Be a one-year mentor for youth living in poverty (Flexible schedule) 成為基層青年一年的友師(彈性時間)
With the generous support by the Community Chest of Hong Kong, SoCO will initiate “Engage for Change - Internship and mentoring for empowering the youth living in poverty” project since June 2023. The 3-year project included Mentroship. Each mentor is paired with a youth aged 15-24. Individual professionals are invited as mentor to enlighten the post-secondary youth in poverty, including sharing of career experience, learning methodology, building up positive thinking mindset and effective reflection model, as well as rapport building with professionals and social networking; Your kind participation would facilitate upward social mobility and improve the livelihood of the underprivileged youth.
Each mentor will participate in our mentorship workshop: 1️⃣ 3 Jun (Mon) 7pm - 10pm 2️⃣ 21 Jun (Fri) 7pm - 8:30pm or 8:30pm - 10:00pm ** The Youth Mentoring Scheme is an ongoing project, mentorship workshops will be arranged accordingly**
Corporate staff and individual professionals are invited to enlighten the post-secondary youth in poverty, including sharing of career experience, learning methodology, building up positive thinking mindset and effective reflection model, as well as helping youth to achieve their goals. 企業員工和個人專業人士為貧困的大專學生提供啟蒙,包括分享職業經驗、學習方法,建立積極思維和有效反思模式,以及幫助青年實現他們的目標。
01 Jun 2024 - 01 Jun 2025
4/F Posco Building 165 Un Chau Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Event use only) 深水埗元州街165號步陞工商業大廈4樓 (只限活動用)
8 hours per month
https://soco.org.hk/en/
Work for dignity Society for Community Organization (SoCO) is a human rights advocacy group established in 1972, dedicated to serve the underprivileged community in Hong Kong. Working with limited resources, SoCO advocates for comprehensive social policy changes to ensure the protection of fundamental human rights of people in Hong Kong. Struggle for survival In the metropolitan city of Hong Kong, there are over 1.4 million people living in poverty. Over 200,000 residents live in urban slums, in squalid conditions that are inadequate for basic living with human dignity. These marginalized groups include caged home lodgers, families with children living in cramped wood-partitioned cubicles, sub-divided units’ households, new immigrants, homeless people as well as people with mental illness all struggling for survival.
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