Meet Jason Yip, Program Manager, Resource Mobilization Division, Red Cross

Meet Jason Yip, Program Manager, Resource Mobilization Division, Red Cross
This experience has ended. It collected 158 volunteer hours.
Meet the banker who gave up his career to facilitate release of abductees in Afghanistan and help victims of Syrian civil war.

About

Jason is the Program Manager at the Resource Mobilization Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Switzerland. During his development in the organization, Jason had worked in Palestine, Afghanistan and Myanmar under the capacity of an ICRC Delegate. His role was to develop and implement the organization’s humanitarian intervention in the battlefield, with activities ranging from visiting detention centers to conducting emergency response. Jason has extensive experience in security analysis and building dialogues with non-state military groups. Jason earned his master’s degree in International Relations from Waseda University in Japan and BBA from the University of Hong Kong. He started his career as an analyst in Goldman Sachs. Jason is a sport lover with strong passion for playing volleyball and trekking.

About ICRC Established in 1863, the ICRC operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The organization, awarded for 4 times for the Noble Peace Prize, are based in Geneva, Switzerland, and employ some 14,500 people in more than 80 countries. The ICRC is funded mainly by voluntary donations from governments and from national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Meet Jason Yip, Program Manager, Resource Mobilization Division, Red Cross
Dinner with Jason (27 Oct)

27 Oct 6:45pm

All places taken.

Dinner will be held at 6:45pm on 27 Oct 2017.


Requirements

All volunteer hours must be completed during 1 June 2017 to 20 October 2017.

Dinner will be held at 6:45pm on 27 October 2017.

Cost per person is HK$250 to cover running cost of the program.

Big thank you to our Venue Sponsor, Dorsett Hospitality International and Event Photography Sponsor, Josh Tam!

About Dorsett Hospitality International (www.dorsetthotels.com)
Dorsett Hospitality International is one of Asia's fastest-growing hotel groups, with a growing portfolio of hotels in key cities around the Asia region and the UK.

About Josh Tam (www.joshtakesphotos.com)
Josh Tam is a Hong Kong based photographer, originally from Sydney Australia. Specialising in Advertising photography (compositing, post production, studio and liquids), Fashion, Events, Light painting and Portraits.

Dinner with Jason (27 Oct)

27 Oct 6:45pm

All places taken.

Dinner will be held at 6:45pm on 27 Oct 2017.


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