When parents look for a school or extracurricular classes for their children, it is natural for the focus to be on the academic performance, or the professional qualification of the teachers, tutors, and coaches. After all, they are there to educate our children and enhance their performance. We seldom, however, have concerns over whether the …
Last month, 12 runners completed their runs in the 渣打香港馬拉松 Standard Chartered HK Marathon in Hong Kong – drumming up more than HKD 100,000 for Viva’s work with vulnerable children. We’re really grateful for those who took part and those who supported with sponsorship and in other ways too. Here, two of the runners share …
A simple gesture can make the world of difference! Children at a school in Marawi City in the Philippines who were displaced by conflict hold beautifully decorated notebooks produced by children in Hong Kong. The Filipino children have received the notebooks as gifts from Fe Foronda, National Director of PCMN – Viva’s partner network in …
BY RACHAEL MA Last month, we held a fundraising mooncake-making workshop in Hong Kong in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mooncakes are a rich delicacy in the Chinese culture in which a salted egg yolk is wrapped in a thick lotus seed paste to emulate the full moon. In the Chinese culture, you will find that …
BY RACHAEL MA “When we’re in trouble… Jesus saves!” the excited kids resounded. The Vine Church in Hong Kong hosted its half-day Vacation Bible School (VBS) programme made possible by the many volunteers who take care of the 50 children. It was so exciting watching the kids dance and knew all the action to the …
Hong Kong is an international city with well-developed law and education systems. However, behind the prosperity, children are not as happy as the city’s success portrays. Children are placed under tremendous pressure to succeed and have little control over their lives. As a result, many parents who genuinely believe the choices they make are the …
Despite the oddly humid January day in Hong Kong, our runners woke up bright and early with anticipation to join more than 70,000 participants for the Standard Chartered Marathon. In a city where people commute on a daily basis, it was truly a unique sight to see the train packed with people dressed in running …
In sickness and in health To love and to cherish To run a 10K race on your behalf when your knee packs in… OK, the last line probably wasn’t in Cian Stavers’ wedding vow – but now, 18 years later, her commitment and devotion to husband Mark is clear as she prepares to step into …
BY KANICE HO Viva Hong Kong has been providing tailor-made child protection services to organisations such as churches, schools, and clubs for almost a year now. We are thankful for the partnership of organisations who have placed child safeguarding as a priority and are pioneering the concept of holistic protection for children in Hong Kong. …
BY RACHAEL MA In October, Viva’s Network Co-ordinators from across Asia gathered in Hong Kong for a week of team meetings and also attended the Justice Conference Asia. Rachael Ma reflects on the valuable time spent together. A Typhoon 8 warning wasn’t quite the welcome we had planned for! We give thanks though that, despite …