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Founded in 1963, Heep Hong Society provides professional training and education to children and youth of diverse needs and their families, with the mission of helping these children and youth develop their potential and lead a fulfilling life. Nowadays, Heep Hong Society has over 50 units supported by the professional teams, including psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, social workers and pre-school teachers; providing services to more than 15,000 families every year in Hong Kong.
We believe that children and youth of different cultural backgrounds are entitled to have equal opportunities to develop their potential. In general, ethnic minorities children and youth with special needs living in Hong Kong face greater developmental challenges. Owing to language barriers, cultural and environmental differences, it is hard for their parents to grasp child-care knowledge, to identify problems of their children, and to make use of community resources to raise their children. In the absence of early intervention, the growth and development of their children is thus affected adversely. Heep Hong Society took the initiative to provide “Support Services for Ethnic Minorities Families of Children with Special Needs” since 2009 under the financial support of the Community Chest of Hong Kong and other funding.
In 2020, Social Welfare Department had designated Hoi Fu Parents Resource Centre as one of the five specialized ethnic minorities (EM) units. Under the new subvention, Hoi Fu Parents Resource Centre serves ethnic minorities families and their children residing in Yau Tsim Mong and Kowloon City Districts. By offering tailored culturally based services to them, it is hoped that EM service users can be better facilitated in the use of community service and thus meet their own needs.
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