SPECIAL March 2020 | Youth Hong Kong
COVID-19
non-stop care and support D
etermined efforts at HKFYG during the COVID-19 epidemic include sharing and distribution of scarce resources by young volunteers and projects that respond to learning, health and social needs. The lives of Hong Kong people of all ages and backgrounds have changed dramatically during the spread of COVID-19. To help them cope, in mid-February the Federation began a special effort, launching many new platforms, projects and services to support young people, their parents and the needy. Youth are more than recipients of these services, they are also the deliverers, a strong and determined force that is working for others.
Care for the needy Young volunteers of the NEIGHBOURHOOD First Project are reaching out to elderly single people, DSE students and others in need in the community, calling them to show care and visiting to offer practical support. The network created by this project provides vital contact details and enables volunteers to focus on about 40,000 families – the people who need help most. Disadvantaged people in temporary housing, the needy in sub-divided flats, deprived and disadvantaged families in Hong Kong’s remoter housing estates: all of them are among the main targets.
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Thanks to generous donors, the volunteers also distribute much-needed resources in DIY anti-epidemic care packs: • 110,000 surgical masks • Over 800 fabric face masks made by volunteers • 3,500 bottles of hand sanitizer • Hundreds of bottles of household cleaning and disinfecting products
