Bosco: YPN 2009 Participant (Hong Kong)

Ths Sichuan Project

 One of the projects that Uni-Y is doing is the Sichuan project. The project was initiated by YMCA of Hong Kong and it is a social enterprise which number of students are being engaged to the projects. Students from Uni-Y have been to Sichuan to interact with the local people and collect the Dolls (Sichuan Wa Wa, wa wa in Chinese is doll) that the local people made (totally handmade). Funding would be provided for producing the wa wa. After that, the organizers and students would bring those Sichuan Wa Wa to Hong Kong and decorate them before sale. The revenue would be used for supporting Sichuan people and the school that YMCA of Hong Kong has built in Sichuan.

Also, the organic farm in Hong Kong is also one of the social enterprise initiated by the YMCA of Hong Kong supported by the local Government. And that was a site visit with the Uni-Y committee members and YMCA staff. The aim is to have an organic farm visit experience and more importantly, brainstorm what can we bring to the organic farm. One of the directions is to bring in people from business companies, families of the minorities staying in Hong Kong from Southern Asia (they are poor and sometimes being discriminated by local people) and also university students for day camp and even overnight camp in the organic farm. This can engage different stakeholders to the organic farm and provide the different parties their benefits. (Business Companies can demonstrate their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR), the awareness of the minorities could be raised and students can gain more exposure to the social problems as well as getting close to the business companies which later maybe suitable for their career path.

Talking about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), I was working in a 2-day shadow program in Burberry CSR department in Asia Pacific locating in HK. And I was doing research with my partner regarding the CSR issue. A presentation was done at the end of the program.