SERVICE 社會服務

Over the past year, more than 70 Morningside students completed service learning projects as part of the College’s General Education programme. They dedicated over 2,800 hours of service work locally and abroad in countries including Canada, India, Nepal, and Vietnam.

The College organized four service-learning trips over the summer. In May, 11 students participated in the College’s first service learning programme based in Hong Kong. Students heard lectures about service and social issues in Hong Kong, then followed-up with visits to local facilities and NGOs including Christian Action, Feeding Hong Kong, PathFinders, and the Ebenezer School and Home for the Visually Impaired. Students closed out the programme with a full service day with Habitat for Humanity in Tsuen Wan. Morningside also sent a cohort of 14 students to Fujian, China in May. Students built on last year’s work, renovating and building a wall in a 700 yearold tulou building that still houses some residents of Fujian.

In June, 15 Morningside students participated in the College’s third service trip to Rabat, Morocco. Students visited organizations working on public health, sustainability, and women’s rights and gender-based violence prevention in Rabat and Marrakech. They also attended lectures by local leaders in

過去一年，超過 70名晨興學生修讀書院通識的社區服務學 習課程。他們於本地、加拿大、印度、尼泊爾及越南參與 社會服務，共獻出逾2,800小時。

書院於夏季共籌劃了四次社區服務學習計劃。今年 5 月， 11 名學生參加書院首度在本地舉辦的服務學習計劃，他們 先參與有關服務及社會議題的講座，然後參觀本地設施和 一些非政府組織，包括基督教勵行會、樂餉社、融幼社、 心光盲人院暨學校。學生在位於荃灣的仁人家園提供一天 的服務，為計劃作結。晨興亦於5 月派出 14名學生前往中 國福建，繼續進行去年已開展的工作，修復超過 700 年歷 史、仍然有人居住的土樓，並在內加建一道牆。

接著， 15 名學生於 6 月前往摩洛哥拉巴特，這是晨興第三 度在當地進行社會服務。學生到訪位於拉巴特和馬拉喀什 從事公共衞生、可持續發展、婦女權益、防止性暴力等工

advocacy and government and networked with students and young activists in the Rabat region. Finally, in July, 10 students spent two weeks at The University of York, engaging with local non-profit organizations and social enterprises ranging from a rehabilitative women’s prison to a food bank to an incubator for innovative socially minded businesses. During their trip, students studied the context of service and poverty in the United Kingdom.

CINDY XIN and VINCENT CHEUNG received the Morningside College Service Award for the 2018-19 academic year. In August 2018, Cindy organized a weeklong summer camp in Beijing for children from Sangzhi County, Hunan Province, whose families had been impacted by poverty and pneumoconiosis. Cindy, along with her peers, organized lectures and city-based excursions in Beijing as well as a mentor-mentee programme to support the participants. Meanwhile, Vincent co-organized the locally-based Love • Care • Boundaryless Project, which supported asylum seekers by providing Cantonese classes and Hong Kong history walks. As a law student, Vincent also spent time learning about the refugee claims process in Hong Kong and the barriers that individuals and families face as they await judgement on their status.

作的機構。學生亦出席由當地倡議團體和政府機構領袖主 持的講座，並與拉巴特的學生和青年活躍份子交流。最後， 10 名學生於 7 月到英國約克大學探訪兩週，到訪當地不同 的非牟利機構和社會企業，如女子更生監獄、食物銀行、 創新社會創業培育公司，了解英國的社會服務模式和貧窮 問題。

辛迪與張愷彥因熱心社會服務而榮獲 2018 至 19 年度晨興 書院優異服務獎。於2018 年 8 月，辛迪為一批來自湖南省 桑植縣、家境貧窮及家人受塵肺病影響的兒童，在北京開 辦了一星期的夏令營。她和同學一起組織了課堂、北京短 途旅遊、學長輔導計劃等，以支援參加的兒童。愷彥則協 辦本地的「關愛 • 無邊界」活動，為在港尋求政治庇護者舉 辦粵語班和本地歷史遊蹤活動。身為法律學生，愷彥還抽 時間了解本地的難民聲請程序，以及有關人士及其家人在 等候審批期間遇到的障礙。

“Although I witness many social problems in my community, the idea of solving them through a social enterprise has never crossed my mind. But looking at what the co-founders [of Seagulls Reuse] have achieved, I now understand that…as long as you have the passion 1,*(" %+$"Ǿ6,2 +*("!&ƛ"/"+ "&+1%" ,**2+&16+! contribute to environmental sustainability.” Victor Chan (Year 2, Biomedical Sciences), York Trip

「儘管我目睹了許多社會問題，但我從未想過透過社會企業去解 決。但是，看着 [Seagulls Reuse] 聯合始創人所取得的成就，我明白 到⋯⋯只要你有改變的熱誠，就可以在社區中有所作為，並對環境 的可持續性作出貢獻。」 陳禹僑（生物醫學系二年級） — 約克服務團之學生

“This experience inspired me to consider doing more voluntary service... I think that it is necessary to broaden our horizon by serving internationally rather than just locally, which might lead to a dangerous closed-mindedness. To serve globally is to see the commonality among all human beings so that we can understand +!--/" &1"1%"!&ƛ"/"+ "0ǽȋ Simon Yin (Year 4, Philosophy), Fujian Trip

「這個經驗激發我去考慮做更多志願服務⋯⋯我認為要擴大我們的 視野，必須要到外地而不僅僅在本地服務，否則會故步自封。到 全球服務就是要看到所有人之間的共通點，以便我們能夠理解和 欣賞差異。」 尹汛文（哲學系四年級） — 福建服務團之學生

“If I could summarize my service trip to Morocco in one word, it would be advocacy. Taking my visit to Verdaterre, a Moroccan-based agricultural social enterprise, as an example, I realized that genuine service begins with the organization’s advocacy in society.…Service involves more than just action and learning; it also involves exposing ourselves daily to the real world and subsequently doing something for our world, based on these experiences." Myles Wilhelmson (Year 1, Economics), Morocco Trip

「如果要用一個詞概括我到摩洛哥的社區服務學習之旅，那就是 『倡導』。以我訪問摩洛哥的農業社會企業Verdaterre為例，我意識 到真正的社區服務始於該組織對社會的倡導。社區服務不單包含 行動和學習，還要貼近現實世界，然後憑這些經驗為我們的世界 做點事情。」 黃忠文（經濟學一年級） — 摩洛哥服務團之學生