Posts tagged social

Benny Yuen | Founder of EARTH.er — Telling the story of this land with my heart

Benny is a designer living in Tai O. He has created an environmentally conscious fashion brand with a “Tai O/Hong Kong is our home” theme while being cognizant of environmental and social issues around the world.

Career, Politics, Arts, Environment, FashionWe Are HKers15 November 2020benny yuen, earth.er, founder, designer, art, design, artist, artists, arts, environment, fashion, brand, branding, tai o, home, social, issues, identity, self, unity, communityComment

Carmen | Frontline social worker, a mother, trying her best to accompany young people

In reality, there are differences between the aims and objectives of a social worker. We want to reach out to youths who are not cared for by the system, but only a handful of them would actually come to us for help. When a social movement puts our youth to on the spotlight, I ask instead—just how much is the government willing to help them?

Career, PoliticsWe Are HKers7 January 2020carmen, social, worker, tendarken, mother, youngsters, young, frontline, tea leaf Comment

Social worker Carmen | 31 Aug incident: a sad and helpless night. - “Until the truth is revealed, Hongkongers will never give up.”

I was really worried, and my heart was burning in anxiousness. I wanted to cry. But I kept reminding myself that I was working, I had to hold back my tears. What was really happening down there? What took the paramedics so long?

PoliticsWe Are HKers10 November 2019tea leaf, lui, carmen, social, worker, 31 aug, 831, truth, mtr, station, incident, prince edwardComment