for and by the people affected by leprosy in Liangshan

January 2010 Issue
for and by the people affected by leprosy in Liangshan
Message from the Board
Welcome to 2010! On behalf of the board of RCHKS-Handa, we thank you
for your support and encouragement in the past year and wish you all a
joyful and prosperous year ahead.
Many events have happened in the last quarter of 2009 which brought
changes and enabled new development in 2010. To name a few, we
resumed direct management of the field operations, implemented a new
organisation structure, recruited a new chief executive officer, Bok Kam
Lun, and a new communication and administrative officer, Sebastian
Tseung, in Hong Kong, and inspired new volunteers like Dr Theresia Liem.
All these are certain to bring about new perspectives and achievements to
the project.
On 6 November 2009, we held our second annual general meeting (AGM).
The project and financial reports for 2008-2009 were adopted, Profectus
and Co was re-appointed auditors, and new board members were elected.
Board members for 2009-2010 are Peter Barrett as Chairman; Tony Leung
as Director of Finace; Nicholas Pirie as Director of Fund Raising; Liza Yu as
Honorary Secretary; Francesco Cavazzoni; Peter Chu; C Peabody Hutton;
Bernie Ting; Peter Wan and James Wardell.
Please welcome newcomers Liza Yu (Honorary Secretary) and Jim Wardell.
An Open Evening was held immediately after the AGM, which was a face-toface update to our members, donors, friends and volunteers on the project.
Through this we hoped to enhance direct communication and exchange
views among all interested parties to the benefit of the project. We reported
activities in 2009 and communicated plans for coming six months.
The Jinyang water system project was completed in February and the
rehabilitation and activity centre was officiated in May by Dr David Anderson
and local government officials. Community development plans were rolled
out in Xide and Ganluo with guidance of newly engaged consultant Prof
Chen Xiaobo. Village committees were set up for consultation of village
programmes, as a first step for the villagers to become independent and
eventually capable of managing their own programmes.
The eye surgery programme was successfully completed with 34 villagers
regained eye-sight. The new 5-year plan of the Liangshan Centre for
Disease Control and Prevention was received.
The Board has strengthened corporate governance, expanded
membership and formalised structures and documentation of policies, and
published a communication timetable. Board representatives also set up
a booth at Rotary International Convention in Birmingham in June 2009 to
bring the project to international Rotary communities, and feedback was
positive.
Plans up to March 2010 were also unfolded. Efforts to improve physical
rehabilitation will be continued, as well as those in volunteer recruitment
and development, social integration and public acceptance. Extension
of community development plans to cover two more villages would be
studied. Microfinance programmes in Xide and Ganluo would be improved.
Stove and flue units would be provided for in selected villages to improve
hygiene and living conditions. Village sow banks would be developed. In
general, further improvements would be built on established grounds and
new initiatives would be introduced wherever needed and feasible.
The project report covered activities and achievements of the past year.
The progress and achievements of the project were indebted to many
While the report is available to members and donors, we would like to
people and organisations who have contributed their time, money,
highlight some key updates here. A breakthrough in social integration of the
expertise and effort. We would like to take this opportunity to say a big
PALs was noted from the International Day of Dignity
“THANK YOU.” Special thanks go to our PALs,
and Respect for PALs held on 11 March 2009 where
Liangshan CDC, Liangshan Public Health Bureau,
thousands Xichang citizens attended the events
Liangshan People Friendship Association, Rotary
held for and by PALs. Large number of volunteers
District 2450, Rotary Club of Hong Kong South,
were mobilised, and many of them continued to be
various other Rotary Clubs in Hong Kong, Italy
involved with the project. Confidence boosted, PALs
and the UK, Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, St
in Puge initiated and organised their first ever social
Stephen’s Chapel Stanley, Order of St Lazarus in
integration programme riding on their traditional
Malta, Profectus & Co, colleagues on the Board,
Torch Festival and invited participation of non-PAL
Sally Chun and Liza Yu. The list can go on and on.
communities. Much progress was achieved in
Finally may we all wish good health and prosperity to
building self-esteem of PALs and acceptance from
our PALs in Liangshan.
the community. This was an important step towards Our new board members: from left: Bernie
Ting; James Wardell; Francesco Cavazzoni;
elimination of social stigma.
