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Projects approved in 1997-98 |
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Grantee |
Project Title and Description |
HK$ Approved Grant |
| (a) Preventive Education and Publicity Projects
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Caritas Lok Heep Club |
A Parent's Handbook on Drug Abuse Prevention To fund the production of 10000 copies of Chinese handbooks aiming at providing parents with basic knowledge on the drug abuse problem and measures to prevent their children from experimenting with drugs. |
35,000 |
| Caritas Hugs Centre |
Everyone Cares - A Video Series on Bearing Drugs within Family and Beyond To promote parents' and community's concern for preventing drug abuse problem among youths. The project consists of a video production competition, the production of a documentary video and presentation seminar. |
273,660 |
| ELCHK Tin Shui Wai Children & Youth Integrated Team |
Anti-drug Task Force - Community Education Programme II To disseminate anti-drug messages to youths and to enhance teachers' awareness and skill of handling drug abuse problem of students through various educational and experimental programmes. |
37,000 |
| Chinese YMCA Hong Kong Shaukeiwan / Chaiwan Outreaching Social Work Team |
Music Group In-School Project To train seven young persons with drug abuse history to form a band group to assist sending anti-drug message to students through musical performance and sharing of drug - rehabilitation experience. |
9,000 |
| Breakthrough Ltd. |
Care for Listening to the Youth?¡K.Leaders of the 21st Century To fund the production of a beat drugs parents notebook diary, and the organization of a series of beat drugs community programmes aiming at establishing in youths a positive attitude towards life. |
722,500 |
| Hong Kong Young Women Christian Association Ngau Tau kok Social Services Centre |
Outstanding Ambassador Team To mobilize some at-risk youths to serve as beat drugs ambassadors to help implement a series of anti-drug activities and community programmes. |
95,800 |
| Hong Kong Young Women Christian Association Tsing Yi Social Services Centre |
Questions about Drugs: 98 Smart Youth Project To educate the youths on the adverse effects of drug abuse and to equip them with refusal skills to drugs offers through school roving exhibitions, anti-drug camp and composition competition. |
27,772 |
| ELCHK Chun Shek Children and Youth Centre |
Stop! Drug! To disseminate anti-drug messages to the youths through visiting drug treatment centres, and to increase parents' knowledge of drug abuse problem through organizing n anti-drug exhibition. |
4,825 |
| The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Tsuen Wan & Kwai Chung Outreaching Social Work Team |
Stronger & Fitter, Don't Try Drugs - Beat Drugs Programmes for Youths at Risk To assist the at-risk youths to establish a positive attitude towards life through organizing a series of activities including body check, experimental training, exhibition and some recreational activities. |
152,220 |
| The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong Ka Fuk Children & Youth Centre cum Library |
Beat Drugs with the Family To disseminate among youths the harmful effects of abusing drugs, to encourage family support and care through organizing a series of anti-drug activities including drama-performance contest, Q&A competition, colour-filling competition and carnival. |
20,565 |
| The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong Shek Yam East Children & Youth Centre cum Library |
Do Not Think About It - A Beat Drugs Programme To improve the self-image and problem-solving ability of the at-risk youths, to enhance to mutual understanding and support of parents and children in beating drugs together through organizing a series of activities including outward bound camps, detoxification experience camps, parents' workshops, carnival and cloth-painting competition. |
89,950 |
| The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong Tai Wo Children & Youth Centre |
Youth Participation Anti-drug Project To educate the children about the harmful effects of abusing drugs and the refusal skills, help them to build up self-control power and establish their goals in life. Activities include training workshops, evaluation meeting and other recreational activities. |
38,960 |
| The Society of the Rehabilitation of Offenders, Hong Kong |
Anti-drug Drama - Workshops and School Performance To disseminate anti-drug messages among the secondary school students through drama performance by ex-drug abusers, and to produce and distribute a booklet containing stories from the ex-drug abusers to the students. |
110,000 |
| Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service Wo Che Children & Youth Centre |
Beat Drugs, Need You and Me To heighten the awareness of youths and parents about the drug abuse problem, to strengthen parents' understanding on the psychological need of their children and to improve the problem-solving ability of youths through a series of anti-drug activities. |
60,850 |
| Exploration Theatre Ltd. |
Who Can Beat the Drugs To fund the design, production and roving performance o a creative and interactive situational drama. The performers will present different endings according to the students' decisions. |
