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Events10/06/202510/06/2025

《ECH Youth Sharing “Find a Good Home in Town”》

A group of young people in lack of family support started to live independently and found their “good home” in ECH Youth Home. In addition to providing transitional accommodation support, ECH Youth Home also supports them in life planning and career counseling through the “2nd Chance in Life – Transitional Sponsorship Program”. This can help the youth find their own direction. Just like seeing silver lining, the former residents can seek for their future.

Former residents’ sharing

Believe there is a way out, by Eric

I had just finished my DSE exam and felt lost. I found my direction here! This home built me up and made me a more confident and self-managed person.

A reliable “family”, by Hilary

Since I moved into this youth home, I have a “home” with many “family members” to share my worries and difficulties. In addition, some subsidy fund allowed me to start saving and reduced my worries about the future.

Becoming a better me step by step, by June

I am more cheerful and confident now than when I first moved in. Thanks to the “2nd Chance in Life – Transitional Sponsorship Program”. I learned to plan for my future. When I wanted to give up, I was fortunate to have the support and encouragement from my mentors and young residents here, so I didn’t get lost. I am very grateful to live in ECH Youth Home.

Affordable Accommodation as “Start-Up” Assistance, by Ho-man

As a fresh graduate student, I was very financially strapped. I had to bear all my own expenses for clothing, food, housing, transportation, and tuition fees, which give me a lot of pressure. Living in ECH Youth Home has solved the dilemma of having to pay expensive rent (HK$7,000 can only live in a subdivided room). I only needed around HK$2,000 a month to pay for dormitory expenses include operating expenses and sundries. What was even more touching was that there were also various allowances, like accommodation allowances, student allowances and other assistance, which perfectly matched my needs.

Career Development, Counseling and Advance Training, by Laura

The Youth Home provided me a convenient and stable environment, which allowed me to think about the future. I did not have to live in a place under “complicated circumstance”. The service provides life coaching and career planning, which would be helpful for young people to go upstream and pushed me to pursue my dream bravely and become a registered nurse.

Find the way, by Kyle

ECH mentor introduced a job to me, and gave me advice about my future direction at work. By staying with young people, I learned how to get along with others, and also how to save money.

This is a right decision, by Gary

This is a place full of love. My mentor taught me how to find a job by learning practical skill of interview. He also helped me to develop the habit of saving through a savings plan. He taught me how to understand myself and how to deal with stress. He also taught me how to make desserts and makeup myself. There, I also got to know Victor – my good brother, friend and roommate.

Find the warmth and love of home, by Lynn

The biggest gain for me, from living here (the Youth Home) for two years, is to learn how to get along with a group of young peoples similar to me. With a total of 12 girls living in 6 rooms, we would cook together and encourage each other in daily life. During this process, I felt a “kind of family” which my original family could not give me.

Go through the difficult stage, by Icy

This place really feels like home to me! At that hard time, I felt confused and panicked because I had no support from my family, and I was in a negative mood. ECH helped me transition through a very difficult stage in my life. I was provided a lot of support and learned how to cook and take care of myself. Even I left for around 10 years, my mentor continues to help me, encouraging me to participate in different interest classes, accompanying, listening and coaching my soul. So I changed to serve in an NGO finally, hoping to use my own experience to help children in needs, and determined to influence lives with my life.

ECH Youth Home, few accommodations are still available

Service Users/Application

Foster home youth aged 18 to 24, in lack of family or other financial support or when they age out from foster care while returning home to live is impossible
Have work motivation or short-term work experience, or part-time students (must complete secondary education)
Referred by institutional social workers or church staff, such as: children’s home, youth home, schools, Social Welfare Department and social welfare organization etc.
Physically and mentally healthy, no bad habits

Service Fee

Service and accommodation fees around two thousand more, please inquire ECH for details.

