally Watkins Business School, Australia
Kiangsu Chekiang College, International Section
LD Asia (Hong Kong)
JB Group Ltd.
LF Asia
JBL Production
Junior Achievement Hong Kong
Kiangsu International School
LGA (HK) Ltd.
J. C. & Winsons Co. Ltd.
Junior Police Call
Kiddyco Juvenile Products Ltd.
L. G. Sourcing Inc.
J. Candice Interior Architects
JUSCO
Kids’ Gallery Co. Ltd.
L&J Industrial Company
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! La Rose Noire
Lewis Counsel Pty Ltd., Australia
College
La Salle College
LexisNexis
Lui Hing Hop Co. Ltd.
Man Hing Hong Property Management & Agency Co. Ltd.
Lachmi’s International Ltd.
Li & Fung Group
Luk Kwok Hotel
Man Hou Solutions Ltd.
Ladies’ Circle Hong Kong
Li Ning Sports Technology Development
Luk Yee Landscaping & Design
Man Kiu College
Lutheran Education Association of Houston, USA
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Lutheran School Social Work Unit
Manhattan Apartments
Ladies Recreation Club Lai Chi Kok Hospital Lai Yiu Campus School No. 2 Lam Bing Yim School Lam Construction Co. Ltd. Lamex Trading Co. Ltd. Land Development Corporation Land Partners Group Ltd. Lands Department Landscope Real Estate Services Ltd. Lane Crawford Langham Hotel Hong Kong Language Services International (ESL) Lantral Co. Ltd. Lap Tak Garment Factory Ltd. The Lark Group of Companies Laser Time Ltd. Latitude Ltd. The Law Society of Hong Kong LeaderSource SGA, USA Leadership Development International
Li Po Chun United World College of HK Li Sing Tai Hang School Lidl Asia Pacific Sourcing Ltd. Life Couriers International
Luxury Hotels Int’l of Hong Kong Ltd.
Mango Production Manhattan Garments (International) Ltd.
Lykes Lines Ltd.
Mansfield Manufacturing Company Ltd. Marc James Design
Life in English
Lynchpin Bondholder Management
Lifelike Toys Industrial Co. Ltd.
M28 Fellowship
Lifestyle Asia
MBS Logistics Ltd.
Lighthouse Ministries Ltd.
MGA Entertainment
Lighting Analysts, Inc., USA
MGB Metro Group Buying HK Ltd.
Life Education Activity Programme (LEAP)
Lime Design Ltd. Lindar Ltd. Lineapiu Group Asia (HK) Ltd. Ling Liang Church M H Lau Secondary School
MHA Company Ltd. MIAT (Mongolian Airlines) MJ Workshop Ltd. MMM International (HK) Ltd.
The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel Marcus International Mariners’ Club Markant Trading Organisation (Far East) Ltd. Market Research Co. the marketing store Marks & Clerk Marks & Spencer (HONG KONG) Ltd.
Lingnan University
M. Moser Associates (HK) Ltd.
Linklaters Hong Kong
MOL (Asia) Ltd.
Markson Sparks Pty. Ltd., Australia
Links Relocations
MP Hong Kong
Marlow International Ltd.
Lippincott Hong Kong
MPFA
Marriage Maestros
Little Tykes
M+R Forwarding (HK) Ltd.
Marriott International
Littlefuse HK Ltd.
MSAS Cargo International (Far East) Ltd.
Mars Foods Hong Kong
MSC (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Martha Boss Lutheran Day Nursery
MTL Corporation Ltd.
Marycove School
MTR Corporation
Mary Kay (HK) Ltd.
Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd.
Maryknoll Convent School
Maclaren (HK) Ltd.
Marymount Secondary School
MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre
Mast Industries (Far East) Ltd.
Leadership Training Association
Liwaco Overseas Marketing Ltd.
League of Women Voters of the U.S.
Liz Claiborne International Ltd. Lloyd George Management
Lee I Yao Memorial Secondary School
Lloyd Wise & Co.
Lee Kum Kee Co. Ltd.
Lloyds TSB Pacific Ltd.
Lee On Hong
L’Occitane (Far East) Ltd.
Lee Shau Kee Secondary School
Lodge Eastern Scotia
Legend Learning Center
Logistic (HK) Ltd.
Legg Mason Investment
Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society
Lehman Brothers Asia
Macquarie Group Foundation, Australia
Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd.
Lok Sin Tong Wong Ching Ming Secondary School
Macquarie Group Hong Kong
Lekhsons Exports (HK) Ltd.
Lok Wah Catholic Primary School
Macro Asia Wines & Spirits HK Ltd.
