WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989
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VISIT TO NEW LIFE FARM
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A GROUP OF YOUTH VOLUNTEERS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE NEW LIFE FARM OF THE NEW LIFE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION IN TUEN MUN TO GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS.
THE YOUTHS WERE BRIEFED ON THE OPERATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORKSHOP AND HOSTEL WHICH PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR 40 AND SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT FOR 60 DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS.
WORKERS IN THE FARM GROW VEGETABLES AND PLANTS, REAR PIGS AND PIGEONS AND SELL THE PRODUCE. THE INCOME, AFTER DEDUCTING THE COSTS OF SEEDS, YOUNG ANIMALS, FODDER,
AND SO ON, WOULD BE SHARED AMONG THE WORKERS.
FERTILISERS
TO SUPPLEMENT THE INCOME FROM FARMING, THE FARM ALSO OBTAINS SIMPLE ASSEMBLY WORKS FROM OTHER SHELTERED WORKSHOPS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
VOLUNTEERS
LEARNED
THAT
THE
FARM'S
THE
OPEN ENVIRONMENT, RELAXED WORKING PATTERN AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCIVE ΤΟ THE REHABILITATION OF MENTAL PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY CHRONIC PATIENTS WHO ARE OLD AND HAVE LIMITED WORKING CAPACITY.
EARLIER, THE GROUP WAS BRIEFED ON MENTAL REHABILITATION SERVICES BY A SOCIAL WORKER.
ILLNESS AND
SHAN KING HALF-WAY PROVIDED FOR 40 RECOVERED MENTAL
THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE ASSOCIATION'S HOUSE, WHERE RESIDENTIAL CARE IS PATIENTS.
BY
THE GROUP WAS TAKING PART IN A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME,
YOUR COMMUNITY", "CONCERN, REALISE AND PARTICIPATE IN
ORGANISED THE WEST KOWLOON REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
OTHER GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING PART IN THE PAID VISITED VARIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICE FACILITIES SUCH THE ELDERLY, YOUNG OFFENDERS AND THE DISABLED.
TRAINING
HAD PROGRAMME AS HOMES FOR
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL TAKE PART IN A
CAMP AT THE ΤΑΙ DUKE OF EDINBURGH TRAINING CAMP IN
PO THIS WEEKEND WHEN THEY WOULD SHARE THE EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM THE VISITS AND DISCUSS POSSIBLE SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THESE FACILITIES.
THE PROGRAMME IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REGIONAL YOUTH
DEPARTMENT TO PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE
ASSIST YOUNG BECOME MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
DEVELOPMENT
PEOPLE
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