Peter Barrett
Liza yu; Nicholas Pirie; Peter Barrett; Peabody
Chairman
Hutton; Dr David Anderson and Tony Leung
Contents
Message from the Board .......................................................1
Message from the new CEO .................................................7
The Xide Embroidery Co-operative Changed Our Lives ....... 2
Christmas Fête by St. Stephen’s Chapel Stanley..................7
Activities Highlights September-December 2009 ...............3-5
Welcome to New Staff in Hong Kong ....................................8
My First Visit as Volunteer Medical Consultant .....................5
Acknowledgement to Donors.................................................8
Yi New Year in Xide ...............................................................7
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The Xide Embroidery Co-operative
Changed Our Lives
The embroidery team started with making
small items such as coasters and purses.
by Jibu Wuniu
(Original in Chinese)
We Yi Women traditionally
wear colourful and attractively
patterned
clothes
made
by our own hands.
This
has caught the attention of
Jidi Shiri, the community
development
officer
of
RCHKS-Handa. Thinking that
we could utilise our traditional
needlework skills to improve
our livelihood, he organised
us to form a team to make
some embroidery patterns in
2006.
As a start, wrist bands,
small purses and Yi style
ring accessories were made
for sale at the charity sales
organised by our partner, St
Stephen's Chapel Stanley in
Hong Kong. Our embroideries
were well received. We made
over a thousand RMB from
the sale. We were all very
excited. Women in our village
never had our own money
before, as men dominated
our society. Conventionally,
the men do not understand
our needs.
Jibu Wuniu and her daughter; look at their genuine smiling
faces, this shows how this programme has improved their lives.
We must go on and spread this programme to other villages.
Encouraged, we carried on
making embroideries for sale
through the help of the project staff and St Stephen’s. We received more than two thousand
RMB from sales in 2007, and the amount more than doubled a year later. In 2009 we made
RMB15,780, which was a real breakthrough for us.
Yi woman wearing traditional dress for
special occasions, the more the silver
accessories the better.
Team member
showing a
embroidered
square she
made.
We recognise that in order for the sales to grow, we must sharpen our embroidery
skills, improve the product quality and expand the range of products. The project
staff have been supporting us in all these and we are grateful to them. We
would like to specially thank the tall Canadian lady, Jenya Hayhoe, for helping
us with the design and marketing. Without their help and encouragement, it
would not be possible for us to make it this far.
The making of embroidery products means a lot to us. Not just that we
make money from it, but more importantly it enabled us to change our
lives. We are now able to have our own money to buy fertilizers for our
The embroidery team in Xide
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Activities Highlights
September-December 2009
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September 2009
• Professor Chen Xiaobo was appointed as Project Manager in
Xichang
• Incomes from sales of products were paid to the women in the
Embroidery Co-operative in Xide. Their social and family status has
now improved. They have offered as a result, to do more embroidery
items.
Now we not only wear clothes made by ourselves, but also big smiles
plots. We can buy women health care products and medicines that
we need for ourselves and the children. We are able to meet some
of our daily needs, without relying on our husbands. We no longer
need to painfully beg our husbands for monies.
We are free to manage our own money and make appropriate
decisions on how to spend it. We in the embroidery co-operative do
not have to fight with our husbands over small money issues!
Just five of us started the co-operative in 2006, and now there are
31 of us. From the small items like wrist bands and purses we
made at start, we have expanded our range of products to include
tote bags, tee shirts, coasters, and patterned patches designed for
different use.
We are looking forward to promoting more embroidered goods at
more charity fairs in Hong Kong. This provides opportunities, as
well as incomes, to us less advantaged women which we would
not otherwise have. We live in remote mountain villages, which still
carry the heavy stigma of leprosy.