728,000 |
| Tai Po Sam Yuk Secondary School |
Just Good Fit To arouse students' awareness of the harmful impact of drug abuse, to assist the at-risk students to build up elf-esteem and co-operative spirit through training workshops and their participation in some meaningful community activities such as community service group, round-district jogging and other anti-drug activities. |
167,600 |
| The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong Cheung Sha wan Outreaching team |
'Stand Firm' - The Beat Drugs Sports Camp To fund a sports camp for the marginal youths. The camp aims to develop the youths' interest and potential in some healthy sports activities so as to strengthen their will-power, to restore their sense of responsibility and to build up in them a positive attitude towards life. |
67,244 |
| The Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong |
Have a Bright Future, Say No to Drugs To heighten the awareness of parents and youths about the harmful effects of drugs by organizing two anti-drug exhibitions in new towns, and the production of anti-drug pamphlets for distribution at school talks. |
130,000 |
| The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong Chung Sha Wan Children & Youth Integrated Centre |
Beat Drugs /New Generation To heighten the awareness of the public about the harmful impact of drugs and to strengthen the determination of the at -risk youths to stay away from drugs through training workshops, talks and exhibitions, visits to drug detoxification centre and a series of anti-drug activities. |
51,460 |
| Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service Sun Chui Youth centre |
Develop Together a New Era To arouse the awareness of youths and families about the harmful effects of drug abuse, and to promote mutual help at different community levels to beat drugs through a series of anti-drug activities including raining workshops, family camp , exhibitions, colour-filling and lyric-filling competitions. |
191,450 |
| Community Drug Advisory Council |
Conference on Drugs in the Workplace To organize a one-day conference aiming at promoting drug education, intervention and awareness programme to the senior and human resources professionals who may involve in company policy and employees' training programmes. |
94,000 |
| Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong |
The 5th National Conference on Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse, Hong Kong To sponsor the hosting of the 5th National Conference of Preventive and Drug Abuse in Hong Kong in 1999. Representatives from drug treatment and preventive education organizations of China, Hong Kong and overseas countries will be invited. |
412,000 |
| Life Education Activity Programme (LEAP) |
Don't Let Drugs Kill Your Dreams To promote anti-drug message by funding a multi-purpose slide presentation for use in LEAP's educational programmes for students and teachers. |
113,720 |
| The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong |
Anti-Drug Basketball Competition To help the at-risk youths to stay away from drugs and to cultivate their co-operation spirit through structural sport activities under the guidance of social workers. |
22,212 |
| Caritas Wong Tai Sin Integrated Service for Young People |
Healthy Youth Road - Preventive Education Programme for Middle and High Risk Youths of Wong Tai Sin District To fund a preventive and developmental project targeted at the vulnerable youths. It comprises a series of recreational programmes, talks and visits etc. aiming at assisting students to better adapt themselves to the life of secondary school, helping new immigrants to get acquainted with the adverse effects of drugs, promoting among the at-risk youths a healthier life style and positive goals in life and to enhance their self confidence. |
1,191,000 |
| Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service Pak Tin Children and Youth Centre |
A Complete Beat Drugs Programme To heighten the awareness of the at-risk youths and their parents about the harmful effects of drugs. In addition to a series of anti-drug activities, a counselling hotline will be set up and a survey on the effectiveness of various preventive education programmes will be conducted. |
85,510 |
| Shek Lei Catholic Secondary School Community Youth Club |
Anti-Drug Film Production To arouse the awareness of the marginal students about the harmful effects of drugs, to improve their inter-personal skills and co-operation spirit through their direct participation in the production of an anti-drug film. |
25,000 |
| Caritas Youth and community Service Aberdeen Outreaching Social Work Team |
Comprehensive Scheme for Preventing Young People from Abusing Drugs To fund the implementation of a 2-year programme aiming at enhancing the refusal skill of the vulnerable youths to drug offers and bad peer influence, increasing the awareness of parents about the drug problem and preventive measures. Activities include small group discussion, adventure-based counselling camp , talks and exhibitions and anti-drug handbooks. |
821,985 |
| Community Drug Advisory Council |