Leo Club of Hong Kong Citizens
Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (Asia) Ltd.
Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School of MFBM
Maxim’s Group
Long Wise Inc.
Maersk Hong Kong Ltd.
Longrand Electronics Ltd.
Magazzini Vivace Ltd.
Mayatronics Manufacturing and Export Co.
Leo Club of Metropolitan Hong Kong
Loosli & Co. AG
Majestic Furniture
Mayer Brown JSM
Louis Vuitton HK Ltd. Low Land Fashion (HK) Ltd.
Mak Heng Kei (HK) Construction Co.
McDonalds
Leo Club of Mount Cameron
McLarry International
Leo Club of South Kowloon
Lucia San Optometrist
Malaysia Airlines
Mead Hong Kong Ltd.
Level (3) Communications
Lufthansa German Airlines
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Medecins Sans Frontieres
Levi Strauss (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Lui Cheung Kwong Lutheran
Malone College, USA
Medi Media Pacific Ltd.
Leo Club of Hong Kong Island Leo Club of Hong Kong Shouson Hill
Lloyd’s Register Asia
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Macquarie Bank Ltd.
Master Paintings Art Gallery Matilda Hospital Matsuden Company Ltd. Mattel Toys Vendor Operations Asia Max Marketing Maxwell Exports
Media Asia Group Ltd. Media Property Ltd. Mediaplanet Asia Ltd. The Media Village Medical Education Services Ltd. Mediterranean Shipping Co. (HK) Ltd. MEGA Brands Hong Kong
Mission Contract Furniture Co. Ltd.
Nam Po Footwear Ltd.
Ningbo HuiZehn Academy, China
Mission Possible, USA
Nan Tai Hardware and Chemical Co. Ltd.
Mission Support Ltd.
Narba Ltd.
Ningbo Ship Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Mitsubishi Bank
Narrowgate Consulting (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Nisha Electronic Industries Ltd. Noah Bookshop
National Australia Bank
Noble Group Ltd.
Native English Speaking Teachers Association
Noble Resources Ltd.
NatWest Markets
Norasia (China) Ltd. Nordica Printing Co. Ltd. North Kwai Chung Maternal & Child Health Centre
Mitsubishi Electric Hong Kong Mitsubishi Logistics Hong Kong Ltd.
Nomura Hong Kong
Mega Excellent Ltd.
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (HK) Holdings Ltd.
Melange Fashion Ltd.
The Mix
Melco International Development Ltd.
Mixer Electronics Co. Ltd.
Navigator (HK) 4x4 Offroad Association
Mobley Group Pacific Limited
Nelson Chen Architects Ltd.
Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Ltd.
Moce International Ltd.
NEO-Fantastic Fashions Ltd.
Mercer
Modern Bachelor Education Centre
NYK Line (HK) Ltd.
Modern Media Hong Kong Ltd.
Nethersole School of Nursing
Modern Terminals Ltd.
NetStar Hong Kong Ltd.
Modern Wing Travel Ltd.
Nettwerk Management, UK
Mon Deco
The Northern Trust Company of HK Ltd.
New Age International Ltd.
Monarch International Ltd.
Northridge Vineyard, Australia
New Art Kit Laundry and Dry Clean Co
Northside Christian College, Australia
New City Cleaning Service Corporation
Northwest Airlines
Merit Concord Enterprises Ltd. Merril Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd. The Merton Co. Ltd. Merx Methodist Centre Methodist International Church
Mong Kok Pro Bicycle Shop
Metro Exports Ltd.
Monkton Combe School, UK
Metropark Hotel
Moore Stephens Accountancy & Consultancy
Metropole International Department Stores Ltd.
Nestlé Hong Kong
New Faith Enterprise Company
Noris International Trading Co.
North Point Methodist Church Kindergarten North West Environmental Service
Norwegian International School
Morgan Stanley
New Guinea Pacific Line
Novartis Pharmaceuticals (HK) Ltd.
MiCO Electric (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Morning Star
New Horizons
NuBridge Company Ltd.
Microsoft
Morrison Academy Taiwan
New Island Printing Co. Ltd.
Nude is Rude
Microware Ltd.
Mothercare
OIC Distributors Ltd.
Midas Garment Factory Ltd.
Mother’s Choice
New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
Motorola Asia Pacific Ltd.
New Profile (HK) Ltd.
OM Ships International
Motorola Semi Conductor Hong Kong Ltd.
New Song Christian Kindergarten
OOCL (HK) Ltd.
Mount Carmel School, USA
New World Apartments
Movieland
New World China Land Ltd.
