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Citigroup
Success Fund sponsors 3rd Project Teen Action 2006
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SWD supports
anti-drug project for 69 teenagers and parents
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Michelle
Kwan addresses youth: thanks to U.S. Consulate General
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Publications
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Federation Youth
Volunteer Network (YVN)
teaching kits |
Sponsored by the Quality Education Fund, the Federation
invited 43 primary and secondary schools to join the
voluntary service learning programme, <義工精神 立根校園> 服務學習計劃
from 2004-2006. Youth workers operated within the schools,
encouraging and training students, teachers and parents
in volunteer community service. The 2-year project also
involved planning volunteer activities and grooming teachers
as volunteer project leaders. These newly published teaching
kits summarize experience gained implementing the programme.
tel YVN at 2169 0032 for more details.
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Child
neglect: abuse with serious consequences
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When lonely schoolchildren call the Federation’s
counselling hotline* we listen very carefully. * 48,360 cases
were handled last year and over 9,000 were from 6-14 year-olds.
Disturbingly, between 2004 and 2006, 137 of the children
said they were on their own. Many call because they want
someone to talk to but often that means parents are not looking
after them as well as they might.
A recent case of neglect highlighted the problem. A young
mother was charged with cruelty for leaving her two toddlers
without food or warm clothing, locked up in the house alone
overnight while she went out. It was not an isolated incident
and the Social Welfare Department is considering taking the
children into custody. |
Immature parents need education as much as their children
need protection. Babysitters, child-care centres and emergency
foster homes can help but all are ineffective if parents
lack awareness of the risks, especially of leaving children
alone. Reminding them of their responsibilities is part of
our job. We try to act before there is a cry for help.
Contact Family Life Education, tel 2557 1308 for more information
on the parenting skills education we give as an HKFYG core
service. The HKFYG Ching Lok nursery/kindergartens offer
occasional, fee-paying child-care services. Fee waivers are
available for low-income families. |
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Educate
parents and prevent child neglect
Domestic violence is regular headline news and the big
increase in reported cases has focused our spotlight on
child neglect this week. To gather background information,
we talked to school social workers and hotline counsellors
about their experience in the field. Read
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