The "Hong Kong Humanitarian Awards 2022" organized by the Hong Kong Red Cross held an awards ceremony today (14th). Seven humanitarian workers received the Humanitarian Annual Award and Humanitarian New Power Award respectively.
Among them, Aimé Girimana, who became the first legally working refugee in Hong Kong in 2013, has actively supported refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong for 10 years, hoping to change the society's negative labels on refugees in Hong Kong.
Cai Yongzhong, chairman of the Hong Kong Red Cross, believes that as long as everyone is willing to go one step further, humanitarian work will continue to move forward.
Chairman of the Hong Kong Red Cross, Mr. Tsai Wing-chung (front row, second from right), members of the "Hong Kong Humanitarian Awards 2022" Judging Committee (front row) and this year's winners took a group photo.
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Seven winners of the "Hong Kong Humanitarian Award 2022", including five winners of the Hong Kong Humanitarian Award from different sectors and two winners of the Hong Kong New Force of Humanity.
Asylum seekers who came to Hong Kong in 2004 are called "Papa Aimé"
Aimé Girimana, who came to Hong Kong to seek asylum in 2004, many people call him "Papa Aimé", is a lawyer from Burundi, an East African country. In 2013, he became the first refugee to work legally in Hong Kong.
"Papa Aimé" has actively supported refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong for many years. Through sharing sessions and activities, more people can understand the real situation of refugees and hope to change the negative labels of them in society. Its support work for refugees has made them Gain the trust and respect of refugees from different backgrounds and nationalities.
Aimé Girimana is the first refugee to work legally in Hong Kong, and has actively supported refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong for many years.
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Resigned from the A&E department to join MSF in the war zone and rewrite the lives of others
Another award winner, Liang Qizhan, quit his job as a doctor in the emergency department in 2016 to join MSF in order to participate in overseas rescue. He was sent to Yemen and Iraq. He really felt it when he saw the ruins everywhere and the large number of wounded and sick. When he realized that he was in the battlefield, although he was so shocked that he couldn't sleep, he experienced that the medical service in the war zone can change the lives of many people, and even become their last hope, so he decided to stick to helping the wounded and sick.
Liang Qizhan is Doctors Without Borders, and the rescue on the battlefield has given him a lot of inspiration.
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The Hong Kong Children's Relief Society was established to support the needs of chronically ill children and their families
Chen Changwei, who has practiced medicine for more than 20 years, often contacts chronically ill children and notices that sick children and their families have different emotional and daily needs.
Seeing the lack of local understanding of children's relief services, he and his colleagues established the "Hong Kong Children's Relief Society" in 2017 to strengthen promotional services, including helping sick children understand their own diseases, treatment options, understanding and learning to face death, etc.
Chen Changwei established the "Hong Kong Children's Relief Society" to help sick children understand their own disease treatment options, understand and learn to face death, etc.
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Teachers went to Cambodia to teach volunteers and were inspired to create "Children's Dreams Together" to help schoolchildren in impoverished areas
Hong Kong New Humanitarian Forces 2022 is to recognize young people's dedication and contribution to humanitarian work. The nominees are those aged 35 or below.
One of the award winners, Chen Yiyang, was inspired after he went to Cambodia as a teacher to give free education in 2019. He founded the "Children's Dream Walk" organization to provide education and daily necessities for needy schoolchildren in impoverished areas.
He also led volunteers to experience the life of the hearing-impaired, visit subdivided houses, and conduct free education in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Chen Yiyang founded the "Children's Dream Walking Together" organization to provide education and daily necessities for needy schoolchildren in impoverished areas, hoping to rewrite the fate of children.
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At the ceremony, Chairman of the Hong Kong Red Cross, Tsai Wing-chung, commended the awardees for their selfless dedication and the spirit of "care about you, me, and others" for extending a helping hand to those who have been forgotten.
Cai pointed out that as long as everyone is willing to go one step further, humanitarian work will continue to move forward.
At the ceremony, Chairman of the Red Cross Cai Yongzhong praised the awardees for holding the spirit of "care about you, me and him" and extending a helping hand to the forgotten.
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The "Hong Kong Humanitarian Award" was held for the first time in 2007. It is the first award in Hong Kong to advocate humanitarian spirit. By commending the selfless rescue behavior of the winners, it promotes the universal value of humanitarian spirit and promotes humanitarian awareness to all levels of society.
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