For more than half a year, the pandemic has brought many challenges to the daily life of the general public. To support people in need in the community, SHKP's Building Homes with Heart Caring Initiative has delivered anti-pandemic items to underprivileged families and elderly people during the past months through different means to show its care and fight the virus together.

Anti-pandemic gift bags for the underprivileged during the Mid-Autumn Festival

As the Mid-Autumn Festival is fast approaching, the SHKP Volunteer Team worked with the Caritas Integrated Family Service Centre – Shaukeiwan, the HKFWS North Point Integrated Family Service Centre, and the HKSKH Lady MacLehose Centre to distribute gift bags to underprivileged families in the Island East and Kwai Tsing districts. The gift bags contained mooncakes, stationery, hand sanitizers, and other items. SHKP also distributed festive food and personal protection items to elderly people residing in Sham Shui Po under the Redevelopment of Pak Tin Estate - Neighbourhood Support Programme with NAAC Shamshuipo District Elderly Community Centre to help them enjoy the festival with peace of mind. The projects benefitted 12,000 people.

Check-in calls and surgical mask delivery

The SHKP Volunteer Team continues to provide different types of support amid the pandemic. In view of the disruption to social life faced by many elderly people during the pandemic because of social distancing, the Team offered timely support in different ways, such as phoning elderly people to check in with them and show emotional support. In place of in-person visits, the Team delivered surgical masks to the mailbox of elderly people to show their concern.