World Gallery of Hope (Spring - Summer 2011)

This service-learning project aims to provide an opportunity for children from local ethnic minorities and underprivileged communities to explore their creative capabilities through a 2-month program on digital photography and story-telling techniques offered by HKUST student volunteers. Apart from teaching youth how to produce digital photo essays using simple software, the student volunteers provided support for the youth to archive their creative work which is designed around a wide variety of life themes on an online media art gallery. Student volunteers will also be asked to produce a photo journal of their own reflective learning throughout the service trip to the gallery. The online media art gallery will be published through the HKUST Connect website where the public can view and share the work of these youth and student volunteers. We hope that the project will help to increase awareness of the needs of underprivileged children in Hong Kong and generate more innovative service ideas and support from the community at large. The project's theme is to let the HKUST students see the world through the children’s eyes and let them express their creativity and feeling from a layman's perspective.