『我認為電影中藏姑娘作為一位母親展現出深厚的母愛，她為兩位女兒無私、不辭勞苦的付出，令人感動。她更是現代獨立女性的典範，靠著自身對水餃的堅持和信念打出一片天。在電影中，藏姑娘身邊更有一眾朋友出手相助、支持和鼓勵，令人感覺到人間有情。』
文卓 (高中男孩子)
『劇中人物真實而生動，既有笑點也有淚點，讓人感到貼近生活。劇作也傳遞了積極向上的人生態度，勉勵人們在困境中不放棄，努力追求夢想。《水餃皇后》以簡單的水餃為媒介，展現了對家庭與人情的深刻詮釋，看完後讓人深感溫暖與啟發。這部電影亦令我意識到人與人之間應該互幫互助 ，發揚香港精神，並珍惜身邊所有愛我的人。』
和田(高中女孩子)
『睇完之後，我覺得非常之感動，那個臧媽媽很努力地保護她的女兒啊! 她的大女兒真是非常委屈的。從分享會才知道，小女兒本來要睇水走鬼，原來睇睇下又去了跟小狗玩，搞到無叫大家走鬼呢! 臧姑娘在我眼中是很偉大的。』
卓謙(低小男孩子)
『感恩有機會參與《水餃皇后》特別埸，欣賞了一套感人而又非一般的劉偉强執導的電影！ 這是一套真人真事拍攝的戲，所以我個人感覺體會更深！特別是映後親身聽到臧姑娘兩位女兒的真實分享，深深體會香港人的獅子山精神。
我一入場，有兩個男孩子主動向我打招呼，原來正是做司儀向嘉賓提問的那兩位。原來全院孩子都出席參加了，開埸後不久孩子們一直很安静欣賞，連我隔離一位大約6、7歲的小妹妹也很留心， 我相信是因為這套戲帶给他們一個信息，只要努力就一定會成功，只要有能力就應該多去行善幫人！能與孩子一起參與，這真是一個積極又正面的活動！』
Debora
『大家都看到熱淚盈眶，非常感動。這些都是我和朋友的兒時回憶。我們也很敬重 貴機構，聽到你們院長一席話，相信貴機構致力為受困苦及有需要的兒童謀福利！』
Carmen
『這套電影最觸動我的，是戲裏充滿了「情」! 有臧姑娘與媽媽及女兒的「親情」，有同屋鄰舍的「友情」， 有糖水伯伯的「恩情」，更有警官對小販的「憐憫之情」。另外令我最欣賞是臧姑娘對她的產品(水餃)的要求，要做到盡善盡美，那份堅持及執著，在現今時代已少之又少了。我也反省自己人生，是否有這份堅持及執著，活出生命的美善呢?』
Yvonne
『最震撼的一幕, 是藏姑娘在後巷洗碗時被撞跌，背躺在地，雙目仰天，彷彿在問：我這樣努力，為何得到這結果？以後該怎辦？女兒點算好？身體健康不是理所當然，一旦失去健康與力氣，真會使人一厥不振。 女主角也曾有輕生的念頭， 幸得女兒和鄰居的支持，一個轉念，成就下一個精彩的人生片段，感恩扶持。』
Debby
『原來「餃子」背後蘊含著臧姑娘和兩位年幼女兒的生命故事。從電影中，我感受到生命的堅毅，在困境中鄰里之間互相扶持的人情味，在執法與人情之間的體諒，都令我十分感動。有幸在播道兒童之家慈善專場聽到兩姊妹的親身分享。活動完結時，我走向家姐並告訴她：「我的奶奶今年91歲，她指定要食你們出品的餃子啊！」』
Emma
“ Two of my friends came to HK in those days and had similar experiences. They liked the movie very much and the movie reminded them of those people who helped them in those early days.
