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1. Lifestyle - Family & Education - COMMUNITY

   Charity begins at home

   Posted Feb 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Vanessa Yung

   ... Lifestyle Family & Education Civics Community Building Volunteering Vanessa Yung vanessa.yung@scmp.com A handful of civic-minded Hong Kong parents are passing the spirit of volunteering to their children,writes Vanessa Yung Wayne Chau Pui-por struggled when he moved to Hong Kong from Guangxi when he was 13. He didn't speak Cantonese and often encountered ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1141163/charity-begins-home
2. News - Hong Kong

   Knitting lessons give grandmother a boost

   Posted Jan 08th 2013, 12:00am by JOLIE HO

   ... as part of a scheme set up by the Agency for Volunteer Service. The grandmother began to have heart problems soon after the death of her husband six years ago and doctors decided that she would ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1122385/knitting-lessons-give-grandmother-boost
3. Lifestyle - Family & Education - PARENTING

   Pay it forward: Raising children who are 'bucket fillers'

   Posted May 07th 2013, 12:00am by Annie Ho

   ... ball. Our group of young volunteers accosted guests with gap-toothed grins and a ready spiel. They felt so proud of their accomplishment: raising tens of thousands of dollars in just one hour. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1231509/pay-it-forward-raising-children-who-are-bucket-fillers
4. News - China - HEALTH

   Volunteer doctors give hope to mainland HIV/Aids patients

   Posted Dec 01st 2012, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... News China HIV/Aids China Volunteer doctors Zhuang Pinghui pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com A group of doctors in Nanjing has volunteered to provide medical care to HIV/Aids patients who are shunned by mainland hospitals when awaiting surgery. Calling themselves the Sunshine Doctors, the volunteer group has grown from 20 doctors to 59 in just two years. Zhang Huilin , a 33-year-old ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1094811/volunteer-doctors-give-hope-mainland-hivaids-patients
5. News - Hong Kong - ENVIRONMENT

   Lung Mei beach activists to volunteer as guards after dead wildlife found

   Posted Nov 09th 2012, 12:00am by CHEUNG CHI-FAI

   ... which is attracting growing numbers of visitors. The guards, mostly volunteers, will be stationed at the site on the Tai Po coast from 11am to 6pm at weekends and will advise people to use ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1078095/lung-mei-beach-activists-volunteer-guards-after-dead-wildlife-found
6. Lifestyle - Family & Education - EDUCATION

   Care in the community

   Posted Apr 29th 2013, 12:00am by Nora Tong

   ... locally and abroad. Rather than one-off volunteering events, these initiatives range from summer internships with NGOs and in-depth research projects, to year-long education programmes in primary ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1223904/care-community
7. News - China - SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE

   Volunteers rush to aid quake victims in Lushan but end up clogging roads

   Posted Apr 22nd 2013, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... News China Yaan earthquake Sichuan Earthquake Volunteering Aid Traffic Zhuang Pinghui in Lushan pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com Students, white-collar workers from Chengdu hope to help but may hinder rescue work Volunteers have rushed to the quake-hit county of Lushan to donate supplies, lend a helping hand and do whatever good they can, despite calls by authorities not to come. Four ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1220177/volunteers-rush-aid-quake-victims-lushan-end-clogging-roads
8. Lifestyle - Family & Education - GUANGDONG

   How Hong Kong youths are touring the 'real' China

   Posted Apr 19th 2013, 11:31am by Ernest Kao

   ... student Joanne Wong Yi-sin does not, at first glance, look like your typical volunteer worker. After reading one too many stories of China’s left-behind children – the millions of young left ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1218088/how-hong-kong-youths-are-touring-real-china
9. News - Hong Kong - LAW

   Volunteer lawyer scheme shunned by legal bodies

   Posted Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am by PATSY AND STUART

   ... News Hong Kong Volunteer lawyer scheme Law Society Bar Association Patsy Moy and Stuart Lau Law Society and Bar Association say two-year pilot will flood courts with litigants in person The legal profession has given the cold shoulder to a government scheme under which volunteer lawyers would help litigants pursue civil cases on their own. Both the Law Society and the Bar ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1149609/volunteer-lawyer-scheme-shunned-legal-bodies
10. News - Hong Kong - LAW

    Lawyers offering advice for free say 'clients' broaden their horizons

    Posted Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am by Stuart Lau

    ... Wing-san chose to volunteer with the Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention after he left the government scheme a few years ago. "I hope teenagers can get back on the right track, ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1149617/lawyers-offering-advice-free-say-clients-broaden-their-horizons

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