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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1987
TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST STREET SLEEPERS
SAID
FOR STREET SLEEPERS SHOULD BE VOLUNTEERS' CONCERN AND CARE RESPECTED, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR ALFRED CHUI, TODAY (SUNDAY).
VOLUNTEERS AT THE HE WAS SPEAKING AT A TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR
ORGANISED
SOCIAL BY THE CENTRE JOINTLY COMMUNITY CHEUNG SHA WAN WELFARE DEPARTMENT, SALVATION ARMY, STREET SLEEPERS' ACTION COMMITTEE, ST STEPHEN'S SOCIETY, MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY, STREET SLEEPER SOCIETY, HELPING HAND AND YANG MEMORIAL SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE.
ARE
OR ELDERLY
SHELTER
ARE PHYSICALLY OR OTHERS AND MAY
"AS SOME STREET SLEEPERS MENTALLY ILL OR DISABLED, THEY WILL NOT EASILY TRUST EVEN BE SUSPICIOUS OF PEOPLE WHO TRY TO ASSIST THEM.
"THUS,
WHO
AN
THE PATIENCE AND HAVE NEED WE
PEOPLE
AND TO PERSUADE UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR SITUATION TO WIN THEIR TRUST THEM TO ACCEPT ASSISTENCE.
SERVICE
SUCH AS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, "THERE ARE MANY WELFARE SERVICES OLD AGE ALLOWANCE, RENT ALLOWANCE AND COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING TO HELP THEM LEAVE THE STREETS AND RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE,
THAT
HE SAID.
ENHANCE THE
THE WORKSHOP COULD MR CHUI SAID HE HOPED VOLUNTEERS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE STREET SLEEPERS' BACKGROUND AND NEEDS AND TEACH THEM HOW TO SET UP CONTACT AND RENDER ASSISTANCE.
THE VOLUNTEERS DIFFICULTIES THEY FACED
THE PARTICIPATING BODIES WOULD ALSO SHARE WITH THEIR EXPERIENCES, TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICAL WHEN SERVING THE STREET SLEEPERS.
FOR STREET SLEEPERS, SOCIAL WORKERS TO
APART FROM VISITING A TEMPORARY SHELTER
ACCOMPANY OUTREACHING THE VOLUNTEERS WOULD ALSO OBSERVE FOR THEMSELVES HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH STREET SLEEPERS.
VOLUNTEERS THE
NEEDS
MR CHUI COMMENDED
FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR SUPPORTING THE WORKSHOP.
ΤΟ
AND
THE
SERVE OTHERS WITH SPECIAL
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