Good Stories

[Together we walk through this – More than hiking!] Hiking is not only an outdoor activity for AYPers. Mr. Chan Hing Ho (Ho), with multiple roles including Gold Award Holder, existing AYP expeditions instructor (Hiking & Kayak) and ex-Outward Bound Hong Kong instructor, fully understands the true meaning of hiking. “It’s no doubt that hills and countryside are being polluted harmfully recently. Therefore I decide to clean-up rubbish in some hiking routes with my family and friends as well as influencing my children not to stop learning even class has been suspended, teaching them not to pollute the nature, being environmental-friendly as a responsible hiker.” As AYP expeditions instructor, instead of limiting his mission to provide expeditions guidance for participants in the countryside, on waterways or at the sea, Ho is also being a role model for all of us. Keep up good manner to our lovely nature!

[Together we walk through this – Fly with a Smile!] “As a flight attendant, we are in great danger to get infected. However, I have never bumped up a thought of stop flying. My mission in this global challenge is to provide professional service to every passenger in their journey, giving them a comfortable in-flight experience.” Apart from frontline carers, crew members have to suffer great danger when serving Hong Kong residents to return back by flying with flights arranged by the government. Please listen to Cynthia’s advice, who is a Silver Award Holder and one of the crew members of Cathay Pacific, stay at home and let’s see each other later on the plane and travel safely soon after immigration restrictions have been lifted!

[Together we walk through this – Way under PPE] Although the situation has become less tense, we should remain all the anti-COVID19 measures in order to keep protecting ourselves and each other. The most important thing is if we do not continue to behave well, efforts made by all the frontline workers and carers in the first stage of the virus will be wasted. Let’s see the story of AYP Gold Award Holder, member of Civil Aid Service, Jason Pang. “I have been working in different quarantine centres include Lady MacLehose Holiday Village, Lei Yue Mun Park, Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp and Chun Yeung Estate, with different responsibilities and duties assigned such as registration, sending on and off, distribution of means and daily necessities as well. I have to deal with different people in the working process, which I must credited to my AYP journey, which makes everything smoother and easier. Compared with my hiking experiences accumulated in Expeditions Section, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) to handle different work becomes a challenge, and this also motivates me to stay strong in every difficult occasions.” Let’s be safe and remain all the anti-virus measures to tackle COVID-19…

[Together we walk through this – Stand and Deliver with Heart] Apart from the contribution made by frontline carers in this anti-COVID19 battle, a gang of workers also commit to their work continuously during this unclear circumstance. Teachers and parents can finally be relieved upon the confirmation of class resumption announced by the government. Take a look of Gold Award Holder, college teacher, Michael on how to behave well in this challenging period. “I was inspired by my AYP journey on how to be a responsible leader and teacher, act as a role model for my students. I understand the importance of caring and providing guidance to my students when they are getting lost in their learning and growing process as once I was at the same position as them. Therefore, even I couldn’t meet them in person during class suspension period, I keep contacting with them to ensure everything goes well includes their academic affairs as well as their mental being. Making them have a sense of “suspending classes without suspending learning” is not limited to students but also applies on us, as teachers. I strongly believe it is more likely as the relationship of AYP instructors and participants,…

[Together we walk through this – Suspending classes without suspending learning with Award Operating Authority!] In response to COVID-19, Award Operating Authority used different ways to support participants in e-learning while staying at home. A video communications software was used in Korean class and dubbing class. And a social networking site was used in photography course, participants share their assignments in that platform. Suspending Classes without Suspending Learning. Positive feedbacks were received from participants: Anson Ho from Dubbing Course “It was great! Although it is not as good as having classroom learning, I was happy to see my classmates in e-class.” Michelle Tong from Korean Course “In order not to delay the learning progress, AOA provided an e-learning platform during this epidemic. Having more time to learn Korean by watching Korean drama is definitely one of the benefits of staying at home. Alvis Law from Photography Course “The course used social media platform in e-learning. It was innovative, time saving and most importantly can fulfil the necessary of learning during this suspension period.”  

[Together we walk through this – Get well prepared during stay home stay safe period!] Gold Award Participants Emily, Henry and Dennis from Gold Award Unit (GAU) continue to engage in AYP Service Section in this challenging period. They have participated in Hong Kong Guide Dogs Association Service Programme over the past year and become seminar speakers after a series of training sessions. They advocate the acceptance and support to Guide Dogs through seminars to enhance an inclusive society. ‘We can keep preparing for Guide Dog Seminar, fearless of the COVID-19 outbreak impact!’ As seminar speakers, they chose to take this chance to update the Seminar content and wish to further contribute to the development of Guide Dogs service when the epidemic is over.