Time really flies! There are just less than 2 months left until the new year 2019. Please support the charity services of Light and Love Home by purchasing the “Let the Children Smile” calendar. All the photos in this calendar were taken during our trips to various countries including Nepal, Myanmar, Zambia, South Africa, India, Madagascar and the Philippines. Your support will help create more smiles.
Chinese version is available in Hong Kong and the English version is available in Canada.
To serve the people in the Thaketa Township of Yangon, Myanmar, Light and Love Home purchased a building and converted it into a community centre. The newly renovated building would provide a place for various activities and classes, such as English and music. At the opening ceremony, the students performed splendidly, which made us realize that with education, their potential would develop into incredible talents.
A missionary team consisting of more than 50 members flew from different parts of the world to participate at the opening ceremony. Some even wore the traditional Myanmarese clothing to more fully involve themselves into the local culture. By the team’s contributions, Light and Love Home could organize a great feast for the people of all ages at the community.
The people were especially grateful for the donations by Wilko Asia, which provided every family with a sack of rice. Such gifts attracted long queues even in the rain, which let us see a glimpse of how great their needs truly were.
為了服務仰光Thaketa Township的貧民區，光愛中心買了一幢房子，並加以修葺，改建成為社區中心，提供各項活動、學習及興趣班。開幕禮上，音樂班、英語班及其他興趣班的學生都有份表演。他們精采的演出，讓我們體會只要好好引導，他們的才華就能有所發揮。
超過50位義工的隊伍，出錢出力齊參與，並穿上緬甸服，增加氣氛。
謝謝義工團隊的分享，以致我們能招待貧民區的大大小小吃一頓豐富。
Wilko公司的捐贈，使我們能派發每個家庭一袋白米。小小的禮物，卻吸引遠近居民冒雨排隊，可見他們的需要是何等的大。
Words & Photos: Violin Chan
English Translation: Joe Lee
The photo selected for the exhibit poster was taken in Yangon, Myanmar at a dock where workers manually transported gravel from ship to land. Carrying large loaded baskets, they had to cross over the “bridge” countless times everyday. Their work was tiresome, repetitive, and draining. This scene represented their lives.
When looking at the “bridge” of this photo, I thought about another bridge. It is not a physical bridge but one that is made by love. Thus, this thought inspired the theme of this exhibit: Human to Human. The objective is to connect people from seemingly different worlds together by mutual understanding and care.
We are thankful for the incredible feedback from the students and the public for the exhibit hosted at the Fukien Secondary School. It was a great opportunity to share the stories through photos and the two presentations. The students may not had travelled outside Hong Kong much, perhaps only to a few typical tourist destinations. However through the exhibit, they could learn more about the needs of other people. By touching their hearts with these stories, we hope to inspire them to love, strive for social justice, and join us to do good works for our world together.
這是在緬甸一個建材生產工場拍攝的一輯照片，選了其中一張作香港攝影展覽的宣傳海報。
看著工人背著沉重的筐子，裡面盛滿了小石塊，走過木板搭起的「橋」。每天他們多次往返，一點不容易、不輕鬆，也沒有什麼樂趣，但這就是他們的生活。
看著，就想起這個主題「Human to Human，用愛做長橋」，意思是通過相展，把似乎不關連的兩個世界裏的人，連在一起，去認識、了解及關懷。
今次承蒙福建中學借出場地，不單為學生，也開放給公眾；既有相片展覽，也有分享會，實在是一個很好的機會。
學生和各方朋友反應良好，他們雖不太了解香港以外的世界（七天旅遊團，或什麼自由行，怎樣也不會接觸到的世界），但今次是個開眼界的好機會，看見別人的需要，自己的幸福。這樣的一步，會幫助人的心動起來，暖起來，溶化更多，讓人性的真愛、正義、良善可以發揮出來！
Words & Photos: Violin Chan
English Translation: Joe Lee
