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Our heartfelt appreciation to《The Outdoor Shop》in donating 250 pcs of down jackets to HER Fund. HER Fund has already distributed the down jackets to the women in less funded and marginalized sectors. This is a meaningful gift to them which shows warmth and care in this cold winter.
HER Fund attended "The Outdoor Shop's Down Presentation Event" on 17th Jan 2012 with Concerning Group for Women Poverty, New Women Arrivals League, Hong Kong Association for the Survivors of Women Abuse (Kwan Fook) and Hong Kong Domestic Workers General Union. The groups' representatives received the down jackets from Mr. Jaycee Chan. Our Executive Director, Ms. Linda To shared the work of HER Fund with all the guests and presented our souvenirs to Mr. Jaycee Chan and The Outdoor Shop in appreciation of their kindness and generous support.
"To me, HER Fund is a funding organization handing out grants to organizations that serve to empower women. It is like petroleum for an engine that would take women to destinations where they aspire to be," says Mandy Wong, a volunteer yoga teacher of HER Fund's volunteering platform Share Talent, which offers a wide variety of interest classes to raise fund for the promotion of women's rights.
If you want to get to know more the thoughts of Mandy, and the latest news of HER Fund, click here now to read HER News.
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3 girls from Associate of Arts in Communication and Public Relations in Community College of City University co-operate with HER Fund to hold a photo competition with "A Different HER" as a topic. We hope the public can understand the ability and contribution of women, and to show a different "HER". Champion: A $300 Chocolate Rain gift and a certificate |
Our innovative fundraising initiative - Share Talent - is 1-year-old! We held a small anniversary celebration with our voluntary talent teachers on 4th December.
We had great time to share the achievement of Share Talent, and collect the feedback from our thoughtful teachers.
Click here to share our happy moments.
HER Fund is delighted to annouce that our Executive Committee Memebers for Year 2011/12 elected at our AGM and EXCO meeting are as followed :
Chairperson : Ms. Mary Ann King
Vice Chairperson: Ms Fong Man-ying
Hon. Secretary: Ms. Fung Pui-kee, Brigit
Hon. Treasurer : Ms. Lam Ying-hing
Executive Member: Ms. Lam Chi-chung, Irene, Ms. So Yuen-man, Phoebe
Inside the photo, there are two ex-EXCO members, Ms. Chow Choo-lin, and Ms. Chung Yuen-yi. From now on, they become our Advisors.
In the coming year, with the leadership of our young, energetic and committed Executive Committee members, HER Fund continues to strive her best in building resources for the advancement of women's rights and empowerment.
Much appreciated the support by GOOD FOOD! They shared good food and donated $10,000 to HER Fund to support girls and women's rights! Keep on your good work! Share Good Food with Good Causes!
We finished the Briefing and Brainstorming Session on 26th Oct, and thank you for all participants to join. If you are not able to join, please click here to get the powerpoint for reference. You can find all relevant information in the powerpoint.
Click here to get the Guide to Application. Make sure to read this and get to know how to fill in the form and how to send the application to us.
Click here for Application Form.
If you have any query during writing the proposal, please feel free to contact our Programme Officer, Judy Kan, at 2794-1100 or judy.kan@herfund.org.hk.
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Feature about Young women facing workplace sexual harassment, updates of our grant-making, and latest fundraising events, please click here to read our eNews. |
iDonate has launched a new program - The iDonate Social. HER Fund's Executive Director, Linda To, and our partner, Concerning Group for Women Poverty were invited to join the press conference of this new program on 22nd Oct.
It is our honor to be the first organization to share, and we got the support by Dr. Fernando Cheung to donate us through "The iDonate Social". Please click here to view "The iDonate Social", and ask your friends to support us.
Click here for Apple Daily's coverage on this news.
Our grantee, Association for the Advancement of Feminism (AAF), announced a research on "Workplace discrimination on young women" on 15th October. They found that more than 70% of respondents agree that the sexual harassment is serious in service sector. More than 30% of respondents expressed that they had the experience of sexual harassment by customers.
The Sex Discrimination Ordinance does not cover all areas which cannot protect young women workers in service sector.
Request by AAF:
1) Broaden the coverage of sexual harassment in "Sex Discrimination Ordinance";
2) Enhance the employers' responsibility to handle the sexual harassment cases;
3) Enhance the public education on prevention of sexual harassment;
4) Respect the young women workers in service sector and protect their rights.
Click here for the press release (in chinese only); and click here for the press coverage.
HER Fund organized our first ‘Donor Visit’ on 24th September (Sat) and visited Jei Jei Jai (JJJ) Association, the first self-help and independent organization run by sex workers of one-woman brothels in HK. There were 13 participants including our donors, volunteers, voluntary teachers and supporters.
Two representatives of the Association, the Chair, Lily and committee member, Nancy shared with us their difficulties and happy moments at work. In this event, we found that both Lily and Nancy are very determined to lead their own way of living and committed in defending sex workers’ rights by sex workers themselves. about their way of living. They are very happy and willing to share their experience and feeling with the participants and the process was very interactive and inspiring.
HER Fund will be organizing ‘Donor Visit’ regularly so as to provide our supporters opportunities to know us and our beneficiaries more. Definitely, your donation is extremely important to us in supporting the work of women and girls in less funded and marginalized sectors.
It's our pleasure to be interviewed by RTHK Radio 2 programme "Home Sweet Home" on 15th August. Linda To, Executive Director, and Jacky Hui, Fundraising Officer, introduced HER Fund and Share Talent.
Click to listen. (time: 1:35:30 - 1:53:50)
HER Fund granted Hong Kong Women Christian Council to hold a "Your story‧Digital Story-telling workshop". By using digital story-telling to tell women's own stories related to the community, and to build up a network, this project strives to encourage grassroots' women to be concerned about the community.
There are five videos by five women. You can watch all of them from our facebook page or YOUTUBE channel and here is one of the example by Ms. Leung:
(video is in Chinese only)
HER Fund is now an officially recognized charity of UBS employees' donation matching program. After making a donation of not less than HK$400 to HER Fund, employee of UBS can then apply the matching donation with our receipt from the company. Every dollar donated will be doubled, as UBS will donate the same amount to us ! If you or your friends are employees of UBS, kindly support us Now and make your donation an added value investment for women and girls' rights !
Please contact Community Affairs of UBS if there is any query regarding to this program.
Thanks to UBS for their support and recognition to HER Fund's work !