O & S Mark Charitable Trust, Australia
Miller International Loss Adjusters (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Mreferral Corporation (HK) Ltd.
New World Development Co. Ltd.
Ocean Park Academy Hong Kong
Million International Ltd.
Multek Hong Kong Ltd.
New World First Bus
Ocean Park Corporation
New World Renaissance Hotel
Odyssey Publications
New World Telecommunications Ltd.
The Ogle Christian Fund, UK
Miele Hong Kong Ltd. Milagros Corporation Ltd. Milestone Trading Ltd. Millenium International Ltd.
Millward Brown International
Mui Wo Inn
Minelco Asia Pacific Ltd.
Munsang College (Hong Kong Island)
Ming Fai Company Ltd.
NDS Asia Pacific
Ming HK Ltd.
NGS
Ming Hui Trading Ltd.
NHK Hong Kong Bureau
New York Life Insurance Worldwide Ltd.
OMS International Inc.
ORBIS
The Ohel Leah Synagogue Charity Okano Ltd.
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
Oliver’s The Delicatessen
Newell Rubbermaid Asia Pacific
Olympus Capital Holdings
Next Media Ltd.
OMICRON Electronics Asia Ltd.
N M Rothschild & Sons
Next Step Asia Ltd.
On Line Design Ltd. One Heart Greeting Cards Ltd.
Minter Ellison Lawyers
NTW & JWA Leung Sing Tak Primary School
Nice Accord Company Ltd. Nicety Spectacle Mfg. Co. Ltd.
The Open Classroom Ltd.
Miracle Seeds Learning Centre
Nam Long Hospital
Night Hawks Basketball Team
Open University of Hong Kong
Mirtex Enterprises
Namco Electronic Supply Ltd.
Nike International Ltd.
Operation Mobilisation (HK)
Ming Kee Hong PVC Ltd. Ming’s Optometry Centre Mint Chance Industrial (HK) Co. Ltd.
NICE APAC Ltd. NLSI Peace Evangelical Secondary School
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Ltd.
Polarline Development Ltd. (POAD)
Pharmtech (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Polartec Asia Ltd.
Philip Chu Ltd.
Polly Yu Production Ltd.
Palm Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Philip Morris Asia Ltd.
Potash and Phosphate Institute
Philippine Airlines
Power Packing
Organisation Development Ltd.
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Philippines Tourism Office
Power Sports Ltd.
Organisation UnLtd., Australia
Panashiba
Philips Electronics HK Ltd.
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)
Orient Trucking (HK.) Ltd.
Panda Hotel
Phiten (HK) Ltd.
Premier Consulting
Oriental Logistics Holdings Co. Ltd.
Panther Express
Phoenix Advertising Design & Production Ltd.
Premium Source Ltd.
Orison Company Ltd.
Park Hotel
Pricerite Stores Ltd.
Oro Watch Ltd.
The Park Lane Hong Kong
Phoenix Satellite Television Co. Ltd.
Orobanez Ltd. Osage Art Consultancy Ltd.
Park World, Datateam Publishing Ltd., UK
Ottica Far East Ltd.
Parker Foundation, USA
Piccavilla (HK) Ltd.
Otto International (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Parkview International PreSchool
Pine Hill Advanced Training Centre
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Parkview Rhine Garden International Pre-School
Pinnacle Industrial Ltd.
Our Lady of the Rosary College
Parlico International Ltd.
Outpac Designs Ltd.
Pioneer Corporation Ltd.
Parolia (Far East) Ltd.
Outward Bound Hong Kong
PizzaExpress (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Parry, Frow & Associates Ltd.
The Oval Partnership
Place Harmonic
Overjoy Porcelain Co.
Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd.
Plant-a-Park Ltd.
Ovolo Group
Partners Education Foundation
Oxfam Hong Kong
Partners International
Platinum Financial Services Ltd.
PAG
Passion Co.
PCCW-HKT Ltd.
Paul Lee Enterprise Co. Ltd.
PIFF Shipping Services Ltd.
Operation Mobilisation Macau
Pacific Trader HK Ltd.
Operation Santa Claus
Packing House
Oracle
Pak Fa Fashion Ltd.
Orange Business Services
Pak Shing Travel Co. Ltd.
Orchestra Asia Ltd. Orchid House Fashion Ltd.
Parakeet Ltd.
Phoenix School International photools.com - Digital Image Management Solutions
Pinsent Masons
Plaschem International Ltd. Play Along (Hong Kong) Ltd.
