{"id":6522,"date":"2023-02-28T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/27.111.83.53\/community-mutual-aid-and-public-education\/poverty-commons-caring-for-people-in-poverty-community-education-program\/"},"modified":"2024-11-03T00:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T16:05:58","slug":"poverty-commons-caring-for-people-in-poverty-community-education-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pschk.org\/en\/our-services\/community-mutual-aid-and-public-education\/poverty-commons-caring-for-people-in-poverty-community-education-program\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPoverty Commons\u201d- Caring for People in Poverty Community Education Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Introduction<\/b><\/h3>\r\nThe project uses various community-based approaches and focuses on the interaction with the public and experiential learning.\u00a0 The participants can have a deeper understanding of the poverty issues by first hand personal experiences.\u00a0 They can think about the root causes of the problem and how to responses to it. The Project aims to change public prejudices and concepts about the disadvantaged groups, eliminate discrimination and ensure that disadvantaged groups have opportunities for have upward mobility in the Society.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe operation expenses of the project is funded by Oxfam Hong Kong<\/u><\/a><\/strong>.\r\n

Goal<\/b><\/h3>\r\n
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  1. Arouse public awareness of poverty<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Foster empathy for the disadvantaged<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Enhance continuous public awareness and response to poverty by actions .<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Service Content<\/b><\/h3>\r\n
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      Human Library Training Class\r\n<\/strong><\/h4>\r\nThe focus of the service is to train the less resources older\r\npersons\/women to be interviewed by the public and share their stories of housing, food expenses, living support, and social life.\u00a0 The human library targets to examine the reality of supporting the older persons\/less resource families in a three-dimensional way and discuss policy changes in the near future.<\/li>\r\n \t
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      Community observatory survey and educational courses in schools<\/strong><\/h4>\r\nThe problem of poverty is a complex one.\u00a0 Observing, listening, and interviewing are equally important to enhance ones\u2019 understanding of the suffering of less resource groups. The community field trips allow the participants to have “on-site” observations and conversations with less resources households, so that they can have first-hand experiences; the details of the background and living conditions of the less rescource groups.\r\n