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Hong Kong Family Welfare Society

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Where: Rm 2010, 20/F, Southern Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai

What: The Hong Kong Family Welfare Society (HKFWS) was established in 1938 and originally known as the Social Service Centre of the Churches. It assists and counsels families in distress and also conducts preventive work targeted at family problems involving children, youths, single parents, new arrivals and the elderly.

How: Visit www.hkfws.org.hk or call 2527 3171 for more information. The organisation provides a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for young people. They are now recruiting volunteers for a raffle ticket sale to being held in November and December. Other volunteer activities include flag selling on November 26 for the Community Chest.
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Teen volunteer: Tsoi Ching, 15, is a fourth-former at Po Kok Secondary School. She has been doing voluntary work with HKFWS for three years.

'In Form One, I joined the Understanding the Adolescent Project run by social workers from HKFWS. The programme offers leadership training, camping activities and opportunities to take part in social services. We mainly serve children and teenagers.

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Sometimes we organise visits to The Peak for children and arrange games for them at the organisation's centre. I don't have any siblings, so playing with children is a special activity for me. I also help organise camps for younger students. The most memorable events usually happen during the camps, where we stay up all night and chat.

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