The Press Room Group PricewaterhouseCoopers Pricoa Real Estate and Relocation Hong Kong Ltd. Primo Education Centre Prince of Wales Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital Principal Insurance Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd. Principal One Principal Trust Company (Asia) Ltd. Printemp Hotel Apartment Private Capital Ltd. Product Marketing Mayborn Ltd. Product Resource Marketing Co.
Playground Music Ltd.
Professional Property Services Group
Paul Weiss
Playright Children’s Play Association
Progress Fashion Ltd.
PMA Investment Advisors Ltd.
Paul Y Engineering Group Ltd.
Po Kok Primary School
P M Hana HK Ltd.
Pavilion Investment Ltd.
Po Kok Secondary School
PNET Section, Education & Manpower Bureau
Peak School
Po Leung Kuk
Peak Tramway Co. Ltd.
Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School
P&O Nedlloyd (HK) Ltd. PPG Coatings (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. Pablo & Rusty’s, Australia Pacific Andes International Holdings Ltd. Pacific Best Ltd. Pacific Club Pacific Coffee Company, Ltd. Pacific Hills Christian School, Australia Pacific HK
Pearson Education North Asia Ltd. Pedus Hong Kong Ltd. Pee Vee Sons Pelagic Industrial Ltd. Peniel School & Kindergarten The Peninsula Hong Kong Pentart Industrial Ltd. Pentland Asia Ltd. Perfect Fresh Fruit, Vegetable & Food Wholesale
Pacific International Lines (HK) Ltd.
Perfect Glamour
Pacific Palisades
Peter Black Hong Kong Ltd.
Pacific Rim Ltd.
Peter Needs Pharmacy, Australia
Pacific Textiles Ltd.
Peter Trading Co. Ltd.
Pershing Tsang Primary School
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Project Art at Heart Ltd. Promise (HK) Co. Ltd. Promotional Partners Group Ltd. Promotions Industries Corp. Prompt Express Ltd. Protein Ltd. Protronics Company Ltd.
Po Leung Kuk Ngang Po Ling College
Provera International HK Ltd.
Po Leung Kuk Tang Yuk Tien College
Prudential Holdings
Po Leung Kuk Tin Ka Ping Milliennium Primary School
Pui Tak Canossian College
Po Leung Kuk Tong Nai Kan College
Providence Equity Asia Ltd. PT. Garuda Indonesia Pure Group The Putman
Po Leung Kuk Vicwood K T Chong Sixth Form College
Q Language
Po Shing Shoe Co. Ltd.
QANTAS Airways Ltd.
Pok Fu Lam Management Company
Qi Chuang Social Work Service Center, China
Pok Oi Hospital Chan Feng Man Ling Care and Attention Home
Qingdao MTI International School
Q9 Technology Holdings Ltd.
Qualidux Industrial Co. Ltd.
Repulse Bay Dental Clinic
Qualipak Manufacturing Ltd. Quality Control Services Ltd.
SKH Wei Lun Primary School
Resurrection Church
Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile
Reuters Hong Kong Ltd.
Rotary Club of Kowloon North
SMAAT
Quantrix Ltd.
Revco Enterprises Ltd.
Quarry Bay Baptist Church
Revival Chinese Ministries
Quarry Bay School
Rhenish Church Pang Hok Ko Memorial College
Quatex Company Queen Mary Hospital Queen’s College Old Boys’ Association Secondary School
Rhombus International Hotels Group Richards Basmajian
Rotary Club of Lan Kwai Fong Rotary Club of Mosman, Australia
S.P.O.T. - Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups
Rotary Club of Queensway
SQ Circle Hong Kong Ltd.
Rotary Club of Rutherford Telarah, Australia
STARS
Rotary Club of Tsim Sha Tsui
STEPS (Steps to Embrace People in Sri Lanka), HKU
Rotary Club of Victoria
STFA Leung Kau Kui College
Richelle International
Quintiles Hong Kong Ltd.
Richfield Realty Ltd.
RC Outfitters
Richform Holdings Ltd.
R.D.K. International Merchandising (HK) Ltd.
Richland Worldwide Ltd.
RHK Design Ltd.
Ricoh Hong Kong Ltd.
R. Makhija & Company
Rimol (HK) Co.
RMJM
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
R & N Associated Insurance Agents
Rouse Hill Anglican College, Australia
RoadShow Media Ltd.
Rowland Budge Ltd.
Robeco Hong Kong Ltd.
Royal Bank of Scotland
Robert Bosch Co. Ltd.