I would like to thank the project team and volunteers like Jenya for
initiating the embroidery project and developing the co-operative.
We hope this can set a role model for other mountain villages that
carry the leprosy stigma in Liangshan.
Distributing money to the lady team members of the embroidery
co-operative
• The community development foundation programme has continued
with the giving out of pig rings and building renovations before
installing special stoves.
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October 2009
• Dr Theresia Liem, who volunteered to help our project as medical
consultant, made her first visit to Liangshan with our Medical Director,
Dr David Anderson. They visited the villages of Ganluo, Xide and
Yanbian. They also followed up on Chen Hongjiao in Ganluo and
other special cases.
Dr Anderson and Dr Liem examining Chen Hongjiao’s improved
limb responses after her spinal operation.
The hottest selling items for 2009 - tote bags.
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I wish people in all walks of life would enjoy and like the products
we make with joy and blessing, as they have changed our lives for
the better. Thank you for
making the great efforts
to have the products sold
in Hong Kong. Thank you
RCHK - Handa.
Volunteers wearing Yi
clothes made by the team
Facts about Xide
Year of Establishment: 1958 as Leprosy Village
Administrative Name: Qian Jin Village
Activities Highlights
September-December 2009
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November 2009
• New CEO of the Project K L Bok paid his first visit to Liangshan and
met with the staff in the Xichang office. K L visited the Huili Village to
have a better understanding of the life of PALs in the village as well
as the daily operation.
• Journalist Wu Yaoyao went to Puge with Dr Kelly Xu to visit Qian
Zhichang, the only Han PAL
in Puge for the preparation
of a TV documentary about
him and the village to be
broadcast by the Phoenix
TV.
Qian Zhichang
interviewed by Wu Yaoyao
accompanied with Dr Kelly
Xu
Population: 336 villagers living in three hamlets
Ethnicity: Yi
People affected by Leprosy: 110 (50 with visible disabilities)
Geography: The village is 2,500 metres above sea level and divided
into three hamlets, two located on the two sides of a mountain stream
and one at the top of the mountain. In general, the houses are clustered
together. It takes 1.5 hours to walk through the three hamlets.
Infrastructure: There is water and 2 phase power supply.
Villagers have to walk along a muddy footpath to a narrow track along
the stream bed, to reach the main road leading to Xide Town a few km
away. The road is not accessible by 4 WD during the rainy season from
July to September.
A health clinic and recreation centre was built in 2008. Two health care
workers and a village doctor serve the PALs. Medical supplies to the
clinic are not abundant.
The prefectural government has given a subsidy to each family to
renovate their houses but stoves and flues were not provided for in
the new houses. RCHKS-Handa provided new sets of heating/
cooking stoves and proper flues for ten families, demonstrating to and
encouraging other villagers to install and use stoves and flues in their
new houses which is a step towards improving their living and hygiene
condition.
Economy: There are 500 mu of arable land, but it slopes steeply. The
soil is not fertile. Productivity is entirely dependant upon rainfall higher
up in the mountains. There is a long dry winter season and this limits
the variety of crops grown. Villagers grow maize, potatoes, cabbages
and radishes. Small areas are planted with buckwheat. On the lower
slopes there are apple and walnut trees. Villagers also raise pigs, goats
and cattle for cash to supplement their food supply, but heir animal
husbandry skills need to be improved. The staple crops are maize
and potatoes. Occasionally they eat rice or even pork when there are
guests or during special festivals. The per capita income is very low so
younger villagers leave the village to work in cities. The embroidery cooperative was set up in 2006. After a slow start, this has substantially
increased the women’s income, but also their social status. In 2009,
RCHKS-Handa started the first micro bank scheme and granted loans
of RMB40,000 for the purchase of 15 sows.
Education: There is one school in the village which was renovated in
2008. There are 90 pupils attending classes from grade 1 to grade 9.
The boys to girls ratio is 6:4.
