How a Hong Kong asylum seeker turned pastor transformed his life
Roy Njuabe was forced to flee his native Cameroon because of persecution. He now works to help Hong Kong’s thousands of asylum seekers build a new life here
Roy Njuabe, 40, a pastor at a Hong Kong church and a father of two, would not have survived had he not fled to the city as an asylum seeker in 2005.
He now works with people facing a similar predicament at Vine Community Services Limited (VCSL), a non-profit organisation established in 2012, which started as a lifeline for the refugee community offered by The Vine Church, an independent Christian place of worship in Wan Chai.
“To work as a refugee pastor, you are working with broken people, people who have no hope, no dream in their life,” Njuabe said. “You listen to stories that even transform your own life.”
Born to an English-speaking family in Cameroon in sub-Saharan Africa, Njuabe was forced to leave his country aged 27, when the human rights activist’s life was threatened by persecution because of his outspokenness.
