Beat Drugs Fund

  Projects approved in 1998-99
  Grantee Project Title and Description HK$
Approved Grant
(a) Preventive Education and Publicity Projects
The Hong Kong Juvenile Delinquency Research

A New Life for Young Ex-Offenders and Ex-Drug Abusers

A one-day conference exchange of professional experience in helping ex-offenders and drug abusers. Participants will include scholars, officials of correctional and rehabilitation institutions, and social workers from Hong Kong, Macau and China.

15,100
Good Shepherd Sisters Marycove Centre

No Drugs in Our Heart

Targeted at the female clients of the centre. Participants will attend anti-drug training workshops and camps, then devise their own anti-drug activities for launching in children and youth centres.

25,400
Delia Memorial School ( Yuet Wah )

Phoenix Programme - Positive Life Rebuild

Targeted at the F.3 students of the school. Activities include holistic training, multi-intelligent experiential learning programmes and discipline training.

36,800
Caritas Lok Heep Club

Conference for Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Service Providers

A one-and-a-half-day conference to promote exchange and sharing of knowledge and information, and to enhance among the service providers of various drug treatment and rehabilitation agencies.

83,315
BGCA Tai Hing Gardens Children and Youth Centre cum Library

"Life in My Hand" Youth Project

Activities include anti-drug book reading award and cartoon design contest for students, skills training workshop and expedition training targeted at the at-risk youth of Tuen Mun District.

30,080
Rural Training College Alumni Association School

Against Drug Abuse - Adventure Journey

Targeted at 40 students with low academic achievement and self-esteem in the school. Activities include training workshops, visits to treatment centres adventured journey, group sharing , and production of an anti-drug feature.

47,749
The Salvation Army Tuen Mun Outreaching Social Work Team

Healthy Life for 2000

To organize a series of healthy activities for the high-risk youth of Tuen Mun District, including vocational training, hair-cutting course, football training and football match, sportsmanship award scheme, adventured sea course, canoe training course , visit, self-esteem development, outward bound, etc.

258,210
The C & M Alliance Wah Kee Youth Centre

Getting a Healthy Life

To employ 1 SWA and 1 WW to organize a series of activities for youths of Southern District , including adventure-based outdoor activities, visits, exhibitions, surveys, colour-filling and slogan contests. Will co-ordinate with the H.K. Council on Smoking and health and the Advisory Council on AIDs to conduct talks and workshops.

408,997
The Chinese University Press - Audio-visual Division

Counselling Female Drug Abusers - Videotape Demonstrations and Supplementary Resource Kit

To produce a set of video tape and resource kit to serves as educational and training materials for drug educators.

916,000
Christian Alliance S.W. Chan Memorial College

School Based Beat Drugs Activities

To organize a series of activities including anti-drug basketball competition, camping, talks, quiz, workshops, games day, card design competition, etc, for the F.1 students of the applicant.

42,050
China Holiness Church Living Spirit College

Grow in Happy and Healthy Way

Targeted at students of the applicant. Activities include lecture on healthy diet, drama / essay writing / bookmark/slogan/poster competitions, civic education on drug problem, social studies on smoking problem, adventure-based counselling and training , "Star of the month" competition etc.

57,400
Hong Kong Christian Service Ngau Tau kok Outreaching Social Work Team

Creation of New Generation - Youth Development Project

Targeted at 100 at-risk youths of Ngau Tau kok District. Activities include adventured and experiential training, counselling workshops, volunteer services and a self-training award scheme.

144,100
Life Education Activity Programme Ltd.

The Truth About Cigarettes

To produce 550 animated cartoon compact discs for interactive classroom lessons, coupled with teachers' resource packs and students' worksheets for follow-up sessions, and to purchase 2 vehicles for service delivery.

432,900
Yan Tak Catholic Primary School (A.M.)

Anti-drug Abuse Campaign

Targeted at students of the applicant school. Activities include calendar card design and slogan competitions, an interactive drama performance, and productin of an anti-drug cassette tape.

13,200
The Church of United Brethren In Christ Tin King Children & Youth Centre

Say No to Drugs - Drama Competition and Carnival

To organize a series of drama workshops , drama contest and drama roving performance for the youth of Tues Mun District. Other activities include talks, case studies and visits to drug detoxification centres.

87,600
BGCA Ka Fuk Children & Youth Centre cum Library

Find Your Way Without Taking Drugs

Targeted at secondary school students of Sham Shui Po District . Activities include exhibition cum game stalls in schools, and visits to drug treatment centres.

