Charities - Box of Hope

慈善機構

支持慈善機構

我們很高興能與本地及海外的慈善機構合作，為生活在極度挑戰環境中的家庭和兒童提供支援。透過與這些慈善機構的合作，我們能夠為最需要的地方帶來一些快樂。

我們的慈善團隊與這些機構緊密合作，確保我們以正確的方式提供支援，並根據兒童的年齡，甚至有時依據性別，精心設計禮品內容。自 2021 年以來，針對青少年的禮物需求顯著增加，我們也積極努力滿足這些需求。我們預期未來這方面的需求將持續攀升。

每年，我們都會收到來自慈善機構和受禮者的寶貴回饋，這幫助我們確保所捐贈的禮物既實用又有趣。同時，這些回饋也讓我們了解到，這些禮物是否真的為孩子們帶來了笑容！每一年，文具和棋盤遊戲始終是孩子們最喜愛的物品，而家長們則特別重視牙科用品的實用性。

雖然我們已與下列某些慈善機構合作多年，但我們也很高興收到新慈善機構和組織的請求，希望能在最需要的地方提供協助。

香港的慈善機構

柬埔寨的慈善機構

菲律賓的慈善機構

巴基斯坦的慈善機構

The Children We Support

The narratives are based on true stories from charities we support.

Cherry

: Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

Cherry is a 13 year old who lives in a 10 square meter subdivided flat in Sham Shui Po. She and her mother moved to Hong Kong from Guangdong in 2019 to be with her father who had moved to the city in 2013.

Unfortunately, soon after Cherry arrived in Hong Kong her father’s health began to deteriorate. His diabetes worsened affecting his kidney and causing difficulties with walking. He has also suffered with his eyesight and despite having two eye surgeries he is blind at 47 years of age. He is sadly no longer able to work.

Cherry’s mother works long hours as a security guard earning $11,000 per month. Half of her income is spent on the family’s rent. Due to the cost of medical bills, and supporting Cherry’s brother who studies at Guangzhou University, the family has to borrow a further $5,000 from their relatives and friends in order to cover their costs.

On top of her usual school day, Cherry now helps to care for her father, administering his insulin injections, as well as helping at home to prepare meals and doing other household chores including cleaning. She also tries to help her mother a little by collecting plastic bottles and newspapers on her way to and from school, earning $10 for the two bags of waste she can exchange at the recycling store.

Cherry feels that she has had to grow up quickly, but she finds solace in learning. She says that learning allows her to forget her worries. She sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night and studies quietly so that she doesn’t wake her parents sleeping in the bunk below hers.

How can receiving a Box of Hope help Cherry?

Name: Sophy
Age: 12
Lives in: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sophy is 12 years old and lives in Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Every day Sophy excitedly gets up, puts on her school uniform and packs her bag full of school books. She feels very lucky to be able to attend her school, which is set up by a charity and offers her a high quality education in English. Sophy hopes to go to university when she is older. But she only began attending school aged 11. Before this, her life was very different.

Until aged 11 her family life was very unstable. Her family would move from place to place, and sometimes they needed to live in a makeshift tent on a rubbish dump. There, Sophy would scavenge the dump from morning until dark searching for anything that could be sold.

If Sophy and her family could earn enough money that day, they would buy four small packs of rice for their dinner. Otherwise, they would find discarded food on the dump. Sophy only had one set of clothes which were also scavenged from the dump.

Now, Sophy has a sponsor from Australia who helps to pay for her educational needs. She talks to him often using the school’s computer. She eats lunch at school which is provided to her for free too.

In general the help Sophy receives from her sponsor and the charity not only helps her, but helps in the community in which she lives to break down barriers which would stop her and children like her from attending school and working towards a financially stable future.

Sophy is very glad that the rubbish dump has been closed down. Sophy’s father works as a tuk tuk driver during the daytime and he is very proud that Sophy is learning and working her way to a better future.

How can receiving a Box of Hope help Sophy?
When Sophy lived on the rubbish dump basic hygiene and cleanliness where not accessible, so having items such as soap, a flannel, and toothpaste are important to her. Having stationary, and notebooks give Sophy tools she needs to continue and complete her education. In a poor community, having gifts and a toy to play with are a welcome kindness.

Name: Riva

Age: 8

Lives in: Jordan, Hong Kong

Riva lives with her parents, and her elder sister in a divided apartment in Jordan, a densely populated, old district in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Their living space is just about 70 square feet. The small space has little ventilation and becomes stifling in the hot and humid summer as the sun streams in.

Riva’s parents did not receive an adequate education making it difficult for them to find stable jobs. Riva’s father sometimes works as a construction worker, sometimes as a security guard. Her mother works in a low-order restaurant, washing dishes. During the Covid pandemic years, they lost their jobs periodically which caused further difficulties for the family.

Because of the family’s low income, they struggle to maintain a healthy diet and Riva sometimes does not get enough nutrition. Most of her clothes, school uniform and school bag are handed down from her elder sister and she rarely receives anything new. Like all children, Riva likes stationery, but because there is no money to buy new items, she uses her pencil until it is less than 6cm long to extend its use for as long as possible. She does the same with her eraser.

How can receiving a Box of Hope help Riva?

Everyday items such as stationery and notebooks will be a gift to Riva that will light up her face. The family has very little money for books so a children’s story book would bring Riva the gift of reading, supporting her education and opportunity to improve her future situation. Receiving a game or toy that is just her own would also be a new experience for her and bring joy into her daily life.