Drug Education Programme for Students, Parents and Teachers in Hong Kong's International Schools To fund the staff cost of a project manager for 2-years. The manager will develop and conduct a comprehensive drug education and information programme targeted at children, families and teachers of the international schools of Hong Kong. |
949,774 |
| The KELY Support Group |
The Low-Down on Drugs To fund the production of a full colour bilingual booklet on drugs for distribution to schools, libraries, agencies that work with drugs problem and any one who requests related information over the hotline. |
75,125 |
| Kowloon Sam Yuk Secondary School |
Have a Healthy Life, Develop your Potential To arouse students' awareness of the adverse effects of drug abuse, and to strengthen their will-power to resist against drugs through a series of activities including volunteers training class, football and basketball matches, anti-drug newspaper cutting and photo taking competition etc. |
30,000 |
| Barnabas Charitable Service Association Ltd. |
Ma On Shan Beat Drugs Project To disseminate beat drugs messages by implementing a beat drugs project. It involves the forming of a volunteer group providing counselling service, the setting up of a hotline, and the launching of a series of prevention and community education programmes such as talks and exhibitions, parents sharing sessions, teachers' beat drug conference , carnival etc. |
1,282,377 |
| YWCA Lok Wah Integrated Social Service Centre |
Family Energy Awakening Scheme To organize a series of activities aiming at improving the youths' adversity quotient, strengthening their family ties and peer network to resist against drugs. The programmes includes the production of a VCD interactive educational package, the establishment of a family network and an adventurer and fitness clubs, peer counselling service, carnivals and other community education programmes. |
1,591,955 |
| Holy Carpenter Church and Community Centre |
Beat Drugs Ambassador Programme for Youths of Hung Hom District To set up a team of Beat Drugs Ambassadors to promulgate anti-drug message in Hung Hum district through a series of intensified educational anti-drug programmes including training camps, Q&A contest, roving exhibitions and talks, carnivals, visits to detoxification centres, survey etc. |
391,510 |
| Caritas Youth and Community Service |
Neighbourhood Based Drug Treatment and Preventive Education Project in Cheung Chau To provide professional drug treatment and counselling services to young drug abusers and at-risk youths through the therapeutic groups and mutual support groups. To implement preventive and community education programmes by organizing guidance activities for parents, drug education workshops for teachers, sharing groups for vulnerable youths, talks and exhibitions etc. |
552,955 |
| (b) Treatment and Rehabilitation Projects |
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The Christian New Being Fellowship Ltd. |
Improvement of Facilities of the Association Adolescence Drug Treatment Centre To renew the beds and fans of the centre. |
26,280 |
| Wu Oi Christian Centre |
Renovation Works for the Long Ke Male Rehabilitation Centre To carry out improvement works to the living environment of the centre. Major items include renewing the dormitories, the library and the chapel, and installing electric wire for the supply of electricity. |
1,023,500 |
| Finnish Missionary Society |
Repair and Improvement Works of Drug Withdrawal Centre in Sai Kung To carry out improvement works to the detoxification ward and the activity room, which are in dilapidated conditions, and for the installation of a water storage tank. |
1,600,000 |
| Operation Dawn |
Improvement / Renovation Works of the Centre 99 Facilities To refurbish the Centre 99, a male halfway house. |
339,000 |
| Operation Dawnn |
Improvement / Renovation Works of the Wong Tai Sin Centre Facilities To refurbish the Wong Tai Sin Centre, a male halfway house. |
162,000 |
| Operation Dawn |
Improvement / Renovation Works of the Girl Centre Facilities To renovate the Girl Centre, a female residential treatment and rehabilitation centre. |
17,450 |
| Pui Hong Self-Help Association |
Job-Skill Training Project for rehabilitated Drug Abusers To fund the setting up of a job training centre for one year. The Centre provides job-skill training and job counselling services for the rehabilitated drug abusers. |
1,017,447 |
| DACARS, Limited. |
Replacement of the11-year-old Centre Vehicle/7-Seater Wagon To replace the 11-year-old 7-seater wagon with a 8-seater van. The van is mainly used for carrying DACARS's rehabilitating abusers to visits and various outdoor activities, as well as carrying voluntary workers/staff. |
222,526 |
| St. Stephen's Society Ltd. |
Provision of a Water Pump House To construct a pump house for the provision of water to the Society' s new Hang Fook camp which is a rehabilitation centre. |
2,800,000 |
| The Society for the Rehabilitation of Offenders, Hong Kong |
Pilot Project on Peer Counselling Service in a Hostel for Ex-drug Abusers To fund the staff cost of 1 part-time peer counsellor for strengthening the counselling service and to meet the group programme expenses for the two-year pilot project. |
244,416 |