To Practice Educational Value Through Community

Kaifong refers to residents in a local community. They come from all walks of life, including elderlies living in the neighbourhood for decades, new immigrants and ethnic minorities born and raised in Hong Kong. Our team believes that their unique experiences and life stories will inspire us in many possible ways.

Since 2016, Kaifong Tour has been organizing community projects such as community tours, training programmes for community docents, and route designing services. This allows Kaifong, as community docents, to lead community advocates, educators and students to step on a journey of exploration and imagination, while experiencing the characteristics of local districts. Participants can also personally understand and reflect on different social issues, thus enhancing cohesiveness in the community.

My experience in the education and training field has enabled me to appreciate and deeply understand the learning needs of the new generation. Since I took up community work, I have realized that the community is an enormous treasure chest, containing educational elements far beyond our imagination.

Therefore, Kaifong Tour launches this “Community Education Programme”. With the community being the learning environment, we aim to provide students with opportunities to get in touch with people from different social classes. Through the Programme, we will guide them in developing their sensitivity to current affairs, therefore establishing an all-rounded understanding and shaping a positive mindset towards the community.

Given the rapid change in society, it is of utmost importance to inspire students to reflect upon their relationship with the community from multiple perspectives. Through Out-of-Classroom Learning Experiences, Kaifong Tour can collaborate with educators to motivate students’ independent thinking and curiosity, enable students to become familiar with their living environment, stimulate their interests and motivation in learning and ultimately achieve a synergistic effect with classroom teaching.

“It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to nurture people.” On the journey of educating the future generation, Kaifong Tour wishes to be a companion of the education sector so that we, together, can put our shared educational values into action within our community.