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We spoke to Jo Soo Tang about her life. Photo: Eugene Tang

Jo Soo Tang on growing up in Hong Kong and always volunteering

The founder of charity Rén tells Kate Whitehead about her ‘nerdy’ childhood, how she suddenly found herself Sydneyside, and why the world needs many more good people.

China charities to be overseen by police, spy agencies under proposed law change

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Chinese NGO fixes eyes while helping state-owned companies build ties overseas

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Chinese TED talk called off over police concerns about links to foreign NGO

It is unclear when the event in Guangzhou can go ahead as organisers look at whether they can get a temporary permit to avoid falling foul of the law.

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TEDx allows volunteers around the world to organise their own licensed TED talks, which must be not-for-profit events. Photo: Shutterstock

As I See It | China’s extreme summer: now is the time to let green groups get involved

Activism and debate on sensitive environmental issues has been shut down in the past decade, but Beijing needs to ease controls and enlist support to tackle daunting challenges.

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Letters | Addressing retirement age will help Hong Kong retain native English teachers

Readers discuss Hong Kong’s difficulty in retaining native English teachers, questions around how NGOs spend their money and using barges as a solution to the city’s housing woes.

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Opinion | Generosity during Covid-19 crisis shows Hong Kong’s can-do spirit lives on

From major developers lending land and donating huge sums, to the many unsung heroes who delivered supplies to the needy or volunteered therapy and counselling, a united Hong Kong has shown it can be an unstoppable force.

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Wong Wai-kit, founder of the “Gift n Take” fridge project, replenishes food at the Dragon Centre in Sham Shui Po on March 24. He has filled about 40 fridges across Hong Kong to feed the underprivileged so they don’t have to scavenge for leftovers. Photo: Edmond So

How Belinda Koo juggles her finance career, NGO, two brands … and motherhood

She’s an entrepreneur behind two wellness brands, an NGO founder and the MD of a wealth management company while being a mother of three – so how does Belinda Koo do it all?

Eye On Asia | How an ESG lens can help Asian philanthropists drive change

Philanthropists today, who want to actively participate in project identification to ensure a truly sustainable impact, need a model for holistic thinking and analysis. The ESG framework is ideal

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Fixes for NGO funding in Hong Kong ‘too little, too late’

Task force recommends keeping in place controversial mechanism for deciding annual subsidies blamed for enriching top executives, but they will be required to disclose their pay.

Demand for services provided by NGOs has been high during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Dickson Lee

Profile | Why NGO head got Richard Branson, Ban Ki-moon to live like refugees

David Begbie, director of Hong Kong-based non-profit Crossroads Foundation, talks about running refugee simulations at the World Economic Forum in Davos and having an epiphany in Macedonia.

David Begbie, director of Hong Kong-based NGO Crossroads Foundation, in Central. Photo: May Tse

China gears up for party celebrations with crackdown on ‘illegal’ NGOs

Civil affairs ministry tells public to be alert for unregistered bodies trying to raise funds in the run-up to the party’s centenary later this year.

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Opinion | In 2021, Hong Kong’s spirit of giving can light way to better times

In the depths of the pandemic, Hongkongers’ generosity gave this city hope. Here’s to a better year, which we can begin by being mindful of others’ needs and honing our habits of giving.

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Pregnant, jobless and stranded: helpers shelter in Hong Kong safe house

Out of work, short of money and unable to fly home, yet facing big hospital bills for giving birth in Hong Kong, pregnant domestic helpers find sanctuary in a shelter run by a charity.

A stranded unemployed domestic helper changes her newborn baby daughter’s nappy in the Hong Kong Island safe house. Photo: Pathfinders

He showed China the benefits of giving green NGOs room to work

A Hong Kong native who led Greenpeace China and WWF China, Lo Sze-ping looks back at 20 years of progress in China on environmental protection and conservation, and considers the huge challenges it still faces.

Lo Sze-ping, outgoing chief executive officer of WWF-China, has worked in China for two decades and helped the mainland develop their environmental and conservation efforts. Photo: Simon Song

I was ‘confused, desperate, finished’ when homeless charity saw me

At the age of 37, Peter Leung had run out of hope. Homeless and destitute, he heard about ImpactHK, a Hong Kong charity helping vagrants, and suddenly he was given a second chance.

Letters | Let kids know they are not alone in coronavirus ‘new normal’

Children are incredible and resilient in ways adults can definitely learn from, but a little more parental interaction will go a long way to support them as they transition into the Covid-19 “new normal”.

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How social isolation is making the elderly feel even more alone

Many of Hong Kong’s elderly people suffering loneliness were already getting insufficient social contact, but with the pandemic making things worse, charities are coming together to keep some of the city’s most vulnerable connected.

An elderly woman wearing face masks are seen at Cheung Chau island during weekend, amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hong Kong, 26APR20 SCMP / Winson Wong

Opinion | Why the mainland leads Hong Kong in online giving

Apart from mainland China overtaking Hong Kong in the use of mobile payment systems, the Chinese government’s endorsement of certain online charity platforms reassures donors that funds will be put to good use.

The NGO helping young Chinese disabled people shine in the workplace

The Dialogue in the Dark Foundation aims to nurture role models and has helped 20 trainees since 2016.

‘Humble heroes’ quest to counter global media’s diet of despair

Frederique Bedos’ NGO, Le Projet Imagine – The Humble Heroes, has made more than 30 films about people who’ve made a difference. In an era of fake news, she is seeking real heroes in Hong Kong and China whose stories she can tell.

Former French TV presenter Frederique Bedos visited the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong recently to speak about her NGO, Le Projet Imagine – The Humble Heroes. Photo: Edmond So

Spavor’s detention shows perils of life on China’s Korean frontier

Michael Spavor is the latest in a series of businessmen, aid workers and missionaries to run afoul of authorities in the tense border region

Michael Spavor. Photo: AP

Mother and child volunteers show how city’s needy can be helped

Charity food drive just one of 150 activities staged locally, as call made to boost local participation in such campaigns.

Runaway pay for NGO managers criticised as HK$7.8m in subsidies dished out

Study finds basic salaries for top executives at publicly funded social service groups were often higher than civil servants of the same rank.

Tutoring not just for kids, NGO’s parent-child English lessons show

Founded by American teenager Chance Wilson when he was just 14, WGI operates in seven countries to help improve English literacy among both the young and old

Chance Wilson founded the charity to boost literacy. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Donating time can be just as generous

Fewer than a third of Hongkongers volunteered in the past year, despite a majority agreeing they should give back to the community. Photo: Sam Tsang

Volunteering work? I would if I had the time, Hongkongers say

Hong Kong aid worker on her 22 years helping people of North Korea

Swiss woman Katharina Zellweger, a Stanford visiting fellow and long-term Hong Kong resident, talks about her decades visiting the reclusive country, her new NGO and her North Korean poster collection

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NGOs in China
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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