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“Leave Troubles, Invigorating Future” Strength Based Integrative Project for High-risk-youth and Young Drug Abusers

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at raising anti-drug awareness and knowledge on the harms of cannabis and cocaine, and consequences of drug trafficking among high-risk individuals including ethnic minority communities and young drug abusers, as well as providing counselling interventions and aftercare services to enhance young drug abusers’ motivation to quit drugs. Project elements include physical outreaching services in Yau Tsim Mong district to reach out local and ethnic minority high-risk youths, sport and art-based anti-drug prevention education groups for local and ethnic minority high-risk youths, drug treatment counselling and aftercare support services, short-term medical or psychiatry consultation, sport and art-based program and volunteer service for young drug abusers, production of short videos about drug harms and legal consequences of drug abuse/trafficking to be shared in social media and project-end experience sharing session on anti-drug prevention education and counselling experience for anti-drug personnel.

MercyHK Anti-drug Campaign

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at improving the motivation of drug abusers to seek treatment and quit drugs through a series of rehabilitation services, and providing anti-drug preventive education to school teachers, students and general public. Project elements include anti-drug talks for secondary school teachers and students, anti-drug sharing in churches, methadone clinic outreach to engage drug abusers, traditional Chinese medicine consultation, weekly support group meeting, education workshops, health and wellness activities for local and ethnic minority drug abusers and rehabilitees.

VRehab Solution

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at providing drug abusers with detoxification and rehabilitation services. Project elements include anti-drug community education workshops for students, professionals and high-risk youths, virtual reality (VR) relapse prevention counselling, relapse prevention sports groups and a series of “body, soul and spirit” activities for drug abusers and rehabilitated drug abusers.

Project Butterfly 2.0

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at improving the motivation of arrested hidden drug abusers to seek treatment and quit drugs through providing pre-trial and post-trial drug rehabilitation services to them and providing support service to their family members. Project elements include regular venue-based outreach at courts, Correctional Service Department facilities and entertainment venues, such as shisha bars, Internet-based outreach through Instagram and Facebook to identify hidden high-risk youths, hidden drug abusers or their family members, individual counselling services for hidden drug abusers and their family members, relapse prevention/psycho-education/experiential workshops for drug abusers and their family members, therapeutic groups and experiential workshops through mindfulness exercises, counselling cards and expressive arts, sports, handcrafts and arts, music, yoga, etc. for hidden drug abusers, medical assessment and treatment service to improve hidden drug abusers and their family members’ mental, physical and dental health; self-care service for family members of drug abusers to stabilize their emotions and cope with the stress, and family activities to strengthen family relationships of drug abusers.

Project Empathy II – Drug Prevention Service Project for Ethnically Diverse High-risk Youths and their Parents/Carers

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at promoting anti-drug knowledge among high-risk ethnically diverse (ED) youths and their parents/carers, encouraging early help-seeking behaviours and facilitating early identification of hidden drug abusers within their communities. Emphasis will be placed on prevention of cannabis and cocaine abuse and improving participant’s understanding about the legal consequences of drug abuse and drug trafficking in Hong Kong. Project elements include social and positive lifestyle and skills group programme, leisure activity and health programme, educational youths’ group and anti-drug ambassador training and placement for high-risk ED youths/hidden drug abusers, educational and support groups for parents/carers of high-risk ED youths/hidden drug abusers, physical and online outreaching services and crisis intervention, counselling, follow-up and referral services to identify and help high-risk ED youths/hidden drug abusers and their parents/carers.

