Rotary RainLily Project Updates
... the
latest news on the project
10 May 2007
Our
Rotary
RainLily Project Closing Ceremony was held successfully at the Sheung
Tak Shopping Centre, Tseung Kwan O, on Sunday, 6 May 2007,
attended by a large assembly of local
residents, shoppers, Rotarians, Family of Rotary,
Rotaractors, Interactors, and the media.
Apple Daily, Ta
Kung Pao, Oriental Daily and now TV covered the
closing ceremony and interviewed at length our
partner-in-service Association
Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) (關注婦女性暴力協會) on their work and reported the
latest issues and statistics concerning sexual violence and
offence against women in Hong Kong.
Read media
reports and coverage of Rotary RainLily Project Closing
Ceremony.
On the bright, cheerful Sunday afternoon, Rotary District 3450 Governor Tony Wong opened our closing ceremony at which we celebrated the conclusion of our Rotary District Simplified Grant-supported project with singing performance by artiste Cathy Leung and an award presentation to the project promotional souvenir competition. The winning entry was a bold, striking design of a plastic jacket for Octopus debit cards. (Ten thousand of such plastic jackets will soon be produced and distributed to commuters to help promote the awareness of sexual violence issues among the public.)
We have targeted the closing ceremony event at children, youth, and parents from the local community. Program staff from partner-in-service ACSVAW led parent-child role plays and puzzle games in which members of the audience, Rotarians, Family of Rotary actively participated. We showed that interactive educational programs can be very effective in promoting open discussion and increasing the awareness of issues concerning sexual violence.
See photos from
closing ceremony
Our closing ceremony was also supported by the Rotary Club of Sathorn (Thailand) and Rotary Club of Taipei Chung Yuan, sister clubs of Rotary Club of Kingspark Hong Kong. The direct sponsorship of overseas Rotary clubs to the Rotary RainLily Project, the attendance of overseas Rotary delegations, and their sharing of service experience and insights have elevated the project to a truly World Community Service event.
The Rotary RainLily Project has been concluded for 2006-2007. With proceeds raised from our project fundraising events, the Rotary RainLily Project plans to continue to fulfill its objectives by launching more public relations activities to enhance awareness on sexual awareness issues and awareness on ACSVAW services and Rotary in 2007-2008. On behalf of the Rotary RainLily Project, the Rotary Club of City Northwest Hong Kong and Rotary Club of Kingspark Hong Kong sincerely thank you, our partner-in-service ACSVAW, and all sponsoring organizations and individuals for your continuous support.
4 May 2007
Our
upcoming and concluding event for the Rotary RainLily Project
in 2006-2007 is the Rotary
RainLily Project Closing Ceremony to be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday 6
May 2007 at Sheung Tak Shopping Centre, Tseung Kwan O.
Rotary District 3450 Governor Tony Wong will open our closing ceremony at which we will celebrate the conclusion of our Rotary District Simplified Grant-supported project with singing performance by artiste Cathy Leung and an award presentation for our project promotional souvenir competition.
The closing ceremony event is targeted at children, youth, and parents from the local community to demonstrate the importance of education on the awareness of issues concerning sexual violence. Our partner-in-service Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) (關注婦女性暴力協會) will lead parent-child role plays and games for members of the local community. There will be public speeches by ACSVAW and exhibitions on the mission and services of both ACSVAW and Rotary.
This event is also a World Community Servcie project supported by the Rotary Club of Sathorn (Thailand) and the Rotary Club of Taipei Chung Yuan.
Join us at our Rotary RainLily Closing Ceremony to celebrate the successful conclusion of the Rotary RainLily Project for 2006-07.
Press release
and invitation to the media (in Chinese).
More details of
Closing Ceremony.
4 May 2007
Our
heartiest thanks to all our corporate and individual sponsors
at our Rotary RainLily Project Fundraising Concert
at a packed St. John's Cathedral on 3 May 2007. Over 300
Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors, sponsors, supporters,
helpers, and members of the public attended the concert by
the Opera Society of Hong Kong and guest soloists in a warm,
passionate program of favorite selections from famous operas
and popular musicals. This fundraising concert was
co-organized with the Opera Society of Hong Kong to benefit our partner-in-service Association
Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) (關注婦女性暴力協會).
The audience and guests arriving early were first treated to hors d'oeuvres, sandwiches, drinks, and coffee at the concert reception in the adjacent Li Hall of the cathedral where they viewed an exhibition on the background, mission and services of both Rotary and ACSVAW. They also saw a slide presentation of the acitivities of the Rotary RainLily Project to date before rushing to take up the best seats for the concert.
The early summer night was humid and stuffy. Yet the evening went by fast as waves of sweet melodies and familiar tunes swept clear the sweltering heat. The audience was certainly invigorated by the ending Drinking Song from Puccini's La Traviata before the Chorus of the Opera Society of Hong Kong returned to encore with the equally energizing Anvil Chorus, from Verdi's Il Travotore. (Download full concert program.)
Audience and performers
alike thought this was a most special and successful
fundraising event. We're sure this fundraising concert will
remain in our fond memories for a long time. Your continuous
support is deeply appreciated.
