Rthkoperation Santa Claus 2008

Operation Santa Claus 2008 won a stunning success despite economic setbacks. This year, HK$11,002,664 was raised for 13 beneficiaries. Hats off to those who made it happen! A closing ceremony was held in 20 January 2009 at the Apex in Central Plaza ...

The Hong Kong Young Women's Association hopes to upgrade the facilities of it's Wan Wah Care and Attention Home for the Elderly. The renovation project will enable the elderly to lead a quality life. Steve James visited the centre and spoke to Physiot...

Sadly it is a fact that more than 50,000 teenagers run away from home each year. This year, Operation Santa Claus is supporting Youth Outreach, a crisis intervention center who searches the streets at night providing shelter and support to some of thes...

Society for Aids Care is a non-profit organization that helps AIDS and HIV patients face the daily hardship of their lives. Noreen Mir spoke to Alice Chan, the CEO of Society for Aids Care and Christopher Jackson, a director also from the charity. 16 D...

One of this year's beneficiaries is Caritas, which will use the funds to run vocational training courses for refugees under UNHCR protection in Hong Kong. The skills they learn will help them to integrate into their future resettlement country, as Ian ...

The Grace Link charity teaches people with disabilities martial art. Tim Littlechild visited Mong Kok Community Hall to find out more. 11 December 2008

Hong Kong Unison has been helping protect the rights of ethnic minority youth and children since 2001. Andrew Debmina met one young woman who has been greatly helped by this charity. But first, Unison campaign director Fermi Wong told him about specifi...

Angie Man is joined by David Zweig to talk about the Children's Heart Foundation, and his son's story. 4 December 2008

The Lions Kidney Educational Centre and Research Foundation was set up with the aim of reducing the incidence of kidney disease in Hong Kong. It also works to give a better quality of life to kidney patients and offers low cost haemodialysis to those i...

The Samaritans is a telephone helpline that was up to over 50 years ago for people for felt they had no one else to talk to. The Hong Kong branch gets thousands of calls every year but they have a problem – a telephone system that cuts out every time t...

Operation Dawn was founded by the Reverend John Paul Chan in the 1960’s. Peter King went to Operation Dawn’s headquarter in Prince Edward Road West to talk to Reverend Chan’s daughter Lilian Yeh, who took over his work and Kevin, who’s been a student a...

One of the more unusual beneficiaries this year is the Green Produce Foundation, an NGO that runs an organic farm and, for the past five years, a special community garden in downtown Tsuen Wan. It only has a small patch of unused government land, but i...

Katy Lo, Executive Director of End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation told Noreen Mir about the education program for youngsters under 18 against sexual abuse. 18 November 2008

Phil Whelan spoke to Andrea Gutwirth, Founder and Executive Director of Soul Talk Foundation. He asked her how she expected the Soul Talk to benefit from its association with the Operation Santa Claus. 13. November 2008

Operation Santa Claus 2008 launched itsopening ceremony on November 11 at Ocean Park to introduce this year's beneficiaries and to kick off the annual community-wide charity event. At the ceremony, officiating guests including the Wife of the Chie...