Royal Brunei Airlines
Robinson Place Sport Club
Royal Consulate General of Cambodia
R. S. Export RTHK R. T. Sourcing Asia Ltd. Rabobank Radha Soami Satsang Beas Society Hong Kong Ltd. Radica Ltd. Raimondi College The Randolph, Oxford, UK Ranees Export HK Rasa (HK) Engineering Co. Rasco International Ltd. Reader’s Digest Association Far East Ltd. Ready To Learn Realty Solution Consultants Ltd. Realway Investment Ltd. Red House (HK) Co. Ltd. Red Sea Trading Co. Ltd. Reed Elsevier (UK) Ltd. Regency Enterprises Ltd. Regional Container Lines (HK) Ltd. Relief Pod International Remar Association (HK) Ltd. Renaissance Capital (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Rock Solid Church, USA Roland Schmidt China Ltd. Ronald McDonald House Rosebud Primary School Rosedale on the Park Rotaract Club of Chu Hai College of Higher Education
SMKMCF Ma Ko Pan Memorial College
Rotary Club of Peninsular
Quiksilver Ltd.
Richwear Holdings Ltd.
SLT Japan Co. Ltd.
Rotary Club of Wahroonga, Australia Rothschild Round Table Rouse
The Royal Garden Hotel The Royal Pacific Hotel & Towers Royal Park Hotel Royal Plaza Hotel The Royale International Group Russell Corporation Far East Ltd.
Sabic HK Ltd. Sacred Heart Canossian College Saigon South International School, Saipan Saipan High School salesforce.com Hong Kong Ltd. Salient Holdings Ltd. The Salvation Army Salvation Army Tsuen Wan Nursery The Salvation Army William Booth Secondary School Sam Wai Plastic Toys Ltd. The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong Sanaco Co. Ltd. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Sandy’s Collection Ltd.
Rotaract Club of Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ryan Charitable Trust
Rotaract Club of HKUSU
SDG Sourcing
Rotaract Club of Lingnan University
SGB Asia Pacific Ltd.
Rotaract Club of New Territories
SHIP Group
Sanwin Watches & Electronic Goods
Rotaract Club of Peninsula South
SHL Hong Kong
Sapphire International Ltd.
SKC Group Ltd.
Sara (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Rotary Club of Brisbane, Australia
SKH Kei Hau Secondary School
Sartorius Hong Kong Ltd.
SKH Kei Lok Primary School
SaSa International Holdings Ltd.
SKH Kindly Light Church
Sassoon Securities Ltd.
SKH Lam Kau Mow Secondary School
Schenker International (HK) Ltd.
SKH Li Fook Hing Secondary School
Schroders Investments
Rotary Club of Guia & Rotaract Club of Guia Rotary Club of Hong Kong Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northwest Rotary Club of Hong Kong South
SAP Hong Kong
SGS Hong Kong Ltd.
SKH Lui Ming Choi Secondary School
Sanford C. Bernstein (Hong Kong) Ltd. Santa Fe Transport International Ltd.
Schmidt & Co (HK) Ltd. Schutte & Co. Far East Ltd. Science Workshop Scottish & Oriental Estates Ltd.
Renaissance College
Rotary Club of Huon Gulf, PNG
SKH Ming Hua Theological College
Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong
Rotary Club of Kingspark Hong Kong
SKH St Simon’s Lui Ming Choi Secondary School
Search Investment Holdings Ltd.,
Rentokil Initial Hong Kong Ltd.
Rotary Club of Kowloon
SKH St Thomas Day Creche
The Second Tunic, USA
Sea-Land Service Inc.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Securities and Futures Commission
Singapore International Foundation
South African Airways
St Louise School, Seattle USA
South African Consulate General
Seele (HK) Ltd.
St Margaret Mary’s Parish
Singapore International School
Sek Kong Hash House Harriers
St Mary’s Church
Selby Family Clinic, Australia
Singapore Management University
South Base International Industrial Ltd. South China Diving Club
Senator Lines (Asia) Ltd.
Sino Land Co. Ltd.
St Paul’s Church
South China Media
Sha Tin Junior School
Sino Leader International Ltd.
St Paul’s Co-educational College
South China Morning Post
Sha Tin College
Sinolink Holdings (China) Ltd.
South Island School
St Paul’s Co-educational Primary School
Shama
Sinovico
The Shamdasani Foundation
South Tuen Mun Government Secondary School
St Paul’s Convent School
Siren Film
Shannon Structured Services Ltd.
Sirius Asia Ltd.
St Paul’s Secondary School
SiteTalk Care
Southampton Container Terminals, UK
Shatin Anglican Church
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Southern Energy Asia Pacific Ltd. Sowers Exchange Ltd.
Shatin Pui Ying College
Skandia Asset Management
Shatin Tsung Tsin School
Sky Eagle Consolidation Godown Ltd.
