SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1993
SMALL GROUP HOMES FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN
HELP OF
WITH THE
THE SOCIAL WELFARE CHRISTOPHER'S HOME RECEIVED A DONATION OF $2 MILLION
ST
DEPARTMENT, FROM THE ROYAL IN HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB (RHKJC) FOR SETTING UP SIX SMALL GROUP HOMES CHAI WAN.
ΤΑΙ IN ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOME
PO PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR CHILDREN FROM PROBLEM FAMILIES WHO NEED OUT-OF-HOME CARE.
SECTION INTO 24 SMALL THE HOME CONVERTS ITS CHILDREN HOMES. SIX OF THEM ARE SITUATED IN CHAI WAN.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CONVERSION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
GROUP
THE CHANGEOVER FROM A LARGE INSTITUTION INTO SMALL GROUP
то ACCORDING
A
LAID POLICY
DOWN IN IS CARRIED OUT
THE WELFARE WHITE PAPER, A SWD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
HOMES
SOCIAL
A PROVIDE
AS ONLY
FAMILY-LIKE SETTING, "SMALL GROUP HOMES
GROUP HOME, WHICH IS EIGHT CHILDREN ARE ACCOMMODATED IN EACH SMALI, STAFFED BY A MARRIED COUPLE WHO ATTEND THEIR DAILY NEEDS.
WORK "WITH ITS RICH CHILD CARE
EXPERIENCE, ST HOME WILL BRING HAPPINESS AND JOY TO MANY MORE CHILDREN SMALL GROUP HOMES," HE ADDED.
CHRISTOPHER'S
BY OPERATING
ОГ FITTING-OUT WORKS, AND BOOKS, AND TOYS
THE RHKJC DONATION HELPS MEET THE COST THE PURCHASE OF
EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE, THE INITIAL RUNNING COSTS OF THE SIX SMALL GROUP HOMES.
A TOTOL OF 47 CHILDREN HAVE MOVED OVER FROM THE HOME IN TAI TO LIVE IN THE NEW SMALL GROUP HOMES IN CHAI WAN SINCE MARCH.
PO
HUMAN RIGHTS TEACHING KITS READY FOR DISTRIBUTION
FOR
COMMITTEE
KITS ON
BE TEACHING
MADE HUMAN RIGHTS WILL
AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTION FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 8), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION (CPCE) SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
TWO
THOUSAND
BEEN PRODUCED DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS, HE ADDED.
COPIES
HAVE
AND
THEY WILL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES
BE
AS
THE TEACHING KIT (BOOK I AND II) AIMS TO PROMOTE THROUGH LIVELY FORMATS THE CONCEPT OF RIGHTS ENJOYED BY EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECT ATTACHED TO HUMAN DIGNITY.
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