Edwin
Where to go after the age of 18? For an independent life, they firstly need to have a “stable home”! The youth hostel of Evangel Children’s Home (ECH) in Wong Tai Sin provides low-cost housing in the urban. Through the 2nd Chance in Life – Youth Home Service, let the youth find the oasis in life, a place that gives strength and rest, and gain the feeling of home that their original family cannot give. Why would former residents recommend ECH youth hostel? Please understand and apply now.
Few hostels at Evangel Children’s Home extended building, located at 120, Shatin Pass Road, Wong Tai Sin, are still available.
Near Wong Tai Sin MTR station. Minibuses directly to university in Kowloon Tong and Festival Walk.
Convenient transportation. Low cost and good value.
Accommodation Support and Career Development for 2nd Chance
in Life
Icy (a former resident)’s sharing: “In fact, for an 18-year-old youth, without family support and facing confused future, it is very important to have someone to help.” Lack of family or other financial support, face challenges of residence, self-reliant living, further education and employment, turn out a helpless situation. 2nd Chance in Life – Transitional Sponsorship Program has been established for more than ten years, and has helped countless young people transit to self-reliant living, equip them, overcome all difficulties and successfully move up in adversity, and help them get started with service elements such as residency, career development, knowledge, connection, support and hope, and funding. The mentor through counseling and care, continue to care for all residents even after their leaving.
In this fast-paced and high-pressure society, this place brings a living source of love, firm support and endless encouragement, igniting their hopes for the future.
Former residents’ sharing
Affordable Accommodation as “Start-Up” Assistance,by浩文
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 a youth hostel 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, accommodation allowances, student allowances and other assistance, which perfectly matched my needs.
Career Development, Counseling and Advance Training, by Laura
The hostel 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 flow. The service provides life coaching and career planning, which would be a powerful force for young people to go upstream and pushed me to bravely pursue my dream and become a registered nurse.
Find the way, by Kyle
ECH mentor introduced a job to me, and let me found 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 my good brother, friend and roommate Victor.
Find the warmth and love of home, by Lynn The biggest gain from living there for two years is learning how to get along with a group of young people similar to myself. 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” feeling that my original family could not give me.
Go through the difficult stage, by Icy
This place really feels like home to me! At that 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. In the ten years since I left, my mentor has continued 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, and determined to influence lives with my life.
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 completed 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).
Evangel Children’s Home will organize an “Individual Volunteer Briefing Session 2” of this fiscal year on Oct 26, 2024 (Saturday). This is for those who are interested in becoming volunteers to learn more about the mission and services of the organization.
We welcome mature individuals aged 18 or above, support the mission of our organization, to join us as an individual volunteer with love and care. This is not for material rewards but to bring positive changes to our residential children and youth.
Date: Oct 26, 2024 (Sat) Time: 10:00am – 11:30am (registration starts at 9:45am) Venue：Evangel Children’s Home – Mini Hall
120 Shatin Pass Road, Wong Tai Sin
(Go to Exit A of Wong Tai Sin MTR Station, take the 18M green minibus, get off at the Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital station, cross the road to the opposite side) For map and directions: https://www.ech.org.hk/en/contact-us/
The briefing will be conducted in Cantonese.
Types of Volunteers needed:
Volunteers for Activities and Other Skill Sets*
Large-scale event support group
Technical team* (Assist in art design/ website & multi-media design / photography and recording/ video production/ information technology/ promotion)
After-school activity group
Fund raising and charity sale
*Priorities in recruiting volunteers
For those who are interested in becoming volunteers but have not registered yet, please download and fill out the “Individual Volunteer Registration Form”, and then email to info@ech.org.hk and write on the email, register for the briefing session also.
Volunteer applications will be reviewed and to be matched in accordance with the organization’s recruitment procedures and service needs. After completing the registration form, you must attend the “Individual Volunteer Briefing Session” according to service requirements”. Whether the applicant can be arranged for volunteer service opportunities will depend on the needs and service consideration of the organization. We thank for volunteers’ initiatives but there may be cases that no further notice will be given if we are unable to arrange. Applications for family/group volunteers are not applicable. Evangel Children’s Home reserves the right for final decisions when changes become necessary.
