Sharing Session on “How a Social Enterprise Makes Reading Accessible to All”
To promote a reading culture, the social enterprise, Rolling Books, turned a van into a mobile library and travels to schools and communities to bring the joy of reading to underprivileged children via various creative activities. It aims to promote equal opportunities and strengthen bonds within the community.
The I·CARE Social Enterprise Startup Scheme is pleased to have invited the founder of Rolling Books to share his mission and journey of operating a social enterprise, as well as the key to run a sustainable business. Details are as follows:
Date: 21 March 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Venue: Room 502, Wong Foo Yuan Building
Speaker: Mr. James Chong (Founder of Rolling Books)
Target: All CUHK students and alumni
Language: Cantonese (supplemented with English)
Registration: Please click here
Sharing Session on Strategies of Promoting Social Enterprise Missions cum Award Presentation Ceremony
Date: 16 February 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Venue: UGA, InnoPort, Inter-University Hall
Target: All CUHK students and alumni
Language: Cantonese
Content: 1. Sharing Session on Strategies of Promoting Social Enterprise Missions (Speaker: Mr. Chong Chan-yau, MBE*, Co-founder & CEO of CarbonCare InnoLab)
2. CUSE Fund Award Presentation Ceremony 2021-22 and awardees’ sharing
Registration: Please click here
* Speaker’s Biography:
Mr. Chong Chan-yau is the Co-founder and CEO of CarbonCare InnoLab, Member of Board of Directors of Climate Finance Asia, Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Blind Union, and Board Member of the Dialogue in the Dark (HK) Foundation. He was an Administrative Officer in the Hong Kong SAR Government, Executive Director of Oxfam Hong Kong, and Director of the Centre for Development and Resources for Students of The University of Hong Kong (HKU).
Mr. Chong graduated from HKU with a Bachelor of Arts degree and obtained a Master’s degree in Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Enquiry