Spanish Trade Commission Hong Kong
Sharp-Roxy Hong Kong Ltd.
Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School
Skyhigh Plastic Works Ltd.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Skylight Industries Ltd.
Shekou International School
Skyrock Cargo &Trading Co.
Shelcore Hong Kong Ltd.
Skytruck International Ltd.
Shenship Logistics Ltd.
Small World Christian Kindergarten
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers Sheung Shui Wai Chow Kindergarten
Smith Owens Services Ltd., Australia
Spark Marketing Ltd. The Spastics Association of Hong Kong Specialized Technology Resources SPECS Hong Kong Specsavers Speed Master Transportation Co. SpeedCast Ltd.
St Mary’s Home for the Aged
St Paul’s Hospital St Paul’s Tervuren, Belgium St Rose of Lima’s College St Rose of Lima’s School St Stephen’s Chapel St Stephen’s Church College St Stephen’s Girls’ College St Stephen’s Girls’ Primary School St Stephen’s Society St Teresa Hospital St Too Girl’s College Standard & Poor’s Standard Bank Asia Standard Chartered Bank
SmoothWall Ltd., UK
SpencerStuart
Shingengen (HK) Co. Ltd.
Snaproducts (HK) Ltd.
Spilt Milk Ltd.
Shipping Corporation of India
Soap Cycling
The SPIRIT of Hong Kong
Shiseido Hong Kong Ltd.
Socgen-Crosby Securities (HK) Ltd.
Splunk, Japan
Star Arts Co. STAR Group Ltd.
Social Welfare Department
Sports Physiotherapy International
Star HK Electronic Ltd.
Spring Arbor University, USA
Star Lines Co. Ltd.
Shui Hing (HK) Ltd.
Social Workers Registration Board
St Andrew’s Church
Shun Hing JVC Ltd.
Society for Aged Centre
St Anne’s Catholic Church
Star Shipping Agencies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Shun On Baptist Church
St Antonius Girls’ College
Shun Tak Holdings Ltd.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (HK)
Shung Tak Catholic English College
Society for the Relief of Disabled Children
St Bonaventure College & High School
Shyam’s Toys
Society for Welfare of Autistic Persons
St Catherine’s International Kindergarten
Stefcom Societa Per Azioni
Solar Exports Ltd.
St Christopher’s - ChristChurch, NZ
Stephenson Harwood & Lo
Shore Sydney Church of England Grammar School Shriro Pacific Ltd.
Side Fame Ltd. Silver Base Group Holdings Silverside Ltd. Silvertex Exports Ltd. Simmons & Simmons
Solid Rock Four Square Church Solid Wood Manufacturing Ltd. Somerset Park (Asia) Ltd.
Simmons Bedding and Furniture (HK) Ltd.
Sonashi Electronics Ltd.
Simpson Spence & Young Hong Kong Ltd.
Sonwealth International Co. Ltd.
Sonny Manufactory Ltd.
St Barnabas’ Society and Home
St Eugene de Mazenod Oblate Primary School St Francis Canossian College St Jerome’s Church
Standard Life Investments Asia The Standard – Sing Tao Daily
Starbucks Coffee Asia Pacific Ltd. Starform Services Ltd. Starlight Industrial Ltd. Steer Incorporated Stephens Associates Far East Ltd. Sterling Private Management Ltd. Stewards Co. Stewards Ltd.
St John’s Cathedral
Stewards MKMCF Ma Ko Pan Memorial College
St John’s Counselling
Stewards Pooi Kei College
St Joseph’s College
Stewardship
Simway Electrical
Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd.
Sing Pao Newspaper Company Ltd.
Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd.
St Joseph’s Ladies Guild
Stone & Webster Asia, Inc.
St Joseph’s Primary School
Stored
Singapore Airlines
Sourcing Far East Ltd.
St Ka Sum Tong Kindergarten
Story Seeds
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TREE
Therapy Associates (HK) Ltd.
Tradefinders Ltd.
T. S. Lines Ltd.
ThinkFun Inc., USA
Trane Pacific
StreetAccount
TWGHs Lo Kon Ting Memorial College
Think International School
Trans-Asial Cargo Logistic Co. Ltd.
TWGHs Lo Yu Chik Primary School
Thornleigh Community Baptist Church, Australia
Transpacific (Far East) Ltd.
