Hong Kong: Healthy Food and Healthy Alliances

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Summary

Farmers and female workers build alliances and promote organic farming in Hong Kong.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

As the number of manfacturing jobs in Hong Kong decreases, older female workers find it more difficult to support themselves or obtain higher-skilled and higher-paying jobs. The Hong Kong Women Workers Association (HKWWA) seeks to target the women of the Kwun Tong District and staff and students at a local university in order to explore cooperatives as a means of economical empowerment.

Activities

HKWWA seeks to organize studies of organic farming, train and educate co-op members, create alliances and networks between farmers and consumers, and promote a collective consumption movement in Hong Kong.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will foster mutual support among cooperatives and the community, create networks between farmers and consumers, and strengthen the emerging cooperative movement in Hong Kong.

Project Message

"...the specific needs of women as wage laborers and family caretakers are usually neglected...HKWWA is a platform for working women to enhance themselves in a collective way."
- Mission statement, Hong Kong Women Workers Association

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Wu Mei Lin,
Coordinator
G/F, 17, Lok Tai House (HER Fund address)
Lok Fu Estate, Kln
Hong Kong,
China
(852) 2794 1100
Email:

Project Sponsor

Women's Funding Network

Organization

HER Fund Logo HER Fund
G/F, 17 Lok Tai House
Lok Fu Estate, KLN
Hong Kong, 
China
852-2794-1100
http://www.herfund.org/

Learn more about HER Fund and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in China and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about China, read the Human Development Report on China or the Wikipedia entry for China.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 30, 2005.

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