Give children more cultivation and targeted training opportunities, and I believe every child can become a star-level outstanding child! Different groups, workshops and activities are specially designed for primary school students with special education needs, allowing them to build diverse abilities through games! Don’t miss it!
Activity goals:
Children-oriented: Organize tailor-made developmental activities and SEN training to meet children’s special needs Family Focus: Strengthen family unity and promote family harmony.
Targets:
Children aged 6-13 who attend mainstream primary schools and are assessed as having special educational needs (S.E.N.)
(Mainly for children from CSSA or low-income families who lack appropriate care during the day, but also for ordinary families)
Activities (10/2024-2/2025):
‧”5** Self-Confidence Improvement Group” – Get to know yourself and learn to appreciate yourself through games and activities;
‧”Origami Handicraft Class for Small Hand Muscles” – Improve the fine motor skills of fingers and palms, train hand-eye coordination, and improve writing;
‧”Play to Develop Execution Skills in Small Group” – enhance children’s reaction inhibition, working memory and flexibility through games and visual cues;
‧”Parent-child Special Play Time Parent Workshop”- parent-child activities and games strengthen parent-child intimacy, children are to put down their mobile phones to share intimate time;
‧”Lego Play for Multiple Abilities” – Use six-color building blocks to carry out interesting activities to train children’s concentration, social and emotional expression skills;
‧”Christmas and New Year’s Fun Time at Day Care” – Let children learn and have fun during the holidays, including tutorial, activities, crafts and refreshments, etc.
Opening hours: 10:00-18:30 (Monday to Friday) 10:00-18:00 (Saturday) Closed on Sundays and public holidays
Let your children shine and their abilities to soar! Please register as a member now (free of charge) and fill out the form. Quotas are limited and will be handled on a first come first served basis. Evangel Children’s Home reserves the right to make the final decision on events.
Service unit location: Evangel Children’s Home – Children’s Day Care Service Centre (2nd Floor, Extended Building, 120 Shatin Pass Road, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon)
播道兒童之家將於2025年10月11-12日 (星期六及日) 舉辦二手名牌慈善義賣2025，義賣收益將不扣除成本全數撥捐播道兒童之家，用作孩子住宿的家舍舊大樓改善工程經費。多位藝人及慈善家響應支持，關心妍、劉倩婷、林淑敏、李亞男、鄭子誠、陳芷盈、劉港源、張蕙然、徐偉賢、Ada Lui 及蔣麗萍已在短片呼籲，請出席支持慈善義賣籌款。一起為孩子共建美好家園！
You’re invited! 歡迎與親友一同出席！
🕑日期:10月11日及12日（Sat & Sun） 🕰 時間: 10:30am – 7pm 📍地點: 港島香格里拉酒店 – 泰山廳 (香港金鐘道88號太古廣場) Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong – Taishan Room
Please plan a happy summer vacation for your children! “Day Care Service” has launched a series of exciting summer and after-school activities, specially designed for primary school students with special educational needs, allowing them to grow in learning and fun! Sign up quickly, don’t miss out!
Activity goals:
Children-oriented: organize tailor-made developmental activities and SEN training to meet children’s special needs
Targets:
Children aged 6-13 who attend mainstream primary schools and are assessed as having special educational needs (S.E.N.) (Mainly for children from CSSA or low-income families who lack appropriate care during the day, but also for ordinary families)
Activities (June-October):
“CHILL FUN” Post-Examination that allows children to combine learning with playing after exams,
“Happy Summer Vacation” with homework tutoring, outing activities, group activities, camping, sports classes, art classes, STEM education, and recreational time;
Through simulated classes, students learn how to pack their schoolbags, learn routines, etc. to help children prepare for the “Adaptation Week” when entering primary school;
Use six-color building blocks to carry out interesting activities and train children’s concentration, social and emotional expression skills in “LEGO Play for Multiple Abilities”;
The “NCS Group” helps non-Chinese speaking students integrate into school life through simulated scene dialogue, street interviews, games or stories to learn Chinese.