ThoughtWorks Studios, San Francisco, USA
Treasure Island
Studio Pantheon II Ltd. Subway Success Time Industrial Ltd. Sujie Children’s University Summer Infant Asia Ltd. Sun Glory Sun Hing Shipping Co. Ltd. Sun Hoi Garments International Ltd. The Sun Hong (International) Trading Corp. Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd. Sun Hung Kai Financial Sun Po Trading Co. Sun Sill Development Ltd. Sun Volunteer
TWGHs Tai Tung Pui Care & Attention Home TY Dental Services Tai Fung Textiles Co. Ltd. Tai Hang Tung Integrated Service for Senior Citizens Tai Hing Cheung Pallet Co.
Swire Resources Ltd. Swire Shipping (Agencies) Ltd. Swire Staff Association Sydenham Baptist Church, Australia
Tri-Wave (Hong Kong) Ltd. True Light Girls’ College
Tai Po Peace Evangelical Centre
Timberland Hong Kong Ltd.
Tai Po Vineyard Christian Fellowship
Time Collection (HK) Co. Ltd.
True Light Middle School of Hong Kong
Times Rapier
Truth Baptist Church
Times Square/Wharf Estate Management
Tsim Sha Tsui Baptist Church
Timic Asia
Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital
Tin Hung Sponge Factory
Tsun Tat Stationery
Takihyo Hong Kong Co. Ltd.
Tin Shui Wai Catholic Primary School
Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Whampoa Church
Takson Holdings Ltd.
Tin Shui Wai Methodist College
Tsung Tsin Primary School
TANDBERG Hong Kong
Tin Yin Buddhist Association Ltd.
The Tuba Drinks Company
Tandoor Indian Restaurant
Tino Kwan Lighting Consultants Ltd.
Tuen Mun Catholic Church
Tasman Orient Line Ltd. Tat Ming Trading Company
Titan Triathalon
Teach Me Know!
TOD’S Hong Kong
Team Tower Toys Development Ltd.
Together Ltd. Togni & Zhao Ltd.
Tuen Mun Hospital
Team Up Product Development Co. Ltd.
The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co. (HK) Ltd.
Tuen Mun Ling Liang Church Tunbow Group
Toko Shoji (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd.
Tung Chung Station Development Co. Ltd.
Tak Oi Secondary School
TechDonation TechnoKids Hong Kong
Syracuse University
Technology & Education: Connecting Cultures (Hong Kong)
Systex, Taiwan
TechnoMarine Asia Ltd.
The Sze Tian Rhennish Home for the Elderly
Teleforce Ltd.
TCC
Telstra International Group
Synovate Ltd.
T.C. Food Services TFP Farrells Ltd.
Trinity Grammar School, Sydney Australia
Tribute Ltd.
Tillsonburg Ltd.
Take Me (Far East) Ltd.
Swire Properties Management Ltd.
ThyssenKrupp AG
Tai Po Hospital
Sunshine Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd.
Swedish Consulate General in Hong Kong
Trendo International
Tigger Treats
Tak Fat Hong Children’s Fashion
Supply Consultants Ltd.
Thunderbird School of Management
Tai Ping Carpets Ltd.
Sunny Legend Industrial (China) Ltd.
Superb Manufacturing Ltd.
The Treasury, Government of HKSAR
Tai Pan Fashion Knitting Factory
Sundai Linden School
Super Star Company Ltd.
Three Com
Transtech Consulting Group
Tianjin International School, China
Tai Wing International Trading Co. Ltd.
Sunwide Storage
Thomson Reuters
Television Broadcasts Ltd. Temple Chambers Tenderloin Fine Food Ltd.
TOM Group Ltd. Tom Lee Music Co. Ltd. Tommy Tippee Tonefit Knitters Ltd. Tonnish Industrial Co. Ltd. Top Rich Logistics (HK) Ltd. Totes Isotoner Corporation Ltd. Touch of Heaven, Australia Tourism Authority of Thailand
Triumph Ford Industrial Ltd.
Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station
Tuen Mun Catholic Secondary School Tuen Mun Government Secondary School
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kap Yan Directors’ College Tung Wai Motor Ltd. tupo Industrial Co. Ltd. Turkish Airlines Turner International Asia Pacific Ltd.
Terry Douglas
Toy Boy HK Ltd.
Turramura Uniting Church, Australia
Terry Law World Compassion, USA
Toyo Trust Asia Ltd.
Tyco Engineering & Construction
TMP Asia Ltd.
Toys ‘R’ Us - Lifung Ltd.
U2
TMT Electric Mfg Co Ltd.
Tesco International Sourcing Ltd.
Toys Replay
UA Cinema Circuit Ltd.
TNS
Thai Airways International
Trade Winds HK Ltd.
UBS AG
TREATS
Thales Transportation Systems
Trade Without Borders
UDL Holding Ltd.
T & G and Company TIME
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Winling Basketball Team
UPS Parcel Delivery Service Ltd.
