Annual Report 2013–14

Connecting Myanmar Ten CUHK students took part in the programme ‘Connecting Myanmar’ from June to August 2014 to serve at the Thai-Myanmar border and Yangon in Myanmar. Seven of them went to Mae Sot, a town on the Thai side of the border, to renovate kindergartens and primary and secondary schools. One volunteer taught local high school students news writing, photography and interview techniques, equipping them with the journalistic skills for writing stories about their community and political and social issues. Two CUHK students imparted legal knowledge to people in Mae Sot and Yangon, respectively. They taught the people tort law, criminal law, contract law, international law, human rights. Besides lessons, the volunteers organized games, moot courts, debates and mediation simulations to develop the students’ critical thinking and encourage them to express themselves. The legal education was aimed at making them more aware of injustice happening around themselves every day, and stand up for their rights and those of their communities. Golden Dreams Project Four students from the Department of Social Work launched the Golden Dreams project to spread the message of ‘positive ageing’ in the community. The project recruited over 20 university students as volunteers. They helped about 100 senior citizens to realize their dreams, which ranged from learning something new, maintaining physical fitness, to making contributions to the community. The volunteers organized tours to the herbal garden and the dissecting laboratory on CUHK campus, lessons in English and Chinese painting for these senior citizens. The volunteers also organized visits to homes for the elderly for those who wanted to make contributions to society, so that they could help their less fortunate counterparts. The project has achieved its goal of empowering senior citizens in our society. 連接緬甸 十名來自中大學生於2014年6月至8月參 與「連接緬甸」計劃，到泰緬邊境及緬 甸的仰光服務。當中七人到了位於泰緬 邊境的泰北城市美索，協助修葺四所幼 兒學校及中小學；另一人向當地的高中 生傳授新聞寫作、攝影和訪問等技巧， 鼓勵他們報道自己社區的生活、政治 和社會事件；其餘兩位則分別在美索和 仰光向平民百姓教授法律知識，內容涵 蓋侵權法、刑法、合約法、國際法及人 權等。義工除了直接講課外，還運用了 互動遊戲、模擬法庭、辯論比賽和模擬 調解等形式，刺激學生的批判思維， 增加他們表達自己的勇氣。傳授法律知 識旨在令他們能敏於察覺在每天生活中 發生的不公義，並為自己和社區爭取 人權和其他權益。 鼓勵長者追黃金夢 四名中大社會工作學系碩士生為宣揚 「積極老年」的理念，鼓勵長者在晚年 生活繼續追尋夢想，開展了「我有我們 黃金夢」計劃。他們在大學招募了二十 多名義工，服務約百位長者。當中有 多位長者希望學習新事物、擁有健康身 體和回報社區等。義工與長者一起構思 各種實現夢想的計劃，並付諸實行。 例如為希望接觸新事物的長者安排參觀 大學中藥園、解剖實驗室，進修英語及 學習水墨畫等；又帶領希望回饋社會 的長者探訪護老院，服務其他長者，發 揮互助互愛的精神。計劃達到了為長者 賦能的目標。 33