Other Subsidies: PALs receive allowances from the government,
ranging from RMB33 to RMB120 a month each depending on their
disabilities.
Wu Yaoyao and Puge Village kids in the school playground.
• Staff in Xichang attended a talk on “Participatory Community
Development Planning” organised by Professor Chen Xiaobo, our
Project Manager to strengthen the communication and cooperation
between staff.
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December 2009
• The project took up rehabilitation work of a new village, Kang Le
Village in Moxi, Ganzi Prefecture, near the border with Liangshan.
• Dr Liu Guangyou, our workshop technician went to Moxi (Kang Le
Village) to examine and fit new artificial limbs for PALs there.
Dr Liu Guangyou fitting artificial limbs for the PALs in Kang Le
Village, Moxi
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My First Visit as Volunteer
Medical Consultant
by Dr Theresia Liem
Some time ago, I was asked by a very good friend of mine, an
exceutive medical director of a hospital at the Peak, whether I was
interested in a volunteer work for a leprosy project. (I’m an internist
oncologist trained and practiced in the Netherlands for nearly two
decades).
Activities Highlights
September-December 2009
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December 2009
Beginning 2009 Mr Nick Pirie contacted me, since then the ball started
rolling and we decided to make a trip to visit the villages in Liangshan.
On 27 October 2009, accompanied by Prof David Anderson I travelled
by bus from Kowloon to Shenzhen Bay. So far our trip went smoothly,
and we arrived in Shenzhen airport long before the departure time.
Unfortunately for an unknown reason the flight was delayed for more
than two hours and we missed our connection flight from Chengdu to
Xichang.
We started thinking of looking for a hotel to stay overnight, but we were
relieved when we learned that the airline would provide us an airport
hotel. Other than my previous experience with the airport hotels, this
airport hotel located in front of Chengdu old airport was quite special,
not only did they provide us dinner and breakfast but also bed bugs
and poor sanitation.... It seemed that our adventures had started.
PALs having their eyes examined.
• Filming of the documentary about PAL by Phoenix TV started. It
is hosted by the renowned journalist Ren Ren. The documentary
should help improve public education about leprosy and reduce
the stigma. Sichuan Provincial Education Bureau officials, and the
officials from CDC in Liangshan Prefecture are interviewed.
Anyway the next morning after breakfast, we were heading Xichang.
Sally Chun picked us up at the Xichang airport. Fortunately, after a
short briefing at the office in Xichang we could start our trip by SUV
as planned.
We planned to visit three villages, Ganluo, Xide and Yanbian. On
average it took us nearly the whole day to travel before we arrived
at our destination. The longer we travelled the more beautiful the
sceneries, they were really marvellous. The long travelling time was in
fact quite useful, as I had opportunities to learn more about the project
and to discuss the cases with the team.
The first village we visited was Ganluo, a small remote village on the
top of the mountain. From quite a distance in the car we already could
see the white houses and the new school building of Ganlou, it’s quite
picturesque.
The villagers were very friendly. It’s very impressive that they let
us freely inspect their houses and showed us everything without
hesitation. Some of the households are neat and tidy but most of them
were quite messy, and had bad beddings. The toilet is located outside
the house between the cow and the pigs, with just a slit in the ground.
Phoenix TV reporter, Ren Ren interviewing Qian Zhichang, the only
Han Chinese in Puge village with Sonya Li of our staff.
Filming of the TV documentary at the home of Mr Qian
• An annual evaluation and planning meeting was held among CEO
K L Bok and the staff in Xichang office.
Dr Liem and Dr Anderson with the staff
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is quite moving to see the less privileged
children so keen to study further than the
village can provide.
Although every house has running cold
water and a tub in the front garden, where
they can do their laundry and ladies wash
their long hair but there is neither hot water
nor the facility to take shower.
We learned that they take shower in the
same place where the toilet is located with
the cow and pigs as companies.
