2 December 2023 Territory-wide Flag Day

By God's Grace, Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service (BOKSS) Territory-wide Flag Day will be held on 2 December, 2023 (Saturday). Raising the target of $1.3million to support non-government funded projects including:

STEP to the Future: Metaverse LIFE Navigation Project

We will launch training workshops for the parents, enhancing their parental skills and the use of technology, on how to formulate better time management with their children, promoting positive language communication that aim to restore family functioning. On the parallel we will conduct interest-based activities to children (referred by social workers or schools), addressing their VIAs and other personal strength, Eventually pulling them out from the drowning of uncontrollable Edevices using, hence reconnect their school life and developmental task with a sense of achievement and true happiness pursue.

“BLESSED PROJECT”

For every 100 elderly living in the community, there are 10 – 15 people suffering from depression. Meanwhile, facing the economic problems, family changes, and debilitating, the elderly will probably lack of a sense of security and feel valueless in the society. This is the reason why we provides community education and group activities with peer counsellor for the elderly, to promote physical and emotional health concerns, develop a positive attitude in life among elderly. This is aim to help them to maintain the connection with the society in both the spiritual and psychological aspects, in order to reduce the risk of depression.

 "Buddies Project" Children and youth Mental Health Project

"Buddies Project" is conducted by multidisciplinary professionals including Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, Counsellors and Arts Therapists. We will provide talks, workshops, group activities related to mental health for students, also there are training for parents and teachers. We also aim at early identification and intervention of primary and secondary students who are facing emotional distress, hoping to raise our awareness about student’s mental health and cultivate a healthy learning environment in Hong Kong.

Ethnic Minorities Career Development Project

The unemployment rate of ethnic minorities are higher than the local Chinese, due to differences between ethnic and work culture, language barrier, lack of resources of mainstream job market. The project creates a platform serving between employers and ethnic minority job seekers, to enhance employability and build up cultural friendly working environment.

Volunteer Recruiting

We are in need of 4,000 volunteers to be our Flag Sellers on 2 December 2023. You are cordially invited to join us and support those underprivileged people and families.