Cambridge Charity Group

To become a mentor, please sign up A-LifeAcademy@ymcahk.org.hk (cc: jenny.wong@cantab.net) with your completed application form

WHAT IS IT?
The A-Life Academy aims at helping the youths to build a better future through cultivating positive life values and nurturing intellectual and spiritual resources of the under-privileged youths in Hong Kong.

The objective of the mentoring program is for the inspiring young professionals/entrepreneurs from different backgrounds to share their career and life experience with the under-privileged youths (final year secondary school students) who have expressed/demonstrated motivation for their lives . The mentors are to help the youths build up life goals, understand their career aptitude, build up work habit, and widen their life horizon and vision by building up their social networks and human capital through their interactions with you and other modules in the program.

TIME: 11 meeting sessions of 2 hours (in the morning or afternoon) on every third Saturday of the month from October this year to August next year (enrollment can be renewed for 2012-2013 program for interested mentors)

VEUNE: Beacon Centre Lifelong Learning Institute, YMCA of Hong Kong, Beacon Lodge, 373 Po On Road, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon

FORMAT:
All sessions will be led by a qualified social worker.
Mingle and chat, sharing, presentation/speech, workshop and occasional outing activities
Each mentor will be paired up with a mentee, and 3-5 pairs will form a group to increase mutual support (arranged by YMCA or mentors themselves)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15th September 2011
Interviews will be conducted between now and end of September.

Download Pamphlet, Guidelines and Mentor Application form
http://cambridge.org.hk/downloads/201108%20a-life%20academy/

Charity event jointly organised by Cambridge University Alumni Club & St. James Settlement Rehabilitation Services

In the past year, many of you have taken part in two very successful English workshops jointly organised by Cambridge Charity Group and St. James Settlement for less fortunate primary school kids in Chai Wan and Yuen Long. This time, we are branching out to reach a different community, the mentally challenged members of our society.

This upcoming event aims to bring music, sports and other outdoor recreational activities to the mentally challenged members residing at the St. James Settlement Rehabilitation Centre. Our goal is to stimulate their creative powers, help them build interpersonal skills and build up their confidence in an interactive, fun-filled environment with lots of stimulants including sight, sound, smell and of course smiles!

Date : 4 November 2006, Saturday

Time: 8:30am - 4pm

Event: Half-day tour at the Hong Kong Music Farm in the New Territories

Activities: Different games will be organised, for example, learning how to make bread and pottery, handicrafts, singing timeless favourites with guitar

Number of volunteers required: minimum 22

Cost per volunteer: HK$280 (covering transportation to Music Farm, admission fees for participants, a yummy lunch and gifts)

Don't miss this chance to participate in a very meaningful event. For those who are interested, please email any of us before 31 October 2006 to reserve a place!

Kenneth Szeto - kkotezs@yahoo.com
Bianca Law - bianca.law@citigroup.com
Nadine Lee - lee.nadine@gmail.com

---Here is a message from the item leader Ken, Bianca and Nadine--- I would to express my sincere thanks to all of you who came to our Funny English Learning Workshop. I hope you had a good time and enjoyed 'dealing' with the kids! And special thanks to those who gave extra help in the organising the event, preparing for the materials, giving presentation and being the MCs, etc.! You've done a great job!

I spoke with the teachers afterwards and they thought the event went pretty well and I was told that the kids enjoyed themselves very much too!

Here is the link to some photos taken on the day. More will be uploaded soon and I will let you know again.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2106236324&code=22173538&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite

Please feel free to give any feedback so that we can do an even better job next time! Of course your support is of paramount importance!
Thank you once again and see you soon!

A charity event – “Funny English Workshop” was conducted on 15 Oct 2005, jointly organised by our alumni club (Ken, Nadine and Bianca) and St James Settlement. Many alumni participated and the event was enjoyed by many children. Please see Ken’s note below.

“We are happy to have arranged a voluntary activity with St James' Settlement. This voluntary project aims to provide an opportunity for the children to raise their understanding of English through some simple games and quiz. Also, through this kind of voluntary projects, we hope to raise the community's awareness of those children from the less privileged families and the new immigrants.”