Unite for Children. Unite for Hong Kong.

Child Rights Advocacy Project Result Announcement

Unite for Children. Unite for Hong Kong.

• To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the

Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF

• The very first of its kinds in HKCU

• Aims at advocating for children’s rights

together with local NGOs that share the

same vision

• Allocation of HK$ 1,500,000 every year

• Trial run for 2 years• In 2011, 3 projects are supported, HK$500,000

each

Unite for Children. Unite for Hong Kong.

Project areas

• General implementation work of child rights

• Survival and developmental needs of children living under

poverty

• Survival and developmental needs of children from ethnic

minority

• Children who are affected by drug abuse

• Children who are affected by physical, mental or sexual

abuse

• Project aims• Project design• Cost-effectiveness• Sustainability

Total no. of applications received in 2011 ： 22

Selection criteria

Mr. Kenneth Chen, JP Under Secretary for Education, HKSARGProf. Joseph Sung, SBS Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong KongMs. Christine Fang, BBS, JP Chief Executive, Hong Kong Council of Social Service

Independent panel of judges

3 selected projects:

Name of NGO Project title Funding amount/project

durationEnd Child Sexual Abuse

FoundationSexual-Abuse-Preventive Program

for Mentally-handicapped Children

HK$ 500,000/1 year

Against Child AbuseWell-adjusted, Better

Inclusion Project

Youth OutreachUNICEF Hang Out Express –

Street Rover

Selection result

End Child Sexual Abuse FoundationSexual-Abuse-Preventive Program for Mentally-handicapped Children

Project area • Children affected by physical, mental or sexual abuse

Project aims • 4,000 mild to moderate mentally handicapped (MR) children in HK• Provide basic sex education to these children

Project design • Trained educators visit schools to provide workshops, multi- media teaching approach, puppet shows• Train teachers to become sex educators for MR students.

Workshop content • Body parts• Basic sex education• How to say ‘no’ to sexual abuse

Sustainability • Worksheets and VCD for revision• Train teachers to become sex educators• Advocate for the rights to protection for MR students　

Beneficiaries •1,200 mild to moderate MR students

Against Child AbuseWell-adjusted, Better Inclusion Project

Project area Survival and developmental need of children living under poverty

Project aims • 30,000 children born in cross-border marriage family each year

• Provide these families with child-care knowledge, adjustment to Hong Kong society, reduce family violence

Project design • Trained volunteers conduct home visitation and phone counseling• Regular group sharing

Home visitation and phone counseling

• Child care knowledge, survival and developmental need of children, community resources

Sustainability • Advocate for including the project as a public service• Right to development and Right to protection of children coming from these families

Beneficiaries • 50 cross-border marriage families• 50 trained volunteers

Youth OutreachHang Out Express – Street Rover

Project area Children affected by drug abuse and other issues

Project aims Provide service to young people who are used to hang out on the street at night

Project design • A truck will travel across 18 districts in Hong Kong• Crisis intervention provided by social workers and peer counselers

Street Rover activities

• Video games• Counseling and crisis intervention• Provide shelter for teenagers in need• Career counseling

Sustainability • Train service targets to become peer counselers• Advocate for Rights to Protection for these teenagers

Beneficiaries • 1,500 teenagers