Since 2005, International Humanitarian Service Leadership Program (ISLP) has collaborated with numerous universities in Hong Kong and National Red Cross/ Red Crescent Societies in other regions to facilitate various student initiatives related to various humanitarian issues such as on refugees, landmine victims, village children, etc. Both participants and institutions have positive feedback on the international and local services of ISLP. ISLP concern and care projects, and the corresponding cooperative institutions, are as follow:

Since 2008, ISLP has co-organized “Project Infinity Cambodia Trip” with the Hong Kong Institute of Education. It aims to let students understand the poverty problem being suffered by the Cambodian children. In 2009, the students formed “Refugee Concern” for further studying the refugee issues and advocating peers to provide care and support to refugees.

“Caring for the South Asian 2008” was co-organized with the Hong Kong Baptist University. Its objective is to enable the students to render their caring actions to the tsunami victims and to better understand the recovery of livelihood in Phuket. In 2011, Hong Kong Baptist University Psychological Competence Association formed a BU Sri Lanka Psychological Enhancement Scheme, and went to Sri Lanka to deliver love and care to orphans, elderly and tsunami victims.

ISLP and Hong Kong Community College of Polytechnic University launched the “Heyuan Voluntary Teaching and Community Service Project” in 2005. Thereafter, participating students have gone there regularly for voluntary teaching in schools. They are concerned about the living and studying environment of local village children, and also help developing local volunteering in cooperation with local university students.

In August 2011, ISLP has held the international forum “U+ Humanity International Forum”. In the 10-day forum, Hong Kong youths and delegates from mainland China, Kenya, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Ethiopia explored global humanitarian issues and established a global youth network. Through the sharing among youth delegate and with guests experienced in humanitarian fields, participants have further enriched their understanding towards humanitarian work.

For more information about ISLP care and concern actions, please click: Web site or ISLP Leaflet.

Members of Ethiopia Refugee Concern visit the service point of Ethiopian Red Cross Society, to understand their work on improving local water sanitation and hygiene.

Volunteers from Sichuan Caring Action visited recovery leprosy patients with donated materials. They also provided health check and voluntary teaching for the local people.

 

Volunteers from “Embrace Africa” shared the information about HIV and hygiene with the local students.

During the “U+ Humanity International Forum”, workshop, seminar, caring action and etc were held, to let the youth delegates understand more about humanitarian service and hope to build up a network for future sharing and services.