Community Service

Barrier-Free Community Education - Travel with Wheelchairs 「輪住去旅行」‧無障礙社區教育計劃

Program Details
Date
21 - 28 Apr 2018
Location
Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon Bay, Tin Shui Wai
Collaborator
Division of Humanities, HKUST; Caritas Ngau Tau Kok Community Center
No. of Volunteers
2
No. of Service Recipients
Around 8 wheelchair users
UN Sustainable Development Goals
HKUST CONNECT SDG GOALS
Volunteers and wheelchair users getting to know each other

As a historical community, Ngau Tau Kok is in need of a more comprehensive development of accessibility facilities for disabled people. In collaboration with Caritas Ngau Tau Kok Community Centre, the Division of Humanities initiated the project to build a more convenient environment for wheelchair users in Ngau Tau Kok by having a day trip for volunteers to understand wheelchair users' needs and holding an experiential booth for the public to have more understandings on wheelchair users.

Volunteer interacting with the wheelchair user
Volunteer interacting with the wheelchair user
Volunteer learning how to use the wheelchair
Volunteer learning how to use the wheelchair