Exhibition shows their pain and hopes as they fight the disease
They are small, bald, brave and beautiful. And their ability to light up a room with a smile should be a lesson to anyone feeling down on their luck. These children have all battled cancer.
To celebrate their spirit, the Children's Cancer Foundation is staging an exhibition at the Cultural Centre entitled A Story of the Little Bald People. It features 90 works from about 45 children centred on four stages of their treatment.
Not all of the children made it.
Clinical psychologist and programme co-ordinator Ada Yuen Nga-yee said children did not always have enough confidence to express their feelings verbally, so drawing provided a valuable outlet in times of stress or crisis.
Artwork in the first section, for example, deals with the children's emotions just after diagnosis and admission.