NGO internships experience in Hong Kong (Part II)

On the afternoon of August 6th, we conducted a preliminary visit to the Association. On the 7th of August, during the day, the Association provided a day-long adventure for us. The activities of the activity were mainly interesting and enlightening. The program consisted of fresh game activities where students were fully immersed in the the high quality of professionalism of Hong Kong social workers. In the afternoon we carried out outdoor activities in the city peak, we wear a safety rope from the third floor down to the first floor, thrills, while greatly improving our courage and self-confidence.

At night, a few students were assigned to the self-reliance practice experience. Self-reliance Hall is a transitional dormitory for unemployed and working youth, serving young people (aged under 24) who have reached the working age (aged 15 or above) but have no independent living ability and who are referred by the Social Welfare Department Young persons (under 21 years) who are subject to probation because of a minor criminal offense. Staff and our brief introduction, we began to self-reliance and the youth began to contact. We first entered the guys self-reliance hall. This situation makes me and two companions work confidence and work enthusiasm dropped. I and two have been busy playing the game of young people chat for a long time only to get a simple greeting, and my companions and other young people in the exchanges also run into the wall. We do not speak Cantonese very much, and most of the young men who stand in the hall do not speak Putonghua. Therefore, we have serious language barriers with them. This problem was also let us discouraged. After an hour of struggling we 3 disappointed together. But we did not cringe, but began to sum up just experience. I watched the whole church, I found a few young people busy playing games, do not bother us, I am prepared to play their own experience in the game they are only involved in delusion. Some of the other several in the Internet, some in the non-stop call, and some watching TV. And a young man seems to have just come back from the outside, a person bored to eat. So I decided to start with him, and Hongfang they decided to continue to use English and just a little understanding of young people point of exchange. So we find a good start after the re-start the target. This really achieved results, through the efforts I learned a lot of his basic information, access to initial trust, I have some of the more sensitive topics have tentative contact. My companion has also made a lot of gains.

Stay tune for part III