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Youth
and the aged: nourishing the caring spirit |
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The latest by-census revealed how quickly
Hong Kong is ageing. The birthrate is falling as fewer young
women choose to marry and raise children. Meantime, increased
life expectancy causes problems for healthcare and social
welfare provision, increasing the burden of general care
already on younger generations. Such burdens cause resentment
and, in the worst cases, elderly people are neglected or
abused
as a result. We all need to think clearly what to do about
these problems so that respect for the elderly within a harmonious
community can survive.
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One solution is to bring the
young and the aged together now. Our young volunteers reach
out to the elderly, learning how to communicate across generations.
They can gain perspective and a sense of continuity through
the elders' collective memory which will help them to cope
with today's pace of change. When young people have patience
to listen the senior citizens who have contributed so much
to Hong Kong, the generation gap is bridged and values are
shared. This is the attitude we encourage. Will you help
us convey the message?
Contact Anna Lau, Youth Volunteer Network, tel
2169 0032 and read this week's Feature Story about volunteers
who visit the elderly. |
Feature
Story |
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Two
caring generations
Youth volunteers in their teens and twenties who visit
seniors told us how they learned from each other and what
the experience meant to them, showing how everyone, regardless
of age, can contribute to the well-being of the community. read
on...
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Upcoming
events |
The
Standard Chartered Hong Kong English Public Speaking
Contest 2007
Grand Final and Award Ceremony
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Date: Friday
16 March 2007
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Academy
of Medicine
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Joint
Opening Ceremony of Modernized Youth S.P.O.Ts |
Date: Saturday
24 March 2007
Time: 2:30pm
Venue: HKFYG Jockey Club Farm Road Youth S.P.O.T.
Guests of Honour: The Hon Leung Chun-ying,
GBS, JP, Non-Official Member, Executive Council
Mr William Yiu, Executive Director, Charities, Hong Kong Jockey Club
Mr Cheung Hing-wah, Assistant Director, Social Welfare Department
Ir. Wong Kwok-keung, JP, Chairman, Kowloon City District Council
*A live broadcast of the Ceremony will be shown at HKFYG's Jockey Club Ping Shek,
Verbena, Wang Tau Hom and Cheung Wah Youth S.P.O.Ts |
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Leaders
to Leaders Lecture Series 2006/07 |
Speaker: Mr
Charles Peter Mok
Chairman, Internet Society Hong Kong; Director, Computancy Ltd
Topic: Seizing the Moment
Date: Thursday 29 March 2007
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Participants: 300 nominated student leaders
and university students
More details at: http://www.leadership21.org/courses/ltl/guestinfo.doc
and http://www.u21.org.hk/partnership/issue92_jan2007/images/LTL.jpg |
The
Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, one of Hong
Kong's largest youth work agencies, has provided
opportunities, facilities and services to youth for
over 40 years.
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