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Celebrating 10 Years of Dreams for Future

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In April 2018, CDF is entering its 10th Anniversary. A series of celebration events spanning the whole year will be launched, featuring the theme of 10 Years of Dreams for Future. The Chinese theme has adopted a pun which delivers two-fold of meaning, including “dreaming for the future” and “a ten-year reflection”.

Dreaming for the future

  • Over the last decade, CDF projects have been empowering grassroots children to dream for the future. The value-added activities organised by the Labour and Welfare Bureau for CDF participants this year will focus on the provision of valuable opportunities for participants to explore and try out new things themselves and to have hands-on experience. To kick-off the series of celebrations, CDF participants will be given an opportunity to participate in the 10th Anniversary “Dream Cruises” Signature Programme and travel on the “World Dream”, Dream Cruises’ newest ship, with their families and mentors to Guangzhou on 15 April 2018. During the cruise, they will also have the chance to enjoy the entertainments, amenities and meals on board, and join guided tours to see the cruise facilities, know more about the cruise operation and gain insight into the duties and requirements of different posts on the ship.
  • The first CDF board game competition will be held during the summer holiday. Apart from enabling children and young people to have a better understanding of their families and mentors through teaming up with them in the competition, the event also aims to use a more interesting approach to help participants reflect on the importance of life planning and making savings through thinking about the way to win the game. We will encourage CDF participants to bring their friends, who are non-CDF-participants to take part in the competition, striving to bring joy and happiness to as many people as we can and enabling more children to have their first contact with concepts such as “equipping oneself” and “life planning” through the games.

Experience Sharing

  • To mark the 10th Anniversary of CDF, we has also collected true stories featuring different topics and invite people from various sectors to share their feelings with us, including interviewing four mentors who have passed on their experiences to inspire the future generations. News and information will be disseminated through multiple channels including our newly set up Facebook fan page and Instagram account. Stay tuned!
The “10 Years of Dreams for Future” Logo
The “10 Years of Dreams for Future” Logo

The logo is designed to convey the message that CDF has been empowering children to dream for the future in the last decade. The design features an orange dandelion, which can grow practically anywhere there is a pinch of soil. It therefore symbolises the ability of the CDF participants to rise above challenges and difficulties. Three dots are used in the dandelion to represent the puff balls attached to each flower seed, symbolising the three-year duration of each CDF project and the three elements of the CDF projects, namely Personal Development Plan, Targeted Savings and Mentorship. Orange is the colour of joy, enthusiasm and passion. The blue text represents the boundless sky and sea, which are often associated with unlimited imagination and possibilities.


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