In order to promote a caring and supportive culture on campus, the Student Counselling and Development Service of the Office of Student Affairs established the ‘uBuddies’ Peer Counselling Network in 2010. The project aims at nurturing a group of carefully selected non-final-year undergraduate students to be peer counsellors who can share their experiences and wisdom with fellow students.

The second batch of uBuddies have completed systematic training in peer counselling skills and mental health first aid as well as practiced under supervision in the past six months. With the commencement of the new academic year, they have also started to provide various services for the benefit of the student community, such as the Freshmen Sharing Groups for Year 1 undergraduates, and the uBuddies E-box (ubuddies@cuhk.edu.hk) to provide peer counselling to students. They will also assist in producing educational materials on the themes of positive psychology and caring campus.

‘uBuddies’ for 2012 is now open for recruitment. For enquiries, please contact Ms. Kong at 3943 1804.