Learning from the Past and Acting for the Future of Hong Kong’s Ethnic Minorities: A Comprehensive Analysis of Beat Drugs Fund Research Projects and Culturally Sensitive Anti-drug Studies Among South Asians in Hong Kong

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at conducting an evidence-based research study to construct a culturally sensitive anti-drug policy framework, identify determinant of drug abuse among South Asians and delineate the key factors in drug abuse prevention among high-risk South Asian groups in Hong Kong. The project also aims at strengthening South Asian ethnic minority individual’s anti-drug awareness and knowledge about consequence of drug abuse within their communities. Project elements include research study to conduct a systematic review of existing research projects, research study to construct a culturally sensitive anti-drug policy framework, study to identify determinant of drug abuse among South Asian in Hong Kong and to delineate the key factors in drug abuse prevention among high-risk South Asian groups in Hong Kong. For preventive education, anti-drug talks for ethnic minorities would be held to strengthen their anti-drug awareness and knowledge about consequence of drug abuse, and a radio programme would be broadcasted to disseminate anti-drug stories for multilingual audiences.

Wecycle V

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at helping drug abusers to live a drug-free lifestyle through sport intervention and vocational training, as well as enhancing social acceptance of rehabilitees through general public’s participation in bicycle guided tours and voluntary services for the needy people. Project elements include anti-drug sharing sessions and bicycle guided tours for family members of drug abusers, drug abusers, secondary students, high-risk youths, teachers, social workers, social work students and other professionals in Hong Kong, social work counselling, bike eco-tour guide trainings, community support trainings and volunteer opportunities for drug rehabilitees, and renovation workshops for drug rehabilitees who participate in community support training.

Back to Family – Support Non Ethnic Chinese Drug Dependent Persons (DDPs) and their Families

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at strengthening the support to ethnic minorities (EM) drug dependent persons (DDPs) and rehabilitees, their family members and young teenage children, as well as enhancing the anti-drug knowledge of EM community members and strengthening drug abusers’ motivation to seek help or quit drugs. Project elements include physical outreach to EM DDPs and high-risk individuals and distribution of community resources pack; escort interpretation support, mutual help groups, preliminary medical consultations, volunteer programmes and coping skills workshops for EM DDPs or EM rehabilitees; narrate and navigate life narrative group, skills learning classes and interest development activities for drug rehabilitees; counselling for EM DDPs and family members of EM drug rehabilitees; children and teenage play groups for EM DDPs and high-risk individual’s children/teenagers; teenage exploration outing for EM DDPs’ teenage children; family support groups and family outing activities for family members; picture book creation and sharing for family member and young teenage children of EM DDPs and EM community members; and reformed DDPs sharing.

“Life Recreate 2.0” Supportive Services and Picture Book Counselling for Substance Abusers and their Families

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at motivating drug abusers to quit drugs and maintain abstinence by using picture books as an intervention, and preventing intergenerational drug abuse among family members of drug abusers. Project elements include hotline and instant messaging service to engage and identify drug abusers and their family members, crisis intervention and counselling service, short-term medical treatment, personal growth and life-skill training for drug abusers, support and picture book counselling service, and supporting workshops for family members of drug abusers, parent-child activities for drug abusers and their family members, production and dissemination of anti-drug picture book short films, as well as production and printing of anti-drug picture book for general public, drug abusers and their family members.

ConNet with Love in Family - Online and Offline Supportive Services for Hidden Drug Family Scheme

Project Approved in 2023

This project aims at encouraging hidden drug abusers to seek professional help through online outreach service and supporting their family members through medical-social collaboration and community-based services. Project elements include seminars for family members of drug abusers, production of anti-drug short videos in collaboration with drug rehabilitees and family members of drug abusers for public viewing on social media platforms, outreaching to hidden drug abusers and their family members, online outreach service to identify and engage drug abusers through provision of online health consultations, individual counselling/treatment for drug abusers and family members of drug abusers, play therapy for children of drug abusers, health consultation for drug abusers, family members of drug abusers and drug-abusing gay men, self-help groups for family members of drug abusers, family gatherings for drug abusers, rehabilitated drug abusers, children and family members of drug abusers, community training for drug abusers and rehabilitated drug abusers, pre-vocational and vocational trainings with life skills programme for rehabilitated drug abusers, peer supporter trainings for rehabilitated drug abusers and family members of drug abusers.