https://www.scmp.com/rss/521163/feed Steve Williams is a writer, a storyteller. He contributes lifestyle and travel features, opinion pieces, news and reviews to international magazines, newspapers, websites and random passers-by. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Steve Williams Steve Williams Philanthropist and social entrepreneur Brian Yip’s passion for making a difference started early. Very early. Like, age five early. “My earliest memory is helping out at a book fair,” says Yip, founder of charitable platforms 1000 Suns and YouthCORE. “Back then my mum instilled in me the importance of service and being involved in my community,” taking him along to recycling events, helping pack food for homeless people and visiting elderly people living in cage homes. “As I got older, it taught... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3311531/meet-teenage-philanthropist-behind-1000-suns-and-youthcore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3311531/meet-teenage-philanthropist-behind-1000-suns-and-youthcore?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:10 +0000 Steve Williams Steve Williams It’s been quite the journey for Walter Tsui and Reina Cheng. From a chat over a kebab more than a decade ago to winning a prestigious award at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, this March, their project, CareER, has been one of the more successful Hong Kong non-profit organisations, helping tertiary-educated people with a disability or special needs enter the employment market. Every year since 2014, CareER has placed more than 70 people in new careers, in fields such as legal, human... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3309662/meet-non-profit-improving-lives-and-careers-disabled-hongkongers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3309662/meet-non-profit-improving-lives-and-careers-disabled-hongkongers?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 May 2025 09:00:09 +0000