New Life E-Newsletter April 2023
Promotion Of "330 Well-being Index" At RTHK’s "Magasenior” Programme
Miss Annie TAM Kam-lan, GBS, JP, Chairperson of the Executive Committee of New Life and Miss Loretta POON, Senior Manager of New Life, featured in "Magasenior”, an age-friendly radio programme of RTHK Radio 5 and shared the organisation’s newly-launched "330 Well-being Index". They also encouraged the members of the public to visit the official website of the Index for a self-evaluation of their body, mind and spirit well-being.
In the programme, Miss TAM also introduced the origin of the "dayday330” brand and the message of taking 330 micro-break. She further elaborated on how the public can make use of the self-evaluation to assess their level of well-being, obtain customized health advice and conduct mindfulness practices.
Please visit the website for free self-evaluation and click here to revisit the interview.
"VReach” Virtual Reality Career Training Program Fosters Career Planning For Autistic Patients
The United Nations General Assembly officially declared 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day to raise awareness of autism in the general community.
Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often suffer from ineffective communication and behavioural rigidity in their daily life. Such difficulties undermine their ability to develop social connections during their study and adapt to new circumstantial changes at the workplace, subsequently causing further emotional problems, which could in turn affect their academic and work performance.
Thanks to the generosity of The Koo Foundation, in 2020, New Life launched the "VReach” Virtual Reality Career Training Program dedicated to fostering career planning for Autistic patients. The two-year program leverages Virtual Reality technology in the training materials, and it adopts innovative teaching methods to enhance participants’ workplace communications skills to prepare them for their future careers and development.
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gift330 And HKUST Co-organise Art Exhibition for Persons In Recovery
On 4 and 19 April, gift330 and HKUST’s School of Humanities and Social Science co-organised an art exhibition themed "The present is the best present” at the HKUST campus. The exhibition showcased various artwork created by Persons in Recovery. With the theme of everyday life, the art pieces conveyed a message that everyone can be an artist by learning to relish the taste of life.. The exhibition attracted the university staff and students; some had the chance to talk to the artists.
Jockey Club LOHAS Wellness Project Held LOHAS Carnival
The Jockey Club LOHAS Wellness Project under New Life held its LOHAS Carnival on 18 March, demonstrating the project’s services to the communities in the past three years. There were game booths, cooking classes, health checks, a memory zone and a prize presentation ceremony at the Carnival , attracting over 500 participants.
Several game booths were set up to share information about healthy diets through fun experiences. A health check service was available to the participants to know their health status. There was a memory zone dedicated to reviewing services provided by the project over the past three years. Finally, a prize presentation ceremony was held to recognise service users who managed to maintain body indexes and devote their time to volunteer activities.
Launched in 2020 with sponsorship from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Jockey Club LOHAS Wellness Project aims to help middle-and-old-aged Persons in Recovery who live in the community build a healthy lifestyle, and promote healthy diets and holistic well-being to the members of the public. In its third service year, the project has gathered over 400 members and provided over 47,000 food packs to its service users. Social inclusion is another key objective of the project as it strives to enhance the holistic well-being of its service users, thus fostering greater acceptance of the Persons in Recovery in the community.
New Life Farm In Organic Day 2023
On 12 March, Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre organised an onsite Organic Day at Chater Road Pedestrian Precinct in Central, after lifting COVID-19 curbs, with stalls selling local organic farm products and advocating environmental protection. New Life Farm was honoured to be invited to sell its farm products from eco-friendly agriculture and demonstrate the hard work and results made by our service users.
This year New Life Farm was awarded the Farmer’s Competition Award as it maintains the requested certification standards and shows continuous improvement in farm management.
"Love yourself everyday” Carnival 2023
On 19 March, New Life’s vocational rehabilitation service units took part in Tung Wah’s "Love yourself everyday” Carnival at Chater Road Pedestrian Precinct in Central. The event consisted of booths, demonstrations and performances. New Life’s Sheltered Workshops and Integrated Vocational Rehabilitation Service Centres set up booths to showcase an array of feature products made by New Life’s services users and Persons in Recovery, showing their capabilities and potential. The booths were well-received by the guests and members of the public.
Kwai Shing Sheltered Workshop: ECF Food Sharing Project
Visit To T · PARK Environmental Education Centre
On 4 March, members of ECF Food Sharing Project visited the T · PARK Environmental Education Centre and learnt from the staff of the Centre about the concept and operation of burning sludge for power generation and desalination. The objective of the visit was to enhance the members’ awareness of environmental protection and achieve a more sustainable living style.
Food Waste Reduction Workshops
On 9 and 24 March, members of ECF Food Sharing Project visited Tin King Sheltered Workshop and Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service - Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung District Support Centre and joined food waste reduction workshops. During the workshops, members received information on food safety, recycling and waste reduction. They were also taught to make eco-friendly mosquito coils and deodorant bags with recycled coffee grounds.
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