2015
The 2015 All Staff Meeting
The 2015 all staff meeting was held on August 24-28 at Dao Fung Shan Christian Centre in Shatin, Hong Kong. …
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HKIS class serves in Cambodia
From September 26-October 1, the Hong Kong International School Asian History in Action: Cambodia class traveled to Phnom Penh and Kampong Chhnang Province. …
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CISS teams serve across China
From September 18-24, more than 70 students and teachers from Concordia International School Shanghai (CISS) served with CWEF as a part of the CISS TrIBES (Transforming Individuals By Education and Service) program. …
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Opening new doors with data
As a non-governmental organization, it is important to continually assess and question our program methodology to ensure quality programs truly meeting the needs of our beneficiaries. …
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Preparing for University and Beyond
The Target Corporation sponsored the fifth annual Career Workshop on June 10 at HeShan Middle School in Guangdong Province, China. Seven Target employees joined university student volunteers to facilitate the workshop for eight junior and senior students at HeShan Middle School. …
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From Awareness to Change
The ninth annual EMBER Summer Camp was held at Confucius Middle School on July 10-13, 2015. More than 30 CWEF scholarship recipient …
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With Only Seven Chickens
“Being able to watch the offspring of my chicken growing and wandering about the house day by day with my family once again is one of the happiest moments of my life”, said Mr. Heng. …
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Drinking Water Project Impact
“The effect of the DWP [drinking water project] on self-reported health outcomes relevant to water-related suffering were as hypothesized. Indeed, the villagers were 64% (p = 0.02) and 70% (p=0.01) less likely to suffer from diarrhea and stomach pain post intervention.” …
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Awareness to Change
The ninth annual EMBER Summer Camp was held at Confucius Middle School on July 10-13, 2015. More than 30 CWEF scholarship recipients from Confucius and Xiangshan Middle Schools participated in the camp. Ten EMBER volunteers from Hong Kong and one volunteer from Macau facilitated the camp.
This year, the theme was how to raise awareness of social issues, and the EMBER team used a curriculum developed by two HKIS students (Ms. Caroline Scown and Ms. Brittaney Fried).
At the camp, the participants ranked a number of social issues by personal importance. The participants were separated in groups by their most important social issue. In the small groups, the participants researched the social issue and developed an action plan to help resolve the issue. Participants had a chance to practice their public speaking skills, as they presented their findings both individually and with their small groups to the rest of the summer camp participants.
The social issues the participants tackled included personal safety, protecting the environment and ways to increase organic agriculture practices. Throughout the camp, the participants developed the skills and confidence to find ways to increase awareness of important issues and move towards a resolution.
The camp also included the annual picnic and elderly center visit and performance.
Thank you EMBER for your continued support of the summer camp and scholarship program, and Ms. Scown and Ms. Fried for use of the social issue awareness curriculum.
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