https://www.scmp.com/rss/513527/feed Jo Hayes is the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong, a non-profit organisation with a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Her career spans a range of industries from education and media production with the British Council and BBC Worldwide, to the non-profit sector with The Women's Foundation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “Leave No One Behind” is the North Star guiding the United Nations’ drive for progress across a series of sustainable development goals aimed at achieving peace and prosperity for all people. Seven years have passed since 2015, when 193 countries committed to eradicating extreme poverty and inequality. However, global stressors, such as the coronavirus pandemic and the accelerating effects of climate change, have exacerbated existing economic and social disparities in cities everywhere and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194080/hong-kong-must-remove-barriers-affordable-adequate-housing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194080/hong-kong-must-remove-barriers-affordable-adequate-housing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:00:09 +0000 When we think of people who work in charities, adjectives such as kind, passionate and resilient come to mind. As women who run charities, we want to change that narrative. We want more people to think of charity workers as skilled, competent and professional. And like any professional, charity workers deserve to be paid fairly. A charity might start with one founder with a big vision. In time, it will almost certainly morph into an organisation with more than just the founder if it is... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3191123/more-love-charities-need-professional-staff-funding-succeed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3191123/more-love-charities-need-professional-staff-funding-succeed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Sep 2022 06:30:18 +0000