43,480
ELCHK Tin Shui Wai Children & Youth Integrated Team

Anti-drug Task Force Community Education Programme (III)

Targeted at at -risk youths. Phase I will focus on healthy recreational and sports activities such as football, basketball snooker, karaoke, stop-smoking group, exhibition and quiz. Phase I participants will be encouraged to take part in Phase II activities including adventure and life- skills training and creative street drama . Phase III is the performance of street drama and variety show by Phase II participants.

104,800
The Society for the Rehabilitation of Offenders, Hong Kong

Anti-Drug Music Competition - Workshop, Sharing, Award Presentation and Music Performance

To organze music training workshops for youths, followed by an anti-drug lyric competition and concert. A VCD for the winning entries will be produced for distribution to schools and youths organization.

375,790
Scout Association of Hong Kong - The Friends of Scouting Long Ping Children & Youth Center

New Life

To employ 1 ASWO and 1 SWA to organize a series of anti-drug programmes for youths of Yuen Long District, including adventure club, counselling students and parents workshops, sharing session between teachers and social workers, seminars, carnival, painting competition , quiz, and visits to drug treatment centres.

526,663
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission - Ling Oi Youth Centre

Victory Over Self-Evil

Targeted at at-risk youths of Kwai Tsing District. Ex-drug abusers will be trained to form 2 teams of Beat Drugs Ambassadors to conduct sharing sessions in schools.

214,120
Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong Tsing Yi Outreaching Social Work Team

Anti-Drug Project 1999

A drug education day with health check and exhibition, and a drug education camp with role-play and sharing sessions will be held for the at-risk youth. A survey by questionnaire will be conducted to assess the programmes' effectiveness.

12,000
Tai Po Sam Yuk Secondary School of Seventh Day Adventists

Effective Slackening Chemical Abuse by Parental Effort (Escape)

Targeted at the applicant's students and their families. Activities include parents' talks, anti-drug message calendar, calendar cards, family camp, Healthy Sundays, talks for students' fathers, carnival, etc.

173,000
Hong Kong Lutheran Social Services

No Drugs Y2K

To organize a series of activities in East New Territories including lyrics/ drawing / basketball/ drama competitions and a youth health ambassador programme targeted at general youths, seminars for parents, and an adventured based programme " Drug Terminator" for high risk youths.

948,800
ELCSS - Tin Shui Wai Outreaching Social Work Team

Good Lives Without Drug - Anti-Dug Community Project

Activities for at-risk youths include an awards scheme, APIs contest, sharing session. Other community activities include the production of anti-drug leaflets, visits to parent-teacher associations and MACs build up drug preventive networks. 1 ASWO will be employed to implement the programme.

228,470
TWGHs Ko Ho Ning Memory Primary School

Knowing Drugs Have Harmful Effect Upon Our health, We should Not Attempt to Try Any of Them

Targeted at students of the school. Activities include a script-writing contest, singing contest, story-making competition, slogan and painting competitions.

16,000
Hong Kong Christian Service

Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage: City Intensive Training for Youth

Breading the Cycle of Disadvantage: City Intensive Training for Youth to employ 1/5 SWO, 1 ASWO, 1 SWA, 1/2 CA for 2 years to organize vocational training, developmental or therapeutic groups and adventure therapy volunteer training courses for youths, and to organize courses on parents' education.

2,278,975
C.C.C. Kei Long College

Study Healthy , Beware of Drugs

Targeted at students of the school. Activities include visits to drug treatment centres, exhibition, and bookmark design competition.

13,500
Wun Tak Association

Let Mothers Understand the Harmful Effects of Kids' Drugs Taking

To provide drug education training for 80 mothers of Shatin District. Activities include talks and training workshops, parental-care family camp, production of anti-drug booklets, carnival, sharing session, visits to drug detoxification centre, etc.

141,110
The Hong Kong Medical Association

Seminar for Doctors to Help Beat Drugs

To hold a one-day seminar to promote the awareness of the drug abuse promote the awareness of the drug abuse problem amongst doctors in primary health care.

100,000
Buddhist Chi Hong Chi Lam Memorial College

Know Drugs, No Drugs

A survey will be conducted to find out student's knowledge on drug abuse. Then tailor-,made activities including production of an anti-drug drama, exhibition, and anti-drug games will be organized to rectify students' wrong perception on drugs.

10,000
BGCA Lok Man Children Centre

Update to Touch! Drugs ? No Way !

To organize activities including adventure games, camping, visits, exhibition, calendar card design competition and a carnival for youths of Kowloon City District.

59,640
S.K.H. Diocesan Welfare Council

Healthy Life-style 2000

Activities include an anti-drug exhibition, Q and A games, drama workshops, carnival, visits to drug detoxification centres, and drug detoxification experiential camp targeted at general youths of Shatin District.