Variety the Children’s Charity
Wanchai Corner Shop
WiseSpot Company Ltd.
U.R.E.F. Establishment (HK) Ltd.
Vertical Resources Ltd.
Wang Kee Furniture
US Consulate General
Vibrant Inspirations Company Ltd
Wanston Products HK Ltd.
Wise Vision Investments Hong Kong Ltd
The Warehouse Teenage Club
Wisely Kindergarten
Vibuhome
Warnaco Asia Ltd.
Wofoo Social Enterprises
US Marine Corps
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The Washington Post
Women’s Corona Society
US Navy
Watchdog Centre
USG Asia
Victoria Educational Organisation
Women’s Welfare Association, Eastern District
Ubisoft
Victoria Junior Chamber
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Victoria Shanghai Academy
U’Land Sanitary Ware Co. Ltd.
Viking Transportation Co.
The Wedding Company
Umbra HK Ltd.
Villa Monte Rosa
Welex Chemicals Ltd.
Umbro Asia Sourcing Ltd.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
Wellcome Company Ltd.
Umedco (Far East) Ltd.
VISIONTECH
Unican Royal Ltd.
Vision 2047 Foundation
Wellington Management Co. LLP
Unigroup Worldwide Hong Kong Ltd.
Vision Century Corporation Ltd.
The Wesley Hotel
Vision Exports Ltd.
West Island School
Unimax Toys Ltd.
Vision First
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Union Battery Company Ltd.
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Union Century Holdings Ltd.
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Union Church
Vision Signage Production
Westpex Fashions Ltd.
Union Eternal Industry Ltd.
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Wheaton College, USA
Union Hospital
Visit Britain
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YCH Zonta Club of Kowloon Kindergarten/Child Care Centre
WFB Samantabhadra Creche
Wilfred Catering Ltd.
Y C Woo & Co. Ltd.
W F Joseph Lee Primary School
Wilkinson & Grist
YMCA
WWF Hong Kong
William International Kindergarten and Play School
YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College
Wilson Freight (Far East) Ltd.
Y’s Men Club of Island South
Wah Kwai Estate Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten
Wilson Group Ltd.
YWCA
Wilson Parking (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Wah Ming Optical
Win Mark International
The Yale Club of Hong Kong
Wai Ji Christian Service
Winco (Pacific) Ltd.
The University of New South Wales, Australia
Wai Kee Curtains
Wing Fat Company
Wai Kiu College
Wing Kong Holdings Ltd.
Urban Property Management Ltd.
Waki Trading and Engineering Company
The Wing Kwong Pentecostal Holiness Church
Urban Renewal Authority
Wall Street Uniforms International Ltd.
Wing Ming Stationery Co.
Yan Chai Hospital No.5 Secondary School
Wing Sang Cheong Ltd.
Yan Fook Bible Institute
Wallas Knitting Factory Ltd.
Wing Tark Machine Factory
Yan Oi Tong Ltd.
Wing Wo Hong Kong Ind. Products Ltd.
Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School
US Export Corporation Hong Kong Ltd.
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VF Asia Ltd.
Wallem Group Ltd.
VTC Youth College
Walter Kwok Foundation Ltd.
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Western Union Foundation
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Yamazen Hong Kong Ltd. Yan Chai Hospital China Chem Care and Attention Home Yan Chai Hospital Lim Por Yen Secondary School
Yan Yan Transportation Co. Ltd. Yardway Ltd. Yau Yee Optical Co. Ltd. Yearfull Contracting Ltd. Yendi Hong Kong Trading Ltd. Yenrabi Ltd. Yes Ltd. Yes! Entertainment Products Ltd. Yew Chung International School Yew Chung Kindergarten Yi Mei Fashion Jewelry Ltd. Ying Wa Girls’ School Yokohama Labels & Printing (HK) Co. Ltd. Yorkshire and General Trust Young & Rubicam (HK) Ltd. Young Life Youngberg Investment Ltd. Yu Chun Keung Memorial College Yuen Long Catholic Secondary School Yuen Long Home for the Aged Blind Yuen Long Kam Kwong Church Yuen Long Merchants Association Secondary School Yuen Long Public Secondary School Yuk Loong International Co Ltd Yung Shing Enterprise Yusen Logistics (Hong Kong) Limited YWAM Zaptron (HK) Ltd. Zeal Asset Management Ltd. Zetland Financial Group Ltd. Zi Corporation Zim Integrated Shipping Services ZLB Behring Asia Pacific Ltd. Zoneo Ltd. Zoroastrian Charity Funds of HK Zultys Technologies, USA
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