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The Shanghai K Charitable Foundation was
registered in November 2017 at the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau. The Foundation's purpose is to help others to help themselves, and it supports youth living in
poverty and tragedy.
The Foundation supports the Jiahe Hospitality and Mentoring
Programme (hereinafter referred to as the programme). The programme, founded in
2015 by The Hon Sir Michael and Lady Kadoorie, pays tribute to industrialist
and hotelier Sir Horace Kadoorie, CBE (1902-1995), who was a great philanthropist
and a former resident of Shanghai, to continue his legacy of helping the less
fortunate in China. It provides holistic development in hospitality, technical and
life skills training so that the young can become independent and self-reliant.
Beneficiaries are recruited from rural and
disadvantaged communities throughout China. Some are orphans, some from families
devastated by AIDS or by fatal domestic violence and some are just children who
were left behind when their parents left to work in urban centres.
"The programme helps those who come from
disadvantaged backgrounds to take charge of their lives and play a role in
China's thriving hospitality industry."
Challenges for Disadvantaged Youth
Lack of Skills
The growing cost of education prevents disadvantaged youths from receiving quality training and education.
Marginalisation
There are limited opportunities to change their living conditions, and this widens the income gap.
Vulnerabilities
Low self-esteem and self-confidence.
HELPING OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES
The programme provides a holistic approach in hospitality technical training and life skills to youths in their late teens to early twenties from disadvantaged backgrounds so that they may learn a trade and how to live in large cities, and lead productive and self-sustaining lives as model individuals in their communities.