53,400
Community Drug Advisory Council

Drug Education Consultant for Teachers

To employ a drug education consultant to deliver 130 courses (6 hours each) of initial training to student teachers enrolled in various tertiary institutes. A teacher training package and a quarterly newsletter will be produced to promote drug education

934,326
BGCA Ka Fuk Children & Youth centre cum Library

Find Your Way Without Taking Drugs

Targeted at vulnerable youths and their families. Activities include workshop on the production of anti-drug stories and cartoons, sports day, experiential camp, party, etc.

43,480
Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong Shaukeiwan/Chaiwan Outreaching Social Work Team

Drug Abuse Working Manual & Workshop for School and Outreaching Social Workers

To compile 1000 copies of drug abuse working manual for the school and outreaching social workers

45,000
The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups

A District-based Preventive Network in Combating Substance Abuse Among High Risk Youths

To employ1 ASWO, 2 SWA and 1 CO II for 3 years to launch drug preventive programmes such as guidance groups, life and social skills training for the high-risk youth of Tsuen Wan and Kwai Ting Districts. Other activiies include parent's seminars, train-the-trainers workshops, production of a resources package, and district-based educational programmes.

2,497,255
Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers

The Real Face of Drug Addiction

The production of anti-drug posters and leaflets for distribution to schools, supplementary by visits to drug treatment centres.

71,200
Hans Andersen Club Limited

Together We Can Beat Drugs

Activities involve meetings and the forming of volunteer groups to build up a supportive network among local organizations and schools, talks, exhibitions and visit organized for students and the unemployed of Islands District.

1,400,000
Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School

A Comprehensive Programme on Drug Information

Targeted at students of the school. Activities include guessing game on the names and jargon of drugs, anti-drug mime and quiz , carnival, and lyrics competition. Winning entries of lyrics competition will be recorded on a VCD.

25,250
Narcotics Division

Drug Information Resource Centre

To fund the cost of setting up the Drug Information Resource Centre.

2,000,000
(b) Treatment and Rehabilitation Projects
The Christian New Being Fellowship Ltd.

Towards Fruitful 2000-06-19

To fund the provision of experiential training programmes to the drug abusers of the treatment centre, and the provision of workshops to their parents . it aims to strengthen the communication skills and parental guidance of the abusers and hence facilities their rehabilitation.

150,000
Pui Hong Job Skill Training Centre

Job Skills Training project for rehabilitated Drug Abusers (2nd year)

To fund the operation of the Pui Hong Job Skill Training Centre for another year. The Centre commenced operation as a pilot funded by the Beat drugs Fund in August 1998, with objectives to provide job seeking skills and guidance to rehabilitated drug abusers. The project plans to expand the services to the re4ady-for-discharge drug abusers.

904,000
DACARS, Ltd.

Renovation Works at Enchi Lodge

To fund the improvement works to the Enchi Lodge including replacement of power supply facilities, repairing the ceiling of the kitchen, reconstruction of the western enclosing wall and replacement and installation of 9 air-conditioners.

237,500
Operation Dawn Ltd

To Install Air-Conditioners in 3 Half-way Houses

To fund the replacement of four split - type air-conditioners in three half -way houses of the agency.

16,000
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission - Ling Oi Youth Centre

Rehabilitation Facilities Improvement Plan in Tan Ka Wan Treatment Centre

To seek funding support for carrying out improvement works to the Tan Kan Wan Treatment Centre. Major renovations involve the activity room, bathrooms, playground, chapel and counselling room.

611,000
Operation Dawn Ltd

Renovation Work of the Kitchen in Dawn Island Drug Treatment Centre

To meet the cost of improvement works to the kitchen and associated noodle workshop of Dawn Island Drug treatment Centre.

551,320
Wu Oi Christian Centre

Families Supportive programme

To meet the staff cost of 1 Assistant Social Work Officer and 1 Social Work Assistant for 2 years . The project aims to provide programmes steering to the needs of the family members of the residents who are undergoing drug treatment and rehabilitation service. It also focuses on strengthening residents' supportive network so as to facilitate their rehabilitation during and after their discharge.

819,680
The Christian New Being Fellowship Ltd.

Work Employment Programme for Adolescent Drug Abusers

To fund the setting up of a job-training centre to provide prevocational job-skill training and job counselling services to the male drug abusers of the agency. It aims to lead the adolescent drug abusers to ultimate rehabilitation through participation into high-technology, innovation and productive work.

1,260,500
| Important notices Last revision date: 21 May 2003