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Yan Chai Hospital Law Chan Chor Si College's experience sharing – A single-school project partnering with a youth service centre
Yan Chai Hospital Law Chan Chor Si College is one of the first school-based project operators. Its two projects, Dreams Come True and Flying Dreams, were launched in 2014 and 2015 respectively, with over 100 students participated. In addition to the three major components of CDF projects, Mentorship, Targeted Savings and Personal Development Plan, their projects include also a unique moral education programme named The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens. The programme, organised in collaboration with a youth service centre in the district, the Scout Association of Hong Kong — The Friends of Scouting (SAHKFOS), provides training for students, parents and mentors with a view to cultivating seven good habits in CDF participants at school, family and community levels.
Students absorbed in creating latte art.
Participants sharing their experience after taking part in an orienteering game.
"The SAHKFOS is experienced in organising youth activities. As their centre is just across the street of our school, their staff can take immediate follow-up actions for our participants and projects anytime. At the same time, our students are familiar with the centre. They feel at home there and have a sense of belonging towards it, thus their level of participation is high," said Dr YEUNG.
When implementing the first project, the school recruited mentors by tapping into the network and experience of the SAHKFOS which also helped in arranging training and activities for the students. On the other hand, both the SAHKFOS and school took part in helping participants formulate and implement Personal Development Plans, monitoring project progress, evaluating effectiveness, and report submission, whilst the school handled participant recruitment and the administrative work related to Targeted Savings.
With the experience gained and the support of a school social worker, we were more confident when implementing the second project and able to take up more work on our own," Dr YEUNG added.
A game to promote team building.
"My bond with the CDF was forged a few years ago when I was a mentor for its project. I experienced the joys and sorrows of being a mentor, and shared young people's confusion and trepidation in their pursuit of dreams. That is why I am very pleased to see our students taking part in the CDF projects and striving to fulfil their dreams. When I was a mentor, my role was to help my mentee develop and achieve her goal. As a principal, I am now charged with the responsibility to take care of all the students in my school. I hope that our students participating in the CDF projects will find their way and follow their dreams under the guidance of their mentors." Dr YEUNG shared.