Following the structure of the previous schemes, the 3rd round’s exercise went through a series of training activities, individual coaching and proposal vetting by the panel comprising five professors and the Director of this Centre. Approximately HK$630,000 were eventually set aside for nine projects with a brief account of them as below:
| Name |
Objective |
| Local (five projects) |
| Building Ourselves |
Empowering youth-at-risk |
| Love ∙ Care ∙ Boundaryless |
Lessening economic and psychological pressure of asylum seekers |
| RareHoliday - Local Tours for Rare Disease Patients and Families |
Exploring the community with patients with rare disease and their families |
| Community Physical and Mental Health Scheme |
Providing Chinese medical consultation for the underprivileged |
| Slasher |
Providing career planning and guidance for secondary school students |
| Mainland & Taiwan (two projects) |
| 2020 Medical Outreachers Sichuan Medical Education and Service Trip |
Promoting health education in Liangshan |
| Service Trip to Pingtung, Taiwan |
Providing voluntary teaching for primary school students in Pingtung |
| Overseas (two projects) |
| Nepal Community Health Project 2020 (Project Bharta) |
Promoting health education in remote areas in Nepal |
| Pathfinder Cambodia Volunteer Service 2020 |
Promoting health education in impoverished areas in Cambodia |
With regard to the training activities, different themes including “proposal writing skills”, “impact of overseas service learning”, “design of elderly service” and “experience shared by successful project teams” were touched on despite all kinds of scrapes. Some of them had welcomed participation of interested students and staff who were not applicants for subsidies from the I·CARE Social Service Projects Scheme.
The scheme for 2020-21 will soon commence. Stay tuned for the announcement. For enquiries, please contact Miss Fung of this Centre at 3943 9860 (Tel) or mayfung@cuhk.edu.hk (Email).
