The Zubin Foundation

Thanks to HK Express' generosity, we were able to provide a memorable experience that not only entertained but also empowered the low-income ethnic minority children. Your support has made a significant impact, bringing joy and excitement to our ethnic minority children! Together, we can continue to foster an inclusive and sustainable society that uplifts marginalised communities. Let’s work hand-in-hand to create a brighter future for those in need. #TZF4EM #TheZubinFoundation #Opportunity #EM #EthnicMinorities #EMinHK #RacialEqualityHK #少數族裔 #非華語 #Empowerment #Partnerships

🌟 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬! 🌟 We are thrilled to share the successful completion and story of WeDesign Hong Kong 4.0 - Sustainable Intergenerational Home For All! 🎉 Organised by The Zubin Foundation in partnership with Arup, this 3-month long project aimed to create inclusive public spaces that foster community interaction. Participants explored their communities, developed a sense of belonging, and promoted the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 7 Teams (25 Participants), comprising ethnic minority youth, their families and friends, attended workshops and showcased their innovative ideas. All teams came up with pioneering designs incorporating inclusive infrastructure, green initiatives, and sustainable solutions. The journey culminated in a grand finale on 13 December 2024 at Arup’s Office. Over 100 attendees, including participants, their families, colleagues at Arup, and honourable judges, gathered to witness the final presentations and the much-anticipated presentations by teams and results announcements. We were privileged to have Ms. Aruna Gurung, District Councilor of Yau Tsim Mong District, Ms. Theresa Yueng, East Asia Community Engagement Chair and East Asia Board Member from Arup, and Ms. Shalini Mahtani, Founder and CEO of The Zubin Foundation, on our judging panel, adding prestige to this memorable occasion. Congratulations to all participants for their outstanding contributions! Special thanks to our judges and our highly resourceful mentors from Arup for their invaluable insights and support. Join us in our success and let's celebrate. Together, we are building a brighter, more inclusive, sustainable and intergeneration Home for all in Hong Kong! 🌟 Organiser: The Zubin Foundation Partner: Arup Arup Team and Mentors: Fion Chu, Melody Wong, Carol Li, Ye-Seul Kwon, Christine Lee, Nemo Liu, Tom Chan, Dennis Wong, Chris Lee, Hayton Chan, Sam Lai Participants: Suaibu Noohu Muthu Asiya Mabrooka, Seyed Ahamed Safeerah, Seyed Ahamed Reefai Marjan, Berenguer Nathan Malaluan, Sujal Gurung, Rosales Jack Matthew Caranza, Prabhat Rai, Veerendra Kumar, Prathyusha Kalluru, S.S.S.Mrudulasya, Sai Badrik, Yusra Saleem, Amina Saleem, Sawarni Thapa, Khan Yusuf, Hassan Khan, Khan Shiraz, Nathan Berenguer, Sujal Gurung, Jack Rosales, Rai Prabath, Prabhleen Kaur, Qureshi Zainab, Jasmine Gurung. The Zubin Foundation Team: Qureshi Muhammad Talha, Sandy Chan, Matthew Yu #WeDesignHK #Sustainability #Inclusion #CommunityBuilding #Innovation  

【𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐱 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠】   For some ethnic minority children, neither Chinese nor English is their first or second language, making it hard for them to catch up with the curriculum in Hong Kong. This language barrier can at times demotivate ethnic minority children, who lose their interest to learn.   The kids storytelling sessions at Zubin’s Family Centre is an initiative to increase an ethnic minority child’s interest in learning Chinese and English. Through bilingual storytelling and interactive exercises, the children improve their language proficiency, communication skills and interest in reading. To make the storytelling fun, our volunteers use props and voice modulation. Last month, as a part of the Adventure Week, some students from the Korean International School, volunteered a day to choose stories and hand craft suitable props for our volunteers to use.   "It gave our students great pleasure and a sense of agency to pick out the stories they thought the ethnic minority children would enjoy. They were passionate in discussing what props would go best with their chosen stories and they were then able to unleash their creativity in designing and making the props. A very meaningful and creatively satisfying few hours that they knew would be genuinely useful and appreciated,” said Ms. Sonia Borthakur, Deputy Head of Secondary (Academics).   If your school also wants to support the work we do, feel free to reach out to The Zubin Foundation for further discussion.   • Ways to Partner: https://lnkd.in/dF2GYxgX • About Our Work: https://lnkd.in/gRs2xm2k #TZF4EM #TheZubinFoundation #Opportunity #EM #EthnicMinorities #EMinHK #RacialEqualityHK #少數族裔 #非華語 #Empowerment #Partnerships Shalini Mahtani Matthew Yu Vinee Kapoor Vibha Karnik

The Zubin Foundation wishes you and your family enjoy health, wealth, and happiness in this festive season. . #TZF4EM #TheZubinFoundation #Opportunity #OpportunityBank #EM #EthnicMinorities #EMinHK #RacialEqualityHK #少數族裔 #非華語

[𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏]   We work with Hong Kong’s low-income ethnic minority women. Many of them have multiple children and uphold overwhelming family responsibilities. This contributes to their distress and many feel lonely.   Exploring the local community and building social networks are essential for their well-being, but they often hesitate to engage because of different personal, family and cultural reasons. In addition, limited access to resources restricts their ability to upskill, fostering self-doubt and impeding their personal growth.    The weekly Chai Gathering at Zubin’s Family Centre provides a platform for the ethnic minority women:   🔹  to build meaningful friendships, 🔹  participate in the community and 🔹  learn new skills.   It is a reason for them to step out of their homes, and take part in activities like learning basic Cantonese, making traditional Chinese snacks and physical well-being sessions.   𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 $𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴’𝘀 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻.   Donate Now: https://lnkd.in/eYf5aiDf To become a part of our mission or discover how you can be an ally, reach out to The Zubin Foundation.   • Ways to Partner: https://lnkd.in/dF2GYxgX • About Our Work: https://lnkd.in/gRs2xm2k   #Donate #TZF4EM #TheZubinFoundation #Opportunity #EM #EthnicMinorities #EMinHK #RacialEqualityHK #少數族裔#非華語#Empowerment

Supported by 太古基金 Swire Trust and organised by InspiringHK Sports Foundation 凝動香港體育基金 co-organised by The Zubin Foundation, the "Building Community, Building Tung Chung: Lunar Walkathon 2025", will be held on 8 February 2025 (Saturday) in Tung Chung🧧! 🔺Date: 8 February 2025 (Saturday) 🔺Venue: Tung Chung Community and Citygate Outlets 🔺Time: 8:00a.m. - 12:00n.n. (Walkathon) 10:00a.m. - 3:00p.m. (Sports Carnival) Three walking routes with varying difficulty levels (3KM, 4KM and 5KM) have been designed for individuals and families who would like to explore the vibrant Tung Chung community in different ways, and we welcome individual or group sign-ups! A sports carnival will be held on the same day, featuring diverse activities including a lively New Year market, engaging parent-child workshops, interactive sports booths and games, and captivating performances. All successfully registered participants for the walkathon will receive an exclusive event pack. Finishers of the walkathon could also redeem an exclusive souvenir set, worth up to HK$288🪭! 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝟱𝟬% 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧 From now until 23:59 22 December 2024, register online 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g7nCiMYg Fill in this special code 𝗭𝗨𝗕𝗜𝗡𝟱𝟬 to get a 50% off registration fee discount! Come join us at the Lunar Walkathon and carnival and enjoy a wonderful day with your family and immerse in the community spirit of Tung Chung!

Today (10 December) marks 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 - fostering greater peace, equality, and sustainability. To achieve this goal, more has to be done since some ethnic minorities in Hong Kong are overlooked and their rights may be compromised. Holding similar values to the UN, The Zubin Foundation is making efforts to safeguard the rights of this marginalised community in Hong Kong: ◩ 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞   In a forced marriage, one or both parties, who may be female or male, may be subject to physical, emotional or financial pressure to marry. It is absolutely a violation of human rights. However, not a lot of awareness may be given under the misconception that forced marriage does not happen in Hong Kong. To help those who suffer speak up for themselves, we launched the “Time to UnMute | Understanding Forced Marriage in Hong Kong” report and curated the “Hong Kong Forced Marriage Assistance List for Victims and Their Friends” this year. For more details, please visit https://lnkd.in/gB-pRG4Z. ◩ 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧  We believe,education is a fundamental human right. To help ethnic minority students pursue their education, we provide scholarships to assist our EM students with financial difficulties. We also opened the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Centre for ethnic minority children in Hong Kong, providing extensive training and free SEN therapy to the children and their parents respectively. ◩ 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚: 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬  Call Mira is a support helpline for ethnic minority women and girls in Hong Kong in English, Urdu, and Hindi. It provides them with a safe space to share, with all information shared kept confidential.  Through Call Mira, we have received help requests from some women suffering from domestic violence, and have offered legal assistance from our Legal Leads.  Join us in marking Human Rights Day. To get involved or explore how to be an ally, feel free to reach out to anyone at The Zubin Foundation!  • Ways to Partner: https://lnkd.in/dF2GYxgX  • About Our Work: https://lnkd.in/gRs2xm2k   #HumanRightsDay #TZF4EM #TheZubinFoundation #Opportunity #EM #EthnicMinorities #EMinHK #RacialEqualityHK #少數族裔 #非華語 #Empowerment #HumanRights 

【𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬】 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝟐 / 𝟏𝟐 At The Zubin Foundation, we believe in the power of storytelling to inspire empathy and drive change. Meet Dharma, an 82-year-old Nepalese man After the loss of his wife, Dharma relocated to Hong Kong to live with his family, facing profound loneliness. His life was transformed through our community initiatives. ********** My name is Dharma. I am 82 and I lost my wife, so I joined my son to live in Hong Kong in 2016. I live with my son, his wife and their children. I am alone all day because my son and his wife work, and I miss my wife so much. I have been lonely for a long time. I found out about The Zubin Foundation gatherings for the elderly, and I now join them every Friday. I have made friends, which is difficult when you are my age. Every week I arrive early and get in the queue. I love to meet my new friends and now have something to do. Before I would just sit at home and my mind would wander. Thank you for supporting The Zubin Foundation because you have helped me feel happy, and I feel like I belong now. Thank you also to Anuradha for her kindness at The Zubin Foundation. - Dharma, 82, ethnically Nepalese (Name changed to maintain our client’s confidentiality) ********** In 2023, we positively impacted the lives of 12,000 ethnic minority individuals through outreach. • Ways to Partner: https://lnkd.in/dF2GYxgX • About Our Work: https://lnkd.in/gRs2xm2k #TZF4EM #TheZubinFoundation #Opportunity #EM #EthnicMinorities #EMinHK #RacialEqualityHK #少數族裔 #非華語 #Poverty #Discrimination

【𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬】 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝟐 / 𝟏𝟐 At The Zubin Foundation, we believe in the power of storytelling to inspire empathy and drive change. Meet Dharma, an 82-year-old Nepalese man After the loss of his wife, Dharma relocated to Hong Kong to live with his family, facing profound loneliness. His life was transformed through our community initiatives. ********** My name is Dharma. I am 82 and I lost my wife, so I joined my son to live in Hong Kong in 2016. I live with my son, his wife and their children. I am alone all day because my son and his wife work, and I miss my wife so much. I have been lonely for a long time. I found out about The Zubin Foundation gatherings for the elderly, and I now join them every Friday. I have made friends, which is difficult when you are my age. Every week I arrive early and get in the queue. I love to meet my new friends and now have something to do. Before I would just sit at home and my mind would wander. Thank you for supporting The Zubin Foundation because you have helped me feel happy, and I feel like I belong now. Thank you also to Anuradha for her kindness at The Zubin Foundation. - Dharma, 82, ethnically Nepalese (Name changed to maintain our client’s confidentiality) ********** In 2023, we positively impacted the lives of 12,000 ethnic minority individuals through outreach. • Ways to Partner: https://lnkd.in/dF2GYxgX • About Our Work: https://lnkd.in/gRs2xm2k #TZF4EM #TheZubinFoundation #Opportunity #EM #EthnicMinorities #EMinHK #RacialEqualityHK #少數族裔 #非華語 #Poverty #Discrimination

🌟 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬! 🌟We are thrilled to announce the recipients of our Scholarship Awards for the 2024 Cohort! 🎓✨ Thanks to the generous support of our valued partners and sponsors, we are delighted to share that we have awarded financial scholarships to 𝟓𝟓 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 pursuing higher education in Hong Kong! These remarkable individuals have demonstrated exceptional talent, dedication, and potential. Our scholarships not only provide vital financial assistance but also empower these students to chase their academic and career dreams. Together, we are investing in the future of our community and fostering the next generation of leaders. Join us in celebrating their achievements and the positive impact we can create together! 🌟 To our dedicated committee members, sponsors, and supporters—your commitment to education and opportunity is truly inspiring! The award ceremony was held on 23 November 2024 at Blueprint (Venue Sponsor: Swire Properties), welcoming over 100 attendees, including scholars and their families, partners, and sponsors. We were honoured to have Mr. Jeff Sze, Under-Secretary for Education, as our Guest of Honour, adding prestige to this memorable occasion. If you would like to know more about our Scholarship programme and fund our youth, find details at: https://lnkd.in/gfGg5C-r Email: scholarships@zubinfoundation.org Committee Members: Catherine Husted, Arfeen Bibi, Jafar Amin, Nicholas Studholme-Wilson, Sala Sihombing, Saajandeep Singh, Theresa Cunanan, PhD Prof Tsang Sandra Sponsors: A&O Shearman; Catherine Husted, Friends International Immigration Consulting Limited; IBI Group Limited, Neil Howard, Lakshmi Laroia, Lee Hysan Foundation, Kishinchand Chellaram Foundation, Mariam Zehra & Kaleem Rizvi, Mayer Brown, Mayurh Aggarwal, Mohsin Gadit, Naaz Shah, MTR Corporation Limited 香港鐵路有限公司, Omar Haq, Schroders, Shahneela Faruqui, Sonia Mahbubani, The Swire Group Charitable Trust 太古基金 Swire Trust, Walkers Sue Warner Michael Cheuk-Hon Chan, MPH Rachael Guan Bosco Leung (he/him) Ravi Dillon Wells Fargo Edward Man Carol Mai Hong Kong Disneyland   Shalini Mahtani, Sandy Chan Vinee Kapoor & Nidhi Dhanuka