On January 23, President David together with several members visited Caritas’ Community Living Room in Kwun Tong. We also managed to serve to grassroots laborers soups that were sponsored by our Club, and made by laborers who learned how to make the soup via our Club’s sponsored talk on healthy eating.
On December 19, as part of our District Grant project, President David was in the community talking about pain management and occupational therapy.
On December 1, President David kicked off our District Grant project to alleviate the physical and mental stress experienced by street cleaners. The project initiates a series of events and informal talks surrounding physical and mental health, and concludes by providing physical and mental stress relief by way of free remedial sessions to eligible street cleaners in the Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong districts. On occasion, President David offered Chinese medical help to several in need.
On July 25, two representatives from Caritas HK visited our Club meeting to summarize the project that our Club partnered with them in the previous Rotary Year. Representatives from Rotary Club of The HUB Hong Kong were also in attendance as they were a joint organizer of the project that provides free eye-sight checkup services for children of grassroots families.
On January 28, President Jason observed an eye-check session at Caritas Tsuen Wan as part of our District Grant project with Caritas and Rotary Club of The HUB Hong Kong. President Tony of Rotary Club of The HUB Hong Kong was also in attendance.
Our Club has successfully applied for District Grant this year to support a Joint-Club Project with Rotary Club of The HUB Hong Kong. Special credits shall go to Past President Samuel Chung, Past President Eddie Leung and Past President Mark who have been offering a lot of valuable advice to the process. This year we co-operated with Caritas Tsuen Wan and Ngau Tau Kok Centers, serving children in subdivided units by offering them eye-checks (two times in 6 month’s time), and giving them free spectacles if necessary. To kick off the project, Caritas Ngau Tau Kok Center conducted its first service day on October 15 (Sunday), by offering eye test for around 85 children in the nearby neighborhood.
Our Club has sponsored a total of 100 underprivileged women a health checkup package plus two health talks for Caritas Tsuen Wan and Ngau Tau Kok. For the project, our Club has received support as part of a District Grant. The purpose of this project was to raise the women’s awareness on their own health conditions and provide basic check up including DEXA bone density scans as many of the beneficiaries neglected their health conditions due to financial stringency and commitment towards household chores.
Finally our District Grant Project with Caritas Tsuen Wan and Ngau Tau Kok kickstarted with a health talk on December 16 and 19 respectively for underprivileged women who were mostly recovered from Covid. Our Club sponsored a total of 100 women to do health check during February to April 2023 with DEXA scans to help detecting osteoporosis and other major women related diseases. During the health talk, many women were quiteconcerned about HPV related diseases and ways to prevent it.
Past President Grace represented our Club and participated in Part 2 of Caritas Health Check Program. Part 1 was completed in Ngau Tau Kok on 5-6 July 2022. This one was for Tsuan Wan Centre with 50 street cleaners receiving the Automatic Retinal Image Analysis (ARIA) test, a technology developed at CUHK in 2015. In addition, blood test for cholesterol and blood sugar were administered as well.
On July 6, our Club kicked off the new Rotary Year’s first project with Caritas Ngau Tau Kok for the Street Cleaners. A total of 50 street cleaners received health check using Automatic Retinal Image Analysis (ARIA) method for screening of stroke and Alzheimer’s risk factor + cholesterol and blood sugar level testing. While on site, Rotarians also participated in stretching exercises together with the beneficiaries.