Works towards Goal of “Home Safety for the Elderly”

Reviewing the work that SCHSA has achieved so far towards "home safety for the elderly" is apparented that the path has not been at all smooth. We have survived through huge debt amounted to millions of dollars and was also at the verge of dissolution after commented by the auditor as being “insolvent”. Despite all these difficulties, we have now become, and were mentioned by the Chief Executive of HKSAR, Mr. Donald Tsang, as one of the most successful social enterprises, and we cannot do so without the unity of our staff and workers or without the continuous pursuit of innovative ideas. All our members, including 150 colleagues, over 900 volunteers and more than 60,000 thePE Link Service users shared the pride and together feel grateful for the result. As a matter of fact, there are still a lot of enthusiastic people in our society who are eager to provide selfless and diversified support in order to extend helping hands for our elderly.

We take pride in our special operation model, our perseverance on service’s uniqueness, the ability to constantly generate innovative ideas and also our service strategy which is completely user-oriented. All of these have drawn attention and admiration from the public and other social service organizations. However, we remain humble as we know that there will still be challenges ahead.

We feel grateful as many of our supporters and donors still agree with our insistence in caring for the elderly in spite of the uncertainty of their own financial condition under the financial tsunami. This has given us great motivation to remain innovative and has allowed us to be more proactive and creative in developing new services (such as the Mobile Link Service which serve as a brand new outdoor support and care services and the Tele-Health Link). Moreover, the appreciations given by users to our colleagues and volunteers have once again encouraged us to see the importance of rendering services that focus mainly on the needs of the users. It enables us to consider their perspectives while designing customized services for them.

Lastly, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who have been supporting and have contributed to the growth of SCHSA. Your invaluable support has helped us to realize our vision of “Living alone without fear, care for the elderly is here”.

Your Caring Partner
Timothy K.W. MA
Executive Director
Senior Citizen Home Safety Association