Let your children shine this summer! Please register as a member now (free of charge) and fill out the form. Quotas are limited and will be handled on a first come first served basis. Evangel Children’s Home reserves the right to make the final decision on events.
Service unit location:
Evangel Children’s Home – Children’s Day Care Service Centre (2nd Floor, New Building, 120 Shatin Pass Road, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon)
Evangel Children’s Home will organize an “Individual Volunteer Briefing Session” of this fiscal year on June 15, 2024 (Saturday). This is for those who are interested in becoming volunteers to learn more about the mission and services of the organization.
We welcome mature individuals aged 18 or above, support the mission of our organization, to join us as an individual volunteer with love and care. This is not for material rewards but to bring positive changes to our residential children and youth.
Date: June 15, 2024 (Sat) Time: 10:30a.m. – 12:00 noon (registration starts at 10:15a.m.) Venue：Evangel Children’s Home – Mini Hall
120 Shatin Pass Road, Wong Tai Sin
(Go to Exit A of Wong Tai Sin MTR Station, take the 18M green minibus, get off at the Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital station, cross the road to the opposite side) For map and directions: https://www.ech.org.hk/en/contact-us/
The briefing will be conducted in Cantonese.
^Types of Volunteers needed:
Volunteers for Activities and Other Skill Sets*
Large-scale event support group
Technical team* (Assist in art design/ website & multi-media design / photography and recording/ video production/ information technology/ promotion)
After-school activity group
Fund raising and charity sale
*Priorities in recruiting volunteers Volunteers for Tutorial Class
For those who are interested in becoming volunteers but have not registered yet, please click https://www.ech.org.hk/Support Us/Personal Volunteers/, download and fill out the “Individual Volunteer Registration Form”, and then email to info@ech.org.hk and write on the email, register for the briefing session also.
Deadline for both Individual Volunteer Registration and participation of Briefing Session will be on June 6, 2024 (on a first-come-first-served basis).
If you have submitted the “Individual Volunteer Registration Form” after October 2023, you will receive the “Volunteer Briefing Invitation Email” before May 31, 2024. If for some reasons, you have not received the “Invitation Email” by May 31, 2024, Please submit again or contact us, thank you!
Volunteer applications will be reviewed and to be matched in accordance with the organization’s recruitment procedures and service needs. After completing the registration form, you must attend the “Individual Volunteer Briefing Session” according to service requirements”. Whether the applicant can be arranged for volunteer service opportunities will depend on the needs and service consideration of the organization. We thank for volunteers’ initiatives but there may be cases that no further notice will be given if we are unable to arrange. Applications for family/group volunteers are not applicable. Evangel Children’s Home reserves the right for final decisions when changes become necessary.
The family members of the first-generation residents of the Evangel Children’s Home, carrying the love of Christ exemplified by the founder, Ms. Ruth Sundquist, generously donated a 2,000-square-foot property in Kowloon City. This allows our organization to have our own residence, offer more lodging in the community for “senior and youth co-living”, and launch the “Life Coaching – Always Stand by You” service. The “Love‧Inheritance Property Donation Thanksgiving Ceremony ” was held on 2nd of April in the hall of Evangel Children’s Home (ECH), witnessed the love passing down from generation to generation.
We had honorable guests attended the Thanksgiving Ceremony – they were from the property-donating family, Mr. Mak Hei Jit, Ms. Mimi Mak Siu Mei and her husband, Mr. Paul Tuen Yat Kan (we always call him big brother Yat-kan) who was brought up by ECH in 1950s, Mr. So Chun Ho (Chairman, Board of Director of E.F.C.C.), Rev. Chan Wing Chau (General Secretary of the E.F.C.C.), Mr. Lau Kwok Wa (Chairman, The Board of Directors of ECH), together with the children, youth representatives and our staffs who witnessed the grace of the Lord. Through the sharing of our guests, those young people from broken family could understand and feel more about the selfless love behind this precious gift.
