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We at Zonta Club Hong Kong East are delighted to see that our City University of Hong Kong Golden Z Club (CityU GZ Club) was installed on 22 March 2023 with 12 new members and 13 Zontians joining from the mother Club!  Congratulations to the new board of CityU GZ Club 2022-2023 for a wonderful start under the guidance and support from Zonta Club of Hong Kong East and City …

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The Chinachem Group had generously donated 1,161 Turnip Cake Vouchers to the Zonta Club of Hong Kong East as the outcome of its L’Hotel Staycation Project in mid January. 1,028 of these vouchers were presented to 1,028 劏房 share-flat in need families through SoCO. Another 133 coupons were presented to 133 single mother families through YWCA The total cost of the Turnip Cake Vouchers at $288 each came to $334,368. …

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In collaboration with Hong Kong Blind Union, Zonta Club of Hong Kong East sponsored this service project to relieve stress and anxiety of those with visual impairment during the pandemic. A series of workshops were designed and executed with the assistance of tutors and volunteers through 4 types of therapies, i.e., aromatherapy (smell), singing bowels with meditation (hearing), pottery class (touch) and coffee art appreciation (taste), benefitting 22 visually impaired …

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Zonta Club of Hong Kong East sponsored The Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council to campaign the prevention of Sarcopenia and supported 180 elders in the area of Ap Lei Chau during a 3-month period in collaboration with Lei Tung Neighbourhood Elderly Centre.  Sarcopenia refers to the muscle loss that occurs with aging and/or immobility; that is to say there would be degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality and strength progresses at …

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To raise awareness of the importance of mental health, exhibitions were held at various community centres in Tsuen Wan where interactive activities and games were offered with display of the participants’ handicrafts to showcase their creativity whilst promoting mental health. Well done to all the amazing art works created by the participated elderlies with the support of the dedicated team at Yan Chai!  Let’s share and like to show appreciation …

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For over two decades, Zonta Club of Hong Kong East (ZHKE) has been sponsoring scholarships for youth with visual impairment to acknowledge their achievements in either academic study, performing arts, sports, leadership or community service. 3 awardees received these honours in 2022 – please join us to express our heartfelt congratulations to these talented, hardworking young people! 香港東區崇德社已持續20多年提供獎學金給優良的視障學生,獎勵他們在學業成績、表演藝術、體育、領導才能或積極參與社會服務方面的優良表現及努力。恭喜2022年的3位得獎者!

Zonta Club of Hong Kong East ran an Omicron Emergency Aid Project for the underprivileged via the help of SoCO. 2,000 rapid test kits, 19,000 masks of which 12,000 were donated by members and 1,000 donated by Gimans Care , together with 600 food coupons had been delivered to SoCO early March.

To let the underprivileged living alone and homeless elders know that there are people who care as thinking of them as they celebrate the Chinese New Year, Zonta Club of Hong Kong East has ran a ‘Sending Warmth to the Elderly 2022’ service project late January. With Chinachem Group as the major sponsor in goody bags and laisees. 500 catties of Chinese sausage, 500 catties of mushroom, 500 cans of …

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Sponsored by Zonta Club of HK East and organised by HK Lutheran Social Services Rehabilitation unit – “A Journey of Joy – Programme for the well-being of the carers for the disabled 2021” has concluded a productive year by holding ten sessions of enriched training to its beneficiaries. A variety of activities were hosted to enable trainees to deepen their self-understanding and positively embrace their emotions, so that they are …

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On Zonta Day November 20, 13 Zontians and four family members participated the Zonta Day service on ZOOM during lunch at Yixin Restaurant while 6 other Zontians joined ZOOM at home, the service being the one-hour Toy Library Training session of the project, “Let’s Play 遊言自得”, for the ethnic minority children of Yang Memorial.  The service started with trainer Cissy explaining how the Toy Library Training worked, how different kinds of …

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25 November-10 December 2021 Each year, Zonta club Hong Kong East as one of the membership clubs of the Zonta International, join in the “Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women” campaign with a view to changing gender-based attitudes and behaviors to end violence against women and to arouse awareness from the general public on the subject. Our members were dressed in orange during our business meeting recently to show …

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香港東區崇德社 – 愛心月餅送溫暖 贈獨居長者、露宿者及低收入人士 送上祝福 共慶中秋 2021. 香港東區崇德社一向熱心公益, 關懷社區。今年的中秋佳節, 香港東區崇德社一眾會員齊心捐贈約2100個愛心月餅(總值約港幣10萬元)予有需要的低收入人士, 當中包括獨居長者、單親、籠屋住戶、露宿者及視障人士等, 並為他們送上最真摯的祝福, 希望藉此令他們在節日裡加添温暖和愛心。約2100位受惠人士可經5大慈善組織取得愛心月餅 – 香港社區組織協會、同路舍、香港失明人協進會、馬麗灣中心及恩橡基金會。 Zonta Club of Hong Kong East as a caring, charitable organisation is sending love and blessings to the under-privileged (elderly living alone/homeless /low-income families) in this Mid-Autumn Festival 2021! Zonta Club of Hong Kong East as a caring charity organisation is mindful of their needs and our members are enthusiastic in giving donation to buy …