Two households have bi-functional wood
burning stoves placed in the living room,
and used as stove and heater. The stove
is expensive and will cost them RMB700
which is more than their annual income of
RMB500. However, it is affordable as they
can take a loan with interest. One of many
examples to illustrate their good mentality
is the fact that PAL pay back the loan with
equal rate of interest as others who take
loan from the bank, without expectation of
special treatment.
Chen Hongjiao learning to walk again after the
surgury provided by the Matilda Interiantional
Hospital with her mother.
Yanbian is the last place we have visited this
time. In fact it is not a village as such but rather
a home for elderly disabled PAL. Although the
building itself looks good, the path to the toilet
for those disabled people is not the easy one.
One PAL having bilateral amputations with
ulcer over one of his stump, so he travels on
a low board. Everyday he has to do, in my
eyes a kind of acrobatic movement whenever
he needs to go to the toilet along a curly and
uneven path. Not only is it quite risky, but this
way his ulcer has never had a chance to heal
because of the repeated trauma he gets.
The living circumstances of the PAL mentioned
above are just some of the special cases we
saw when visiting those those villages.
I think our team in Xichang is quite
motivated, although there is always room for
We also supervised the health care worker,
improvement. Now we are implementing our
A Mu taking care of PAL, he is skilful and
guideline for the field medical staffs.
dedicated. He also donated a piece of his
land for the village health care centre and
Concerning the facilities, in the near future
Dr Liem and Dr Anderson visting Kui Hua
Rehabilitation building. The young children
we definitely should pay more attention to a
Village in Ganluo.
in Ganluo share the school with the children
better hygiene, sanitation condition and the
from the “normal” villages in the surrounding,
future of the children, e.g. by providing them scholarship to get
so far it seems that they are ”accepted“ as schoolmates.
higher education.
The next village we visited is Xide which is quite different from
As an oncologist I have seen many agonies of our cancer patients
Ganluo. The landscape is different, and most of the time I needed
and their family, we used to think to be the worst. However, whenever
help from the villager to go up and down the bad maintained path.
visiting the PAL, I would think that it doesn’t cause less agony just
For the disabled PAL it is quite difficult to make access.
because leprosy is not a deadly disease. Especially for those who
have lost the function of their extremities, mutilated by the disease
We inspected the health care worker and visited the health care
and isolated by the society for their whole life long.
centre run by Dr Lu, an older village doctor. Although I believe they
definitely have good mission, there is still much room to improve
It is good that we are concerned about diseases with high incidence
their clinical practice to reach a good standard.
in the developed countries and spend our efforts, time and money
to do research to improve its treatment because they are next door,
There are also many children living in Xide, most of them are
but it doesn’t mean we may ignore leprosy because we don’t see
motivated to study further after they attend the primary school. It
them in our neighbourhood.
It is very important to help PAL to help themselves that
they eventually may go back and be accepted by the not
PAL counterpart in the society. Our challenge is to improve
their living standard and quality of life, without changing
the core of their culture but keep giving respect to their
dignity. To reach these targets, it is also quite essential to
work together, to have a good communication and relation
with the local authorities.
Last but not least, I would like to thank Dr Hans Schrader
who has informed me about the project, Dr David Anderson
who has introduced me to the team in Xichang and the
PAL and taken care of me during the trip, to Sally, Xiaobo,
the team and RCHKS-Handa who have organized the trip
and to my family for letting me join the project.
PAL in Yanbian growing maize and vegetables
to supplement their daily meals.
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Yi New Year in Xide
by Jidi Shiri
(Original in Chinese)
Zhushi means “New Year” in the Yi language. In 2009, the New Year
of the Yi people, and thus villagers in Xide, fell on 21 November. Every
family was busy preparing food and necessities for the Yi New Year,
people even did not have time to sit around and chat.
According to the custom, villagers gather and log firewood from the
mountain 15 days before the New Year. They store the firewood at
home, and use them to keep the stove burning during the New Year. It
is tradition that the fire must be kept alive continuously for the first three
days and nights of the New Year.
