Selected Unicef young leaders, from different schools and backgrounds, will leave for a field visit to Laos on Sunday.
The trip is part of this year's Young Leaders Programme that aims to promote children's rights and offer young people an opportunity to develop their potential and their leadership skills.
The 22-member group will meet youth representatives in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and visit water sanitation facilities, local schools and the Unicef office during the one-week trip.
'There are a few areas that we will explore,' said Evelyn Razack, advocacy and development co-ordinator of Unicef Hong Kong. These include water sanitation and Aids education in schools.
'They are getting more concerned about Aids as more people travel to neighbouring Thailand. We will also look into the unexploded ordnance as well as the impact of war on children,' she said.
The Young Leaders Programme, first introduced in 2001, has sent local teenagers to Geneva, Switzerland, and Nepal for field study. Each year, applicants are required to submit a project proposal on either advocacy or fundraising programmes for Unicef in school. Seventy candidates were shortlisted based on the proposals and their experience of community service, with the finalists picked after an interview.