Connecting Love with the Community
Mr. Lau Kwok Wa, delivered a welcome speech and shared about the origin of the “LifeCoaching – Always Stand by You” service. The Board of Directors, starting from the review and further development of youth services, brainstormed about the idea of the Life Coaching Youth Project. The Mak’s family had made a donation of their property to ECH, passing on love and connecting to the community. Then, our ECH worship team led us singing songs to praise our Lord. Afterwards, Ms. Vivian Law, Superintendent of ECH, narrated the development history of the youth home service and her expectations for the future.
Lighting Ceremony Ignites Mission Legacy
This property donation lit up a new page of the Youth service. A Lighting Ceremony was conducted by our honorable guests, including the property-donating family, board members of E.F.C.C. and beneficiaries. To ignite the light, the guests inserted ‘activation cards’ representing the eight major elements and cultivation directions of the Youth Home service – housing, companionship, gospel, knowledge, connection, funding, etc. – this is a metaphor for the new service giving the youth hope for future career development. The “lighting” symbolized the “Stand by You” co-living program stepping into a new milestone. This witnessed the “Love‧Inheritance” under Lion Rock in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, everyone struggles for small living space. Those homeless youth had to spend most of their salary on housing, but could only afford a tiny subdivided room. They even tried hard to save money for further education, the chance for upward mobility became slim. On the other hand, those retired missionaries, who have dedicated their lives overseas, cannot find suitable housing when they return back to Hong Kong. Therefore, our ECH big brother’s (the alumni, first-generation admitted child of ECH) family donated their precious property to us. We were really impressed. This spacious property is located near Kowloon City with convenient transportation and all necessities of life, which makes it very suitable for community housing service. This self-owned residence creates a space in which we can have it both ways – both youths and seniors can co-live, interact, and enrich their lives with each other. We are looking forward to passing on the mission from generation to generation
Main Guests conduct the Lighting Ceremony
(From left to right: Mr. Lau Kwok Wa (Chairman, Board of Directors of ECH), Rev. Chan Wing Chau (General Secretary of the E.F.C.C.), Mr. So Chun Ho (Chairman, Board of Director of E.F.C.C.), Mr. Oliver Mak, Ms. Mimi Mak, Ms. Vivian Law (Superintendent of ECH), Mr. Kyle Kwong (a youth representative of the ECH Youth Home)
“Love‧Inheritance under Lion Rock” – Sharing from Ms. Mimi Mak
Ms. Mimi Mak (Sister Mimi), on behalf of the property-donating family, shared her perception of this donation. She expressed, “God’s grace awaits us, no matter how difficult it is. God always has abundant grace.” “Thanks God, Ms. Ruth Sundquist raised up Paul, whom God prepared him for me (my husband). He was inspired with the gospel and believes in God, otherwise we would not have such fruitful blessings nowadays.” After her mother’s death, she continued, the inherited property has been unoccupied. One day, God moved her heart, and she conceived the idea of donating the property to ECH in where her husband, big brother Paul, grew up. The property’s inheritance rights, however, were jointly owned by her four siblings. When Mimi proposed the donation suggestion, all other three siblings agreed unanimously. “Commit your way unto the Lord; trust in him, and he will bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:5)” said Mimi. This shows the Lord’s wonderful guidance, passing on the Lord’s love through human hands, using the property in a more meaningful way, willing to “returning God’s blessings for God’s use.”
Ms. Mimi Mak and Mr. Paul Tuen
Foster home youth, Jessica, created an artwork based on our special character ” ” for making a souvenir for them. The artwork showed our home filled with love and peace. An angel was fishing leisurely under the stars – this represented our home is a place where youth can rest, develop and be guided. A “home” here means a house having a ‘man’ and with “Lord” together. (The special Chinese character ” ” was designed by the Senior Pastor at the time of Grace Church of EFCC.)