Families gather for dinner at the New Year’ Eve to celebrate the
completion of the year. A Green Bean Soup, called A-pu-lao-ce-ji in Yi
Language, is a must have for the dinner. Everyone must at least have
one bowl. After dinner and before dawn, villagers clean their houses,
making sure that all dust and dirt are gone before the sun rises on the
New Year’s Day.
The Yi people mostly eat pork, and especially during festivals for
celebration. The first day of the year is the day to kill pigs for the New
Year feasts. Young men in the village will go from house to house to
perform the scared task. They place large and small bamboo mats
on the floor and slaughter the
pigs on them. Large mats are for
use outside the house, while the
small ones for use indoor. Once
done, they enjoy the rest of the
day eating barbecued pork and
drinking home brewed wines.
Yi women making glutinous rice cake
The second day of the New Year
is a busy day for the women.
Message from
the new CEO
Hello, friends of PALs, it is the common concern
for people affected by leprosy that brought me to
the position. The organization has undergone quite
some changes recently: Handa ceased to be the
manager and the departure of our programme officer.
We have now ten leprosy rehabilitation villages and
expect to provide community development service
beyond the present two villages in the coming year.
The warm hearts of our staff, Board, members,
donors, supporters and friends meet here for the
common vision of development and improvement
of PALs. The optimal use of resources to bring
sustainable development to the people through
self help is a continued principle.
I know my long years of social service
management experience, the Board and staff will
help me meet the challenge in Hong Kong and
in Liangshan and I hope with our collaboration
we can bring systematic operation and planned
results to the next level.
K L Bok
December 2009
They will be busy making home
made sausages and marinating
pig stomachs and intestines
with spices. There is nothing
much for the men villagers to
do on this day. The older men Young male villagers preparing pork
will go from house to house, on the bamboo mat specially weaved
for this occasion
drinking home brewed wines
from different households and checking out which household has the
biggest pig carcass in the village. The young men usually play poker
games or sports such as basketball.
The men will set to work on the third day of the New Year, they chop
up the pig carcasses to make preserved meat. They will make pork
brawn by cooking up the head and trotters of a pig. It is customary for
Yi people to offer pork brawn to their parents-in-law when they visit
them during the New Year.
The fourth day is the day when married daughters, together with their
hushands, will pay a home visit to their parents. In Yi tradition, the
sons-in-law need to pay for the wines they drink at their in-laws’ home,
and usually a generous voluntary offering is expected. Thus most men
will get drunk on this day, and they sing and dance joyfully.
The New Year holiday for the Yi people lasts for several days. People
will stay in the village and not do any travel during the Yi New Year. If for
some reasons, villagers have to leave the village during the New Year
period, they will eat some pig intestines before they set off. Otherwise,
they will eat the pig intestines only on the seventh day of the New Year.
The meal with intestines is the completion mark of the Yi New Year,
signifying the end of the festive holiday.
Christmas Fête by
St Stephen's Chapel Stanley
by Nicholas Pirie
On a glorious sunny day, 5
December 2009, a number
of volunteers went to St.
Stephen’s Church Fête in
Stanley on Hong Kong Island
to help man the RCHKSHanda’s stall. We would like
to thank Sister Therese Sohier
ICM, Jenya Hayhoe and Tessa
Walker for helping us to raise
$5,850, and also Ricky Chan
for helping on the design and
production, and Sebastian for
co-ordinating the work behind From left: Jenya Hayhoe; Sister Therese Sohire ICM;
Tessa Walker and Sebastian Tseung at the back
the scenes.
On this occasion we sold mostly tote bags which were very popular and we sold
out, also got more enquiries for further shipments. All of the profits go directly to the
Xide Women’s embroidery co-operative to enable them to have an income of their
own. If you want to buy any of the items, please contact Sebastian on +852 2873
5050 or email: sebastian.tseung@rchks-handa.org.
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Welcome to New Staff in Hong Kong
Our programme officer Sally Chun has left us to work with children
affected by the earthquake in Chengdu after five years setting up the
project and bringing it to a new level. Thank you so much Sally.
and enable us to find the right staff to implement our community
development projects and rehabilitation projects, which are essentially
results orientated.