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15 Aug, 2021 – Zonta Club of Hong Kong East in collaborationwith Heep Hong Society hosted a “City Hunt Service Activity” serving the ethnic minorities with special needs children & families. 17 families with children together with our Golden Z Club members were gathered at Mongkok and took the bus 87D to Ma On Shan Park. Eight checkpoints with different games for the kids & parents were arranged for participants …

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Zonta Club HK East joined hands with Hong Kong Expressive Arts Therapy Service Centre to empower women, especially those under tremendous stress or underwent trauma, through Art Expressive Therapy. Art therapy is a special methodolog which participants could search for their own identity and embrace one’s capacity and strength. It is also an excellent tool to sooth anxiety of women brought by COVID-19, stress and negative emotions brought by social encounters …

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The Zonta / Mighty Oaks inter-generation service project was held on 30th Jan 2021. 6 Zontians participated in this event. 170 goody bags and 46 CNY lunar cakes were packed at Mighty Oaks office and delivered to Chuk Lam Ming Tong Care & Attention Home For The Aged (竹林明堂護理安老院) for 170 elderly and 100 carers to celebrate Chinese New Year. Under this CNY programme, Mighty Oaks invited 3 schools; namely …

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Every year, Zonta Club of Hong Kong East (ZHKE) organises a signature project – Annual Charity Party (ACP) for which selected seniors from various elderly homes are invited to share the enjoyment of a delightful hotel luncheon, with performances, games and gifts. This year, such a gathering is no longer possible due to the pandemic, but it does not stop us from extending our care,concern and blessings to the needy. …

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Due to the pandemic, members of IDEAL were not able to meet and celebrate for Christmas. In light of this, IDEAL thought of hosting a virtual Christmas party (by zoom) with all the members so that they could meet their friends and celebrate together virtually. Zonta Hong Kong East is one of the sponsors for gifts and food for this meaningful event with 80 families’ participation. Gift bags were delivered …

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14 Zontians joined the Lunch at An Nam and 15 went visiting the Hostel of the Society of the Blind bearing snacks as presents. Orange shirts were put on to signify the 16 Days of Activism. We spent time together with the residents at the multipurpose room viewing a video on their activities. The we we led to a tour around the premises. The Centre offered many therpeutic daily acitivies and …

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We believe in making the world a better place by empowering women! To realize Zonta International’s mission of empowering women and serving those in need, Zonta Club of Hong Kong East has carried out more than 350 service projects to serve the battered and abused women, the underprivileged, the deprived and the physically challenged since its inception in 1980. Throughout the years, effective and meaningful projects have been carried out …

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Zonta Club of Hong Kong East worked together with Mighty Oaks Foundation Limited to organize a generous donation of 43 boxes of mooncakes, which were sent to the 90 nursing staff working at the ‘Asia Women’s League Ltd. Chan Kwun Tung Care and Attention Home for the Elderly’ to share the spirit and tradition of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2016 census revealed that there were 22,400 poor ethnic minority (EM) households and 49,400 poor EMs, with a poverty rate of 19.4%. Around 3,600 Pakistanis (700 families) living in Kwai Tsing District. In general, more children (under 18 years old) in Southeast Asian families; the average Pakistani family consists of 3.9 persons. One fourth of Pakistani households have 3+ children. With the threat of COVID-19, we would like to …

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Facing the social unrest and global pandemic, Zonta Club of HK East launched a series of events with an aim to inject more positive energy and enhance the awareness of mental wellness in the community, including the 10,000 smiles project collaborated with M21 whereby 10,000 photos of smiling people are collected by our NGO partner, HK Federation of Youth Groups. This is an integral part of the projects under the …

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The annual keynote event of our club. 80 elderlies from the Yan Chai Hospital Community Services Eldery Services Department were invited to JW Marriott Hotel to enjoy a sumptuous lunch and an afternoon of entertainment and games. Recipients of the Scholarship for the Visually Impaired sang for the occasion, while Marycove School’s students performed lion dance. A Chinese Opera singing performance was provided by the Society for the Blind members. …

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Finale of the IDEAL Carers’ Project ‘道風山上的開心茶座’ outing held at Shatin 道風山 after 3 previous workshops. It was an emotional finish. All participants felt they have gained from the project. They feel more empowered to face the challenges ahead, more ready to take good care of themselves and more open to talk about their emotions. They have made some good friends through the project too. There were about 15 beneficiary …

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Fellowship Baking for SOCO Tram Ride at Coup Kitchen on 1 March 2019

This is a continuation of 2017-18 project. We aimed to provide support and our care to low income groups in Sham Shui Po, mostly, single mums through 4 sessions per requested and identified by SOCO.  Those with the highest attendance rate would be invited for an open deck tram ride with family members scheduled for March 2, 2019. 4 workshops were arranged in Jan 2019 as below: Jan 8: English …

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Hong Kong Blind Union presented a souvenir to ZHKE for being their long term partner at their event “協進樂韻知音暨服務中心成立四十週年嘉年華” on November 25, 2018.

