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The Next Changemaker

  • Gear Up Training Series (GUTS)
  • Connect ACE
  • HKUST Kayak and Spark Program
  • Stitch Together
  • Changemaker In Action
  • Service Learning Trips
  • Student Civic Fellowship
  • HKUST Service Leaders Network

Objectives

Connect ACE is a development program that fosters peer-to-peer advocacy and community engagement. It brings together civic-minded students to address genuine community needs through people-oriented service initiatives. 

You will be able to 

  • Develop essential skills such as project management, stakeholder engagement and community outreach through designing and implementing a service project in a team
  • Collaborate with like-minded peers and practice your teamwork skills
  • Inspire and mobilize fellow HKUSTers to contribute to positive change in the community
  • Enrich your CV by demonstrating your engagement in social good initiatives


As an Ambassador, you will have the unique opportunity to team up with other participants to partner with a non-governmental organization (NGO) serving a cause you are passionate about, with project funding up to HK$5,000. You will collaborate directly with the NGO and mobilize your fellow schoolmates to contribute to the community. The program equips you with essential skills like activity design and facilitation.

Moreover, you will work closely with HKUST Connect to advocate for a service culture on campus. By joining Connect ACE, you will gain the platform and support to turn your ideas into tangible, far-reaching changes in the local community. Satisfactory completion of the program makes you eligible for the HKUST Connect Service Leaders Network and apply for the Social Good Leader Award.

Get equipped with skills and knowledge in workshop
Organize an art jam session to the service recipients
Bake cookies with the children
Meet with NGO partner

Our Mission and Values

Peer-to-peer Advocacy and Community Engagement with Passion, Growth mindset, Commitment, Empathy, Sustainability and People-oriented approach

Program Highlights

Highlights of The Next Changemaker: Initiate a service project; Serve the community; Meet like-minded friends; Expand your comfort zone; Foster personal development; & Practice core skills

Be inspired

Never underestimate the difference you can make by offering your time and effort to serve others. As you extend grace and show compassion, you are giving a part of your life to make someone else's a little better. By showing up, you are spreading hope.

Our volunteers will tell you that it is indeed more blessed to give than to receive.

Read Our Volunteers’ Stories

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