{"id":10253,"date":"2021-04-04T16:59:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T08:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refugeeunion.org\/?p=10253"},"modified":"2021-04-04T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T09:04:44","slug":"march-roundup-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeunion.org\/march-roundup-3\/","title":{"rendered":"March Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Refugee Union was founded in 2014 with visions to safeguard refugee rights. Since day one, we have been organising diversified programmes with our community partners to improve the well-being and prospect of our members who are asylum seekers and refugees stranded in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Help Us Secure a New Centre<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have enjoyed a free office space in Sai Ying Pun since 2014 where many of you visited. However, the pandemic struck and our fortune changed. Soon we will be homeless \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparkraise.com\/campaigns\/view\/e9901580-533a-4aad-aced-248dabe008ed?utm_medium=creator&amp;utm_source=creator&amp;utm_campaign=refugee-union-new-centre&amp;fbclid=IwAR3RcZvfTb8OtyKGrVZM3F2z1UQZ1Py85kM0ueT8uu54235O2eoWwJ2LUAQ\">fundraising<\/a> for a new centre in Lai Chi Kok and we humbly seek your help to spread the word and support our cause. Please lend us a helping hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fundraising-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Fundraising\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Activities Happened in Our Centre<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While we are planning to move, we continue to serve the local refugee community. This month we were thrilled to host groups of students from Hong Kong\u2019s universities. We enjoyed having intellectual discussion with these bright-minded young people and look forward to collaborating with them soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/HKU-Students.jpeg\" alt=\"HKU Students\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Donations Keep Going<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from activities, this month we also received donations of wide-ranging items, which include but not limited to daily necessities (e.g. food, clothes and shoes) and personal protective equipment (e.g. surgical masks and hand sanitisers).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/refugeeunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Donation-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Donation\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We would like to take this opportunity expressing our heartfelt gratitude to all Donors for their kind-hearted and generous support. As always, we promise to deliver all donations we received to our members who are in need.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please stay tuned to our <a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeunion.org\/\">official website<\/a> and social media pages (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/refugeeunion\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/refugeeunion\/\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RefugeeUnion\">Twitter<\/a>) for the updates. You are also welcome to contact us by visiting our office or sending us an email at info@refugeeunion.org should you have any enquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refugee Union was founded in 2014 with visions to safeguard refugee rights. Since day one, we have been organising diversified programmes with our community partners to improve the well-being and prospect of our members who are asylum seekers and refugees stranded in Hong Kong. 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