Gratitude Sharing from the Youths of Foster Children’s Home
Kyle, Lynn, Gary and Icy, who were those residents and alumni of the Youth Home, shared their stories about the time when they were at the Youth Home Service. They treated the Youth Home as an oasis in their life, a place where could provide them strength and rest. In Hong Kong which is a fast-paced society filled with pressure, our Youth Home is a place where love, support, and endless encouragement could be found; a place where their hopes for future could be nurtured. One of the youths shared his future goal is to follow the step like Mak’s family and “to donate an apartment to Evangel Children’s Home after 50 years!” Another alumnus has become a hostel parent at the residential children’s home and she determined to influence one’s life with her experience to help needy children. This really showed the meaningful life brought by the residential home service to the young people.
Vision‧Opportunity
Rev Law Siu Tsuen (Vice Chairman, Board of Directors of the Paulus Cultural Center) shared the short-term accommodation needs of missionaries through a video. General Secretary, Calvin Lau (E.F.C.C. – Hong Kong Overseas Missions Board) also shared the meaning and opportunity of the “Life Coaching – Always Stand by You” program, how the missionaries and the young people bless each other, and also ‘influence life with life’.
All Things Work Together for Good
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28. Rev. Chan Wing Chau (General Secretary of the E.F.C.C.), recalled how he heard about the” dream” two years ago, prayed, and kept waiting in front of God. He kept seeking guide for both the housing needs of the youth home and missionaries. From nothing to something, God’s grace was accomplished through the Mak’s family in an unexpectedly beautiful way. “What is impossible to be happened now turn to be really happened!” Let the good seeds be sown in good soil.
Rev. Chan Wing Chau (General Secretary of the E.F.C.C.) Gives Thanks and Blessings
Evangel Children’s Home thanks the Mak’s family for donating the property, which can provide more lodging for homeless youth and adults to co-live, expanding the 2nd Chance in Life – Transitional Youth Sponsorship Program in our community – “Life Coaching – Stand by You”. Those homeless youth can break through from the predicament of self-reliant living and go ahead for their goals without fear.
Please donate Red Packet to send blessings to our vulnerable children of Residential Care Service and ignite hope.
Leaping into the year of Dragon, the program helps improve the education and quality of living for those children beneficiaries who come from broken families or families with difficult background, helping them to thrive.
You can help a child in need with only HK$3.3 per day!
Please donate and become a sponsor to support the living of a child. It can be $100 or above for each child per month and sponsor the child for at least one year. More than one child can be sponsored. (According to your will and ability, welcome to donate and support multiple children at the same time. )
《水餃皇后》映後分享會完整版短片 – 臧姑娘女兒黃蓓和黃蓬真情剖白
從播道兒童之家孩子提問，她們剖白兒時與媽媽之間的關係，分享她們眼中的媽媽、母女及姊妹之情，以及兒時難忘回憶及感受，溫情滿載。
感謝各界支持，實現夥伴同行、香港精神。Asiatan、EJI林志強先生、播道會港福堂弟兄組 Jerry Lui 和特別嘉賓Raymond Yu 及余女士攜手同行，拿著寫上「堅毅‧希望‧拼搏‧逆境自強」的「餃子」為院護孩子打氣 。
孩子可以到戲院看電影，學習看戲票找自己的坐位，一邊看電影，一邊食爆谷、飲汽水，大家都樂透了！「臧姑娘」為家庭努力拼搏的生命故事，和鄰里守望相助的情已透過《水餃皇后》深深放在孩子的心裡。
路得家孩子(兩姊妹)親自繪畫「水餃家庭」答謝卡給Joanne 及Jessica姊妹，於活動日第一次當花女。
Joanne分享家人之間少不免有衝突的時候，勉勵孩子要記住，在這一刻家人已在能力範圍內給予最好的，孩子日後長大便會明白。
慈善電影為院護孩子家舍改善工程籌募經費，院長答謝每一位支持者及有心人的捐助。
