10 NGOS IN HONG KONG

Food Angel

Food Angel is a Hong Kong-based NGO that collects surplus food from different sectors of food industry that would otherwise go to wasted. By following a phối of strict safety protocols, the organization prepares nutritious hot meals in its central kitchen and distributed them underprivileged communities in Hong Kong.

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Food Angel collects around 35.000 tons of surplus food every week and prepares over 10.000 nutritious meals and 2.000 food packages that are distributed không tính tiền of charge. The organization also has the Food Angel Community Centre in Sham Shui Po, where it serves over 250 elderly people who live alone or are faced with a crisis. Also, the NGO implements a program Green Angel, through which it educates children to care for and cherish food & learn about food waste, hunger, and poverty.

Adventure-Ship

Adventure-Ship is an NGO that provides recreational và educational training at sea to lớn youth with disabilities. By participating in their innovative sea designed programs, the youth can push themselves và cooperate in a supportive environment by growing, learning & helping others.

Every year, around 9.000 youth participates in Adventure-Ship’s programs, among whom youth with physical or mental disabilities, chronic illness, behavioral change, as well as welfare recipients and underprivileged children. Through these programs, youth are encouraged khổng lồ develop their social, creative and problem-solving skills và increase their self-esteem & self-reliance. Besides this, they are also able khổng lồ acquire an appreciative, caring và environmental aware attitude và develop their potential in an environment in which they feel supported.

Feeding Hong Kong

Feeding Hong Kong is an NGO that operates a food bank and rescues food that is still good and safe khổng lồ eat but would otherwise go lớn a waste. The organization collects food from retailers, manufacturers, distributors & producers và distributes it lớn those who need it the most.

The organization runs community programs with food banks, senior centers, shelters, central kitchens và after school programs and educates them on how to better manage food as a resource. It also runs trainings and education initiatives to drive changes in communities. Feeding Hong Kong also partners up with corporates khổng lồ turn an environmental problem into a social solution & actively impact this issue in Hong Kong. Last, but not least, the organization collaborates with schools khổng lồ teach students how to individually contribute to positive changes in their communities by using food as a resource.

Go 2 Serve Foundation

Go 2 Serve Foundation was established in 2009 khổng lồ help and care about underprivileged communities in which resources are scarce and hard to access to. The organization almost entirely depends on volunteers from Hong Kong and all over the world, who work lớn achieve a long-term impact in communities through sustainable projects.

The organization implements The Orphanage program & takes care of both healthy and disabled children. It provides them with homes where they feel loved and cherished. The organization also runs a small pig farm in South Chine, where it raises around 80 pigs in some sustainable farming ways. The goal of this program is khổng lồ help villagers to lớn learn about environmentally sustainable techniques of farming, so they can improve their livelihoods và protect their environment.

Kids 4 Kids

Kids 4 Kids is a Hong Kong based NGO created in 2010 with a goal of inspiring young people in Hong Kong to lớn undertake kích hoạt and drive positive social changes in their communities. The NGO envisions ‘’a future where all young people are empowered lớn make positive contributions khổng lồ society’’.

The mission of Kids 4 Kids is to empower youth lớn develop social responsibility và inspire others to lớn make the world a better place. It provides young people with equal opportunities to lớn learn important skills & develop strong connections in their communities. Since 2017, Kids 4 Kids has focused all of its assets và programs on achieving the UN sustainable development goals by 2030, mainly through development & youth empowerment.

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Redress

Redress is an environmental NGO working with a mission to ‘’prevent & transform textile waste khổng lồ catalyze a circular economy & reduce fashion’s water, chemical và carbon footprints’’. Through its programs, the organization works towards achieving the UN sustainable development goal on sustainable consumption and production by changing the practices lớn stop the creation of textile waste.

The organization runs one of the world’s largest sustainable fashion kiến thiết competitions called the Redress kiến thiết Award, through which it educates fashion designers worldwide about sustainable techniques and design theories with a goal lớn make a circular fashion system grow. This competition represents a unique platform for those with talent in fashion khổng lồ transform the world’s fashion industry. The Redress also provides rewards to achieve a long-term impact.

Po Leung Kuk

Po Leung Kuk is a Hong Kong NGO working with a mission khổng lồ ‘’protect the young và innocent, care for the elderly và underprivileged, aid the poor và heal the sick, educate the young, provide recreation to the public, care for the environment, and pass on the cultural inheritance và bring goodness lớn the community’’.

Po Leung Kuk is one of the leading Hong Kong’s social services NGO protecting vulnerable groups. It provides a variety of quality social, recreational, cultural & educational service khổng lồ all people in the local communities regardless of their age. Every year, the organization serves over 600.000 people và more than 45.000 students through its 300 service units.

Vision First

Established in 2009 as an independent NGO, the Vision First works lớn improve the livelihoods of refugees in Hong Kong. Over the years, the organization has managed lớn shape a deeper understanding of refugees’ issues in communities, as well as respect of their rights.

To achieve its goals, the Vision First deploys advocacy, activism và advice. Its activism is realized through supporting refugees to lớn acquire a necessary knowledge, skills và resources lớn resist và counter abuses they face, while through advocacy the organization works on improving the asylum issues and forms strong relationships with refugee communities. Through advice, the Vision First acts as a mediator between the government & refugees lớn resolve personal issues while empowering them lớn speak for themselves.

Clear the Air

Clear the Air is an NGO committed to lớn implementation & introduction of measures that would lead to lớn a significant reduction of pollution of air in Hong Kong. It is a volunteer based NGO & currently has more than 1.500 members from across Hong Kong, coming from all types of professional & social backgrounds.

Clean Air works with the authorities và other actors khổng lồ find practical solutions và promotes a strong and focused community approach lớn air pollution control measures. It also educates the public on the importance of clean air for their own health and provides a platform for the local communities khổng lồ take actions and initiatives. The organization is also involved in providing educational presentations on clean air in schools và many types of events.

Earth Care

Earth Care is an NGO based in Hong Kong working khổng lồ save the Earth. Its activities include environmental và wildlife protection, conservation, green business, sustainable development, green living, animal welfare, corporate social responsibility and environmental justice.

The organization implements a variety of strategies và programs that are directed lớn saving the planet, including social và policy research, monitoring of laws implementation, animal rescues, as wee as campaigns on consumer awareness and protest campaigns. The Earth Care campaigns for the use of herbal alternatives to replace animal parts in the traditional Chinese medicine while encouraging citizens of Hong Kong khổng lồ be involved in other campaigns as well & work energetically in the public outreach.