See full list
of corporate sponsors
- with some coming in to sponsor right on the concert night.
See photos from
Rotary RainLily Project Fundraising Concert.
23 April 2007
Rotarians
returned from an eye-opening Rotary RainLily
Family Day event organized with our
partner-in-service Association
Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) (關注婦女性暴力協會). This event has provided Rotarians
a first-hand opportunity to observe and to participate in the
educational activities of ACSVAW aimed at promoting the
awareness of sexual harrassment and sexual violence
issues/problems among school children and parents in the New
Territories districts and local communities.
The theme of the Family Day was 玩轉性騷擾 (All You Want to Know About Sexual Harassment but Were Afraid to Ask). Over 15 Rotarians, their family members, and Rotaractors joined ACSVAW staff and volunteers at a 3-hour interactive workshop for over 30 primary school children and their parents with parent-child games, drama, role-plays, and Q&A's to educate all on the awareness and communication of sexual harassment and violence issues/problems in different situations.
Children and parents, and Rotarians too, participated actively to learn that the sexual violence topic can be discussed openly, how to protect oneself from sexual harassment situations, and how the family can provide the best support to their children. School children participating in the Family Day event, who have all come from the Tuen Mun community, will each receive a $100 book coupon as commendation of their active participation. The event was held at the CUBCHK Tuen Mun Integrated Children and Youth Service Centre in Tuen Mun, New Territories on 21 April 2007.
See Invitation to
participate and event details and photos from
Family Day.
Our upcoming event for the Rotary RainLily Project is the Rotary RainLily Fundraising Concert to be held at 8:00 pm on Thursday 3 May 2007 at the St. John's Cathedral, Central, Hong Kong. A pre-concert reception will be held at 7:15 pm for Rotarians, sponsoring organizations, performer and co-organizer The Opera Society of Hong Kong, and beneficiary and partner-in-service ACSVAW to meet each other. Concert tickets are available through corporate and individual sponsorships. Please also refer to the Rotary RainLily Project website for more information.
16 April 2007
Our upcoming event for the Rotary RainLily Project is the Rotary RainLily Family Day on Saturday, 21 April 2007, jointly organized with our partner-in-service Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) (關注婦女性暴力協會). The objective of this event is to educate children and parents how to communicate sexual violence issues/ problems in different situations. ACSVAW will demonstrate this through interactive parents-child games and role play. (Invitation to participate and event details.)
30 March 2007
Read
up on our project press
release 10,000 children learn about sexual violence
issues that
summarizes a series of seminar and educational game
activities organized to raise awareness of sexual violence
issues for school children in the New Territories West area.
The schools are located in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, etc, which
our partner-in-service Association
Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) (關注婦女性暴力協會) has identified as hot spots for
related crimes. ACSVAW has visited approximately 10 schools
to educate school children on sexual violence issues since
October 2006
(see Sexual
Violence Issues education program school visit and exhibition
schedule and photos from
school visits). A "Sexual
Violence Awareness" promotion product design competition with entries from students has also
just closed.
Our Rotary RainLily Project progress report was also completed and filed with Rotary District 3450 today. (See District Simplied Grant (DSG) progress report Mach 2007.)
1 March 2007
The Fundraising Concert for the Rotary RainLily Project has now been confirmed to be held at 8:00 pm on Thursday 3 May 2007 at the St. John's Cathedral, Central, Hong Kong. A pre-concert reception will be held at 7:15 pm for Rotarians, sponsoring organizations, performer and co-organizer The Opera Society of Hong Kong, and beneficiary and partner-in-service Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) (關注婦女性暴力協會) to meet each other. There will also be an exhibition at the reception to increase awareness of RainLily Hotline and other services of ACSVAW.
4 January 2007
The Fundraising Concert for the Rotary RainLily Project originally planned for 25 January 2007 has been postponed to the end of March or April 2007 to allow for artiste and performer schedules and to achieve more effective publicity. The new date will be confirmed by the end of January 2007.
Three corporate sponsors have pledged their support to date. We thank their most generous support in this meaningful project and welcome more organizations to join our list of sponsors. (More on Project Sponsorship.)
Corporate Sponsors as of 4 January 2007:
Lilian
Tang Design
Francis Chan Chok Fai & Co. CPA 陳作輝會計師行
Ogilvy
& Mather Hong Kong Group
12 December 2006
The Rotary
RainLily Project website is launched to provide the latest
information on the project, programs in the project, with
downloadable project pamphlet, project sponsorship and pledge
forms, and links to additional information on the project and
project organizations.
The project website address
is at:
http://www.rotary3450.org/cnwhk/kingspark-hk/rainlily.htm
This project was initiated through the support of The Rotary Foundation District Simplified Grants (DSG) at the Rotary District 3450, with matching support from the organizing Rotary Clubs: Rotary Club of City Northwest Hong Kong and Rotary Club of Kingspark Hong Kong (see DSG application, July 2006). A DSG grant of US$3,545 has been allocated by Rotary International for this project in August 2006. Our partner-in-service is the Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (關注婦女性暴力協會).
2006-2007