Service Period

Basic 2 years (subject to the need and individual situation for extension)

Service Elements

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For inquiries, please contact us at 2323 8224, extension 232/242.
https://www.ech.org.hk/en/contact-us/

Career & Jobs10/06/202510/06/2025

Day Care Service – Service in Charge (Full Time)

Working hours

44 hours per week
Required to work on shifts

Job duties

To coordinate Day Care Services and lead a team (to provide after-school care services, organizing SEN training, parental counseling and visits, etc.)
Contact business and community organizations
Write proposals and service reports

Education and experience

Possess a Bachelor degree in Social Services, or equivalent
5 years of SEN children service experience

Fringe benefits

Medical allowance and MPF
Salary depends on academic qualifications and relevant work experience

Applicants should share the vision of our organization and have team spirit. For interested parties, please send your resume and expected salary to the Administration Department, 120 Shatin Pass Road, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, or email to info@ech.org.hk . (Applicants not invited to interview within 2 months may consider their applications unsuccessful. Applicants’ personal data will be destroyed after the recruitment process is completed).

In response to the implementation of the “Sexual Conviction Record Check”, the hired person will be required to conduct a Sexual Conviction record check on a voluntary basis.

Youth Stories17/06/202519/06/2025

《Recovering Fragments of the Heart》– Lillian

Born in mainland China, Lillian’s (alias) parents were divorced before she was born, so she never met her biological father. Her mother had to travel far away for work, making her a “left-behind child” in the hands of her grandmother and aunt. However, neither her mother nor her relatives could tolerate Lillian’s carelessness and small mistakes. They educated her by scolding or beating her.

Injuries Discovered

Her mother later remarried and they moved to HK. Lillian became a cross-boundary student attending a HK school. After a while, her mother divorced again. She stayed with her mother and continued to be beaten and scolded on trivial matters. Although she was attacked many times by her mother since childhood, she remained silent. Until one day, a teacher discovered the injuries under her mask. Upon inquiries, the school decided to call the police and send her to hospital. She was then rescued from domestic violence and moved into a children’s residential home at the age of 14.

During the first two years in the residential home, Lillian took dance classes and remained a member of the school choir. Entering adolescence, she was obsessed with animation and loved role-playing. She would dress up meticulously and put on beautiful costumes. She met other cosplayers at the annual Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong held at the HKCEC. By playing as a virtual character, it seemed she found some self-values and realized some personal dreams. But in reality, she continued to suffer from nightmares, mood swing and auditory hallucinations, which affected her social life in the residential home.

Timely Help

Lillian’s residential home provides services including Project 3R* supported by the Community Chest of Hong Kong and provides comprehensive care for residential children and youth. She was first introduced to 3R because of her skin problems. She thought she had a strange skin disease which caused redness and swell. 3R dermatologist diagnosed that the disease was inherited. After appropriate treatment, her condition was relieved and she learnt to coexist with it.

In general, home care children can go home temporarily on weekends, but to Lillian, this means a vicious cycle of being abused. At the age of 16, she was referred to 3R psychiatrist for assessment on her mood swings – laughing, crying or losing temper unpredictably. She was diagnosed insomnia and ADHD (predominantly inattention). This may help explain why her relatives reacted badly to Lillian’s repeated small mistakes since childhood. After taking prescribed medication, she felt quite good. Finally, she could concentrate in class and prepare well for the public exams next year.

She was grateful to 3R psychiatrist who carefully adjusted the medication that helped her sleep better, and improved her mind and spirit. For a period of time, she also received CP counseling from her residential home, which helped stabilize her mood. She thinks that low-income family like hers will not be able to afford such medical expenses. She cherishes 3R resources and the timely treatment.

It is a pity that her relative refused counseling and the relative’s mood did not improve. Lillian, on the other hand, grew up in a right environment and received various treatments. Eventually, she realized that she could say “no.” Therefore, she chose to take a break from seeing her potential “abuser” on weekends, which gave her much peace of mind.

Believe in Tomorrow

Having dissected small animals in biology classes, Lillian imagined one day she could assist a surgeon in an operating theatre. She hopes to pursue education in biochemistry or nursing and create a better future of her own.

Children who experienced trauma are grateful for the nourishment of love, like glue repairing fragments. It helps integrate their broken body and mind, regain strength and set sail for their dreams.

*Right Care, Right Time & Right Team (3R) Project https://www.ech.org.hk/en/services/3r-project/