Sebastian Tseung joined as our new Communication and
Administrative Officer. Sebastian has worked in electronic
parts marketing for 13 years. He went on a Liangshan
trip as interpreter for Nick Pirie last year. After this trip, he
was determined to join the project to help PALs. He will
handle donations and you can contact him on +852 2873
5050 or email to sebastian.tseung@rchks-handa.org
To get the project going, two new members join the
Hong Kong office - Bok Kam Lun and Sebastian
Tseung. Welcome K L and Seb.
Bok Kam Lun (Pronounced as Bu Jianlin in Putonghua)
joined as our new Chief Executive Officer. He comes
from a strong background of social work in Hong
Kong, having previously worked in rehabilitation, and
for older people, running large projects and homes.
He has taught social work in Shenzhen recently.
His high standards of professionalism in Hong Kong
should mean better work flows, management controls
Chairman Peter Barrett
in the middle, CEO K
L Bok on the right and
Sebastian Tseung on the
left.
K L will work in and out of Hong Kong while Sebastian
stations in our Hong Kong Office. We wish them good
luck in helping RCHK-Handa to expand this exciting and
challenging project in Sichuan.
Acknowledgement to Donors
Donors who have made donations to the project during the period October to
December 2009 (in alphabetical order) :
Chan, Esther
Ho, Wing Kwong Alex
Li, Siu Ha Sue
Cheung, Kenneth
The Hong Kong And Far East Masonic
Liem, Giok Siong Theresia
Cheung, Kwok Leung Simon
Benevolent Fund Corporation
Ma, Lai Ha Jenny
Tam, Bin Sam
Cheung, Miu Ling Penny
HSBC Trustee (HK) Limited
Ng, Bessie
Tjong, Lai Ping Elaine
Chow, Yuen Wing Winnie
Lai, Pui Chun Ellen
Ng, Kwai Yin Caroline
Tsang, Yuk Ying Rita
Chu, Wing Him Anson
Lai, Siu Mun Shirley
Mr & Mrs Sceats
Wong, Kowk Fai David
Dong, Yan Xia Rebecca
Lau, Sau May Iris
Sheffield Quaker Meeting House
Wong, Yin Yu Liza
Fung, Yuk Yee Katherine
Lee, Bruce
Shum, Siu Bor John
Yelling Baptist Chapel
He, Jodie
Leung, Lai Shan Susanna
Shupack, Paul Adam
RCHKS-Handa Liangshan Leprosy Project
The Liangshan Leprosy Project was initiated by Rotary Club of Hong Kong
South in 2002. RCHKS-Handa Projects International Limited now runs the
project with the support of the Liangshan Prefecture Centre of Disease Control
and Prevention. It serves ten leprosy villages in Liangshan Yi Autonomous
Prefecture in southern Sichuan. There are approximately 1,700 villagers in these
villages, of whom 440 are affected by leprosy.
RCHKS-Handa Projects International Limited, a registered charitable
organisation in Hong Kong, is set up purposely to run the leprosy project in
mainland China. It is governed by a board of directors. Our vision is to provide
a healthy, sustainable socio-economic environment with enhanced education
opportunities in the leprosy villages in Liangshan.
Please feel free to contact us at info@rchks-handa.org or +852 2873 5050 if you
want to know more about the project or contribute to it.
Published by RCHKS-Handa Projects International Limited
Address: 601 Eastern Harbour Centre, 28 Hoi Chak Street, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Donation methods
Make your cheque payable to “RCHKSHanda Projects International Limited” and
send it to 601 Eastern Harbour Centre, 28
Hoi Chak Street, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.
Deposit your donation to The Hongkong
and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
bank account 004-808-275358-001
Donations from Hong Kong of HK$100 or
above are tax deductible. Please state your
name and address with your cheque or pay-in
slip if a receipt is required.
Tel: +852 2873 5050
Email: info@rchks-handa.org
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