Kowloon Lok Sin Tong has always been concerned about the holistic and healthy development of young people. Since 2016, it has participated in the "Healthy School Project" launched by the Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau to implement diversified personal growth activities and voluntary school testing activities for its 6 secondary schools. -"Sunshine Youth Project".
The goal is to promote the whole-person development of students' physical, mental, and social health, deepen the awareness of rejecting drugs, and assist schools in establishing a healthy and positive campus culture.
Recognize the Harm of Drugs and Build a Healthy Campus Life
In today’s age where Internet information is well developed, students can easily receive information from multiple sources. Good and bad are mixed, which can easily lead to myths and misunderstandings.
Moreover, under the influence of the epidemic in recent years, students are under varying degrees of physical and psychological pressure, and they are more susceptible to temptation.
In order to help students achieve whole-person development and clarify the myths about drugs, the project team has been propagating health messages in different forms, so that students can understand the harm of drugs and the importance of a healthy life from many aspects.
Every year, the project team will cooperate with participating schools’ annual themes and drug issues of public concern to carry out a series of on-campus health anti-drug talks and Sunshine Campus Week booth exhibitions to promote health anti-drug information to students, including drug hazards, stress awareness and stress reduction methods Etc., to improve students' anti-drug knowledge and pay attention to their mental health.
In addition to preventive education activities in the school, the plan also arranges for students to visit correctional facilities, such as Ma Hang Prison and Qingwei Valley Crime Prevention Education Center, so that students can understand their experiences and reflections and strengthen themselves through communication with people who pass by. , Refused to try the law.
The students said that through the project, they have deepened their understanding of poisoning and will increase their vigilance.
Preventive Education: Leshantang Yu Jinqing Middle School (Thinking of the Road to Prisoners)
Multiple activities help students build self-confidence
The project hopes to help students build self-confidence, discover their potential, and strengthen their resilience through diversified activities, so as to face different challenges in life.
In order to cater to the needs of different students, the planning team worked with partner schools to formulate appropriate personal growth activities, including helping personal interest development and talent training, such as coffee latte classes, leather making classes, photography and film editing classes, etc.; to develop students’ problem-solving skills Outdoor skills training classes, such as mountain art classes, outdoor climbing classes, etc.; leadership and volunteer training to enhance the ability to get along with each other, and career planning workshops to assist students in planning their future careers and industry sharing in the "live library" industry, etc., so as to assist students from multiple perspectives Develop potential, build self, and become a person who contributes to society in the future.
Leadership training: Le Shan Tang Liang Kuan Ju College
The two participating students of the "Sunshine Youth Project", Ma Tongle and Cheng Pak-ho, think that participating in the project has brought a lot of changes to their lives.
In the past, they were not confident enough to do things and did not know how to take care of others.
Student Ma said: "We plan to arrange a lot of different types of outdoor activities for us to experience, so that we have the opportunity to contact a lot of people and colleagues that we don't usually contact. I remember that there was an event where we took a group of elementary school students to play floating Diving, let me try to take care of elementary school students and improve my self-confidence. That was the first time I came into contact with this sport, and at the same time I had to take care of elementary school students to dive together. That kind of experience is really unforgettable, and I feel that I have grown a lot immediately!"
In the "Carpe Diem" closing ceremony of the "Sunshine Youth Project" joint school online music, students who participated in the project shared their learning and growth in the project.
Participate in snorkeling activities with elementary school students
Through the activity experience, Zheng also aroused the curiosity of student Zheng to break through himself.
He said: "The planned activities are very challenging. In order to successfully complete and master the activities, I will take the initiative to learn safety knowledge and on-the-spot skills. In addition, once when I went to play indoor When climbing rock, I saw a foreign child who was not aware of safety when playing rock climbing. His English was not very good, and I didn’t dare to speak it at ordinary times. But that time I finally got up the courage to use English to guide him on how to be safe. Playing indoor rock climbing, even I can't believe it! It was a very precious experience to break through and do something that I had never dared to do before!"
Parent support
In addition to student development activities, parental support is also an important part of helping young people grow up healthily.
The planning team will set up booths in schools on Parents’ Day and Parents’ Evenings to share effective communication methods with their children, different forms of discipline methods, introductions to youth trend culture, etc., so that parents can better understand their children’s growth needs.
At the same time, the planning team will also cooperate with the Parent-Teacher Committee to arrange parent-child dessert classes, parent-child character workshops and parent-child day camps, etc., to create more time for parents to get along with their children and see their children's different faces through activities.
Parents have said that in the past they often did not know how to communicate and get along with their children, and there were sometimes disagreements and quarrels.
However, through these activities, the relationship with children has been strengthened, and they have a better understanding of their needs, and they have also learned to use different methods to communicate and get along with their children, which has benefited a lot.
The project team will continue to implement the "Sunshine Youth Project" for the 6 secondary schools under Le Shan Tang from 2021 to 2024. Under the "new normal after the epidemic", the team will provide students with diversified activities in more different ways to take care of them Individual growth needs and overall health.
In addition, in order to provide students with more support in career planning, the team will also add personality analysis workshops, career experience and sharing activities, so that they can better equip themselves, advance for their life goals, and create a healthy and positive non-toxicity. Healthy campus culture!
Personality Analysis Workshop
Career experience and sharing activities
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