Caritas Hong Kong

Caritas Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港明愛) is a charitable organisation of Caritas founded by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong in July 1953. It started with relief and rehabilitation services to the poor and the distressed after the Second World War. It nowaday expands to involve social service, education service, medical service, hospitality service and many others. It is led by Board of Management chairman Dominic Chan.

It is funded by the Hong Kong Government, Community Chest, other donations and fees on participants.

Hospitals

• Public:
  • Caritas Medical Centre, founded in 1964

• Private
  • Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas), taken up in 1993
  • Canossa Hospital (Caritas), taken up in 1991

Schools

Special Education & Vocational Training Service

• Caritas Lok Jun School
• Caritas Lok Yi School
• Caritas Lok Kan School
• Caritas Resurrection School
• Caritas Magdalene School
• Caritas Jockey Club Lok Yan School

Vocational Training & Education Service

Caritas Secondary School

• Caritas St. Francis Secondary School
• Caritas Chong Yuet Ming Secondary School
• Caritas St. Joseph Secondary School
• Caritas St. Paul Secondary School
• Caritas Tuen Mun Marden Foundation Secondary School
• Caritas Chai Wan Marden Foundation Secondary School
• Caritas Shatin Marden Foundation Secondary School
• Caritas Fanling Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
• Caritas Yuen Long Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
• Caritas Ma On Shan Secondary School
• Caritas Charles Vath College

Adult and Higher Education Service

• Caritas Institute of Higher Education (formerly Caritas Francis Hsu College)
• Caritas Bianchi College of Careers (Day and Night School)
• Caritas Institute of Community Education
• Caritas St. Joseph's Institute For Further and Adult Education- Night School
• Centre For Advanced & Professional Studies
• Caritas Cosmetic Career Centre
• Caritas Adult & Higher Education Service – City Centre
• Education & Retraining Information Network For New Arrivals
• Caritas Information Technology Advancement Centre
• Caritas Human Resources Investment Section
• Caritas Logistics Centre

Environmental Protection Initiative

• Hong Kong Caritas Computer Recycle Project

See also

• List of non-governmental organizations in the People's Republic of China

External links

• The official website of Caritas Hong Kong (English version)
• (Italian) An interview with the Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Zen Ze-kiun