Volunteering Opportunities For Kids In Hong Kong

Food Angel

Volunteer your morning or afternoon to pack hot meals with these angels at their central kitchen in Chai Wan or Sham Shui Po. Made using surplus ingredients, the meals get served to underprivileged communities in Hong Kong. Their website lists daily volunteer vacancies for kids aged 16 and up, and you can register online here.

Food Angel, multiple locations, +852 2801 5333, info@foodangel.org.hk, www.foodangel.org.hk.

Caring Visits

Perfect for the musicians or the crafty ones, bring joy and love to these youngsters. This home for mentally and physically disabled young children is looking for volunteers to host weekend activities for their resident children year-round. Play solo or perform as a father-and-son duo to put on a mini-concert. A crafting or painting session is perfect too to touch these children's hearts. They also need help with their garden as well as various maintenance tasks. For volunteering opportunities please click here.

Home of Loving Faithfulness, 7 Castle Peak Road, Fan Ling, New Territories, +852 2670 0676, info@holf.org.hk, www.holf.org.hk.

Soap Cycling

Help prepare soap donated by hotels for recycling and distribution to underprivileged families and schools in disadvantaged communities around Asia. Help with sorting, carving and recycling soap. Volunteers aged 15 and up can attend, while volunteers aged 12 and up can join with a parent in attendance. Held regularly on most weekends with both morning and afternoon sessions. For volunteering opportunities please click here.

Soap Cycling, info@soapcycling.org, www.soapcycling.com

Reading Buddies With Kids4Kids

Volunteers aged 14 and up or parents can give back while equipping themselves with new social, leadership and presentation skills with Kids4Kids’ Buddy Reading Program. Spend an hour or so with local primary school students reading English stories and playing fun games to help develop their love for stories. Volunteer induction organized twice monthly gets the Reading Buddies started.

Kids4Kids Buddy Reading Program, +852 3618 6810, info@kids4kids.org.hk, www.kids4kids.org.hk

Pet Fostering

Volunteer to be a Foster Parent and give a darling pet a temporary home. SPCA provides food, vaccines and check-ups while the guests can stay for any time from a few weeks to a few months. These baby canines and felines are great companions and can offer the perfect opportunity for kiddos to learn what it takes to care for another creatures and respect them. This service is most in need of volunteers. Sign up now! We've listed some other great charities below that could always need donations as well as help fostering and adoption services:

• SPCA, +852 2802 0801, www.spca.org.hk.
• Kristen's Zoo Charity, www.facebook.com/KirstensZooCharity/
• Tails Lantau, https://www.tailslantau.org/
• Hong Kong Dog Rescue, https://hongkongdogrescue.com/volunteer/fostering/
• Hong Kong Paws Foundation, https://www.hkpaws.org/foster
• LAP, https://lap.org.hk/foster.aspx

Beach Cleanups

Kids all love a treasure hunt! Sign up with HKCleanup and invite a family or a crew to join your hunt for trash and recyclables at one of HK’s non-managed beaches that really needs that extra loving care. Once registered, HKCleanup will furnish you with all instructions including drop-off points for your treasures. What other great way to get the kids to pitch-in and learn a thing or two about recycling? And as a reward, pack a picnic lunch to enjoy on the cleaned beach after!

HKCleanup, +852 2868 5585, info@hkcleanup.org, www.hkcleanup.org.

Mother's Choice

Mother’s Choice is a local charity serving many children without families as well as pregnant teenagers in Hong Kong. They run a robust student volunteer program with several opportunities, like the Youth Leadership Council, the Craft Makers' Program where volunteers help make crafts for children awaiting their forever families and their Student Summer Internship Program. More details here.

Mother's Choice, https://www.motherschoice.org/

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