November 17 has been designated as 2018 Zonta Day whereby our sister Zontians participated to learn how to design and make the environmental goodies bags for the 2019 Annual Charity Party of our Club. https://www.zontahkeast.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ZHKE_Zonta_Day_20181117.mp4

The White Cane Day 2018 was held on October 28, 2018. This event aimed to encourage the visually impaired (VI) and sighted participants to form teams to have different sports competitions in order to promote inclusion among the VI and their able-bodied counterparts. The highlight and finale of the event was the Guinness World Record attempt for which 225 VI joined by healthy sighted people with blind folds to walk …

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HK Society for the Blind presented a souvenir to ZHKE for being their long term partner at their event “See & Touch – Fun for Inclusion” on October 20, 2018.

Scholarships for the Visually Impaired 2017 — a recurrent project to award the visually impaired students who, despite their limitations, can still excel themselves in different fields. Over the last two years, six half scholarships (@$15,000) and one full scholarship ($30,000) have been awarded to students of the Society for the Blind on their academic, sports and artistic merits and achievements. Since 2006, the Zonta Club of Hong Kong East has …

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Money Bank Programme “互惠民間手作 — 耆意福袋” — a two year service project in support of Lady Maclehose’s Money Bank Programme operating with a coupon system. Ladies attended photo frame and environmental bags (with 蝶古巴特 patterns) making classes received coupons which they could accumulate with previously earned ones. They can use these coupons to redeem food and daily necessities. Two workshops had been held by these women to train the Zontains the …

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Reaching High — an on-going programme with Mary Cove Centre to help the students to re-connect with the society via a proper career path. Focus of the programme has been on self-understanding, life planning and pre-vocational preparation. In this Biennium, a PROB Computer programme has been used to let the girls identify their dream careers. After that, career talks and sharing sessions by professionals had been conducted. Introduction of the web-based tool …

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Annual Charity Parties (ACP) 2018 — the Club’s annual signature project at which the turn up rate of participating Zontians is often very high. The aim of ACP is to give the elderly, the single moms and the underprivileged, a total of 80, an opportunity to have a good lunch at J M Marriott; to enjoy the plush hotel environment; to receive goodie bags stuffed with useful gifts such as daily necessities, …

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Women Relax Zone — a project jointly run with Yang Memorial for the underprivileged Nepalese women and their families to boost their confidence and to help them realize that they were not an isolated community. The women had access to usage of a flat which had been made into a zone for relaxation. Eight different activities were provided to 290 participants of 20 families at the zone: Yoga, cooking, coffee making …

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Hand in Hand — an on-going pioneering women mentorship project jointly organized with SOCO to provide support and care to new immigrants of underprivileged families, mostly single mums. This biennium’s project consisted of 2 phases: Phase One comprising 4 parenting sessions with the mums on education, inner peace, cosmetic, health and nutrition and Phase Two with two sessions on Eneargram and Healthy Diet & Cooking. A tour of the Hong Kong Park …

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Education Fund for Disable Parents — a two year project which provided funding to visually or otherwise impaired parents so that they could afford to nurture and help their children develop. This financial assistance enabled the parents to look for tuition to help bring along their children’s academic improvement and to be able to access more learning and development opportunities. The parents were extremely happy to see the remarkable changes that their …

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Community Project “崇德愛, 心晴天 社區計劃” — a YWCA project focusing on supporting women who had to face challenges in their marriages. It provided legal and emotional support in the form of an App, workshops, ambassador training, mother day celebration, and a day camp. Ten “Say No” ambassadors had been recruited to help promote and advocate Zonta’s “Zonta Say No to Violence against Women”. An activity 社區 ceremony was held to …

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Zonta Day 2017 – Charity Walk for RainLily – Service projects run to celebrate the Zonta Days of the Biennium were a cooking contest in 2017 for the Nepalese ladies of Yang Memorial followed with a talk by a qualified dietician and a fund raising Charity Walk — “Walking in Her shoes” to help raise fund for RainLily 風雨蘭 in 2018. Male friends joined the walk wearing High Heels. Two visits …

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Scholarships for the Visually Impaired 2017 — a recurrent project to award the visually impaired students who, despite their limitations, can still excel themselves in different fields. Over the last two years, six half scholarships (@$15,000) and one full scholarship ($30,000) have been awarded to students of the Society for the Blind on their academic, sports and artistic merits and achievements. Since 2006, the Zonta Club of Hong Kong East has …

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