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香港電台網站 : 第三台|#Hashtag Hong Kong| Dr Ning Fan, founder of Health in Action

Happy New Year. 
What is your goal for the New Year? When money, work or academics come with measurable standards for achievement, health was seldom on the top of the list until recent years. Being healthy couldn’t be made by a wish, or ensured by insurance coverage or taking health products. 
 
When prolonged life expectancy is a norm nowadays, no one would enjoy a poor quality of life just like if you have to take multiple medications every day, attend multiple specialities frequently and spend most of the time in elder homes or hospitals and this may consume 20-30% of your lifetime. There could be a way out by turning the focus to preventive and primary care, which put the focus on lifestyles related to our working environment, and to our living environment like access to green space, good air quality, our access to an affordable healthy diet, have time to do exercise, stress relief and we could achieve good sleep quality, not to mention our social li ....

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香港電台網站 : 第三台|#Hashtag Hong Kong|Catherine Tong Dannaoui, Executive Director of HandsOn Hong Kong

My first experience of a charity was when my mum and her friends set up The Springboard Project, a school program for English speaking children in Hong Kong with special educational needs. They started it because they couldn’t find anywhere in hong Kong for my brother and his friends to go to school. Looking back now, I see that those women saw a need and a gap that existed in the community, refused to accept it and chose to address it.
 
 
Since joining HandsOn Hong Kong 6 years ago, I’ve seen that most charities begin that way and HandsOn is no exception. It was founded 15 years ago by an American woman, Shaun Bernier. Shaun had been part of HandsOn chapters overseas and was surprised that Hong Kong didn’t have its own — connecting the manpower needs of local charities with volunteers who want to give their time but don’t know where to begin.
 
 
And so Shaun brought HandsOn to Hong Kong, organising her first volunt ....

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Want to help others and yourself? The mental health benefits of volunteering

The pandemic has chipped away at everyone's mental health. For 15-year-old Faith Hui, the many months of online schooling in Hong Kong, separated from classmates and friends, left her feeling lonely and disconnected. She put her hand up for voluntary work to do something for the community. What she didn't expect was the boost it would give her own emotional. ....

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