The ‘After-school Tutoring Program’ combines tutorials with extra-curricular learning activities for children from low-income families. It plays a significant role particularly when their parents have to juggle work and family obligations.

Apart from the students, their parents will also benefit from the initiative through their engagement in the parent-child events, in a motivational learning environment.

Lifelong Love of Reading, funded by OSC, strives to promote pleasure reading among local primary school children and their parents. A curated library stocking 100 new books will be launched in six primary schools, which will be accompanied by interesting workshops to arouse children’s motivation to read. In addition, the organisation will provide storytelling training for parents before they host reading sessions throughout the school year.

Tsang Pik Shan Secondary School, an affiliate of The Lotus Association of Hong Kong, rolls out the ‘Simple Technical Self-Development’ project to educate all people free from discrimination. New immigrants and the deprived will be the targets of assistance in studies and personal growth.

Every education opportunity involves some give-and-take. Students can practise English writing and speaking online one-on-one with English tutors from the University of Hong Kong bi-weekly. Teachers and students are also invited to learn about positive values from training on Growth Mindset. Another highlight of the programme is a visit to regional attractions in the Greater Bay Area, including the Peak, Zhuhai and Macau.

In return, students will avail themselves of this opportunity to spend time singing with the elderly and teaching primary students the subject of engineering science. They’ll also post videos of the cooking sessions online and assist primary students in open competitions by leveraging their computer literacy.

‘STEM Maker in School’, with aid from OSC, is a 3-year collaborative project with three primary schools which equips teachers and students with STEM resources and knowledge. HKCIN will adopt the ‘train-the-trainer’ approach where trained teachers with STEM skills will integrate STEM contents into their classes. After trial lessons and continuous consultancy with HKCIN, the primary schools will have designed a tailored STEM curriculum that reaches students in two forms per year.

Red Cross Little Buddies’ is a programme to build Hong Kong youngster’s leadership skills, health awareness and discipline. Primary 1-2 students will be able to hone a range of essential skills for personal development and growth from engaging in various social activities and service opportunities.

The free-of-charge programme aims at offering students from low-income families an equal opportunity to learn and develop. The aim is that students can acquire their own skill sets and become talented leaders in society in the future.

Teach For Hong Kong Social Emotional Learning Fellowship sees an insufficiency of resources on social-emotional learning (SEL) and support in the local education system. It aims to serve as an extension of our existing programme, Save The Children Hong Kong, and create a favourable and sustainable environment for children.

Harmful behaviors such as bullying, and symptoms of mental health distress have increased among youth. One reason for anti-social behaviors is lack of academic confidence and satisfaction, while the pandemic has reduced many youths’ social interactions.

Yeah! Girls Stand Up! combines sports with education on emotional regulation and anti- bullying. We aim to support girls to get active for wellbeing, develop positive mindsets and coping mechanisms for negative emotions and understand personal space and rights. Ultimately, we aim to enhance girls’ self-esteem while fostering positive relationships.

The Short Intervention Courses for Students with Dyslexia from Low-income Families is a 3-year pilot project providing fully-subsidised short specialised intervention courses in English, Chinese and Mathematics for primary-aged students with reading & writing disabilities from low-income families. The short courses will be conducted in small groups of three to four students, a group size which is most effective in addressing the students’ learning difficulties, reducing their frustrations and fostering their self-esteem.

These courses will be held twice a year during Easter and Summer Holidays between July 2023 and April 2026.

INventoo,’ with aid from OSC, is a 3-year collaboration project with three primary schools to equip teachers and students with STEM resources and knowledge. HKCIN will adopt an intensive ‘train-the-trainer’ approach. Trained teachers with STEM skills will lead a group of students to join a STEM open competition followed by integrating STEM contents to their classes. After the training and trial sessions, each primary school will have a detailed curriculum for the teachers to replicate the same model for 3 more group of students per year.

The project aims to promote sign language as an alternative strategy to support SEN children’s language and communication development, and to encourage caretakers and trainers to use sign language to complement spoken instructions in daily learning activities and training, enhancing intervention effectiveness with better communication. The project provides sign language learning and experiential activities, teaching materials and training to SEN children, their families, teachers and related professionals.

IBEL’s daily frontline support services empower Hong Kong underserved and educationally marginalised children, by providing them with an inclusive and equal learning opportunities based environment at Kindergarten age and alongside Chinese children. It offers a platform to nurture their social integration and upward mobility. IBEL sets up a free Chinese Medium-of-Instruction Kindergarten in Yau Tsim Mong district with a total capacity of 180 children.

"EmpowerHer Future" is an innovative career & financial literacy program that supports disadvantaged female students aged 14-18. Focused on building self-confidence and a positive attitude towards money, the program integrates role model insights, immersive career and money management workshops, activity-driven learning and practical work experiences. The program's content will be co-curated in collaboration with leading financial corporations. Every girl who joins the program will receive a lifetime access to an online portal. This portal will allow them to access continuous learning content, monitor their progress through gamified assessments, and gain access to various incentives such as additional courses, cash coupons, mentors, and opportunities for work placements. This comprehensive approach empowers girls to navigate career paths and financial choices knowledgeably, ensuring a fairer start in life.

The project builds a impact career platform that offers all-in-one social impact solutions to empower underprivileged yet motivated youths aged 18-24 who are non-university students (e.g. currently in associate degree programmes or vocational trainings) to gain access to intensive career development through training, network building and practical work experience, gradually cultivating the concerned youth for an impactful career. The OSC Funding supports the projects’ consolidation stage.

The “Key to Healthy Consent” Project aims to promote healthy communication and consent in relationships among young people, with an emphasis on preventing sexual violence and harassment. The program targets to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate complex social situations and promote healthy relationships. The project creates a youth-friendly curriculum for aged 13-25 teenagers, to promote respectful and consensual behaviour. The project comprises in-school workshops and bootcamps, online integrated resources, youth ambassadors training as well as crisis intervention for at-risk cases.

The Project aims to establish a healthy community with better mental care and support amongst the less privileged. It applies the PERMA model (which stands for “Positive emotions”, “Engagement”, “Relationships”, “Meaning”, “Achievement”) to conduct 3 types of programs, namely Mindfulness (mindfulness program, activity and community education workshop), Psychosocial (individual assessment and counselling, support group, and overnight camps) and Information & Communication Technology (create a Mental Health mobile app).

The programme provides Love 21 families who have been on our nutrition programme previously to revisit and revise their dietary and health goals through quarterly one-on-one consultations. In addition, participants will also take part in weekly functional fitness classes with the aim of building their habit of exercising.

Supporting refugee and asylum seeker children and their caregivers to learn STEM to improve self-sufficiency and future educational prospects while also supporting refugee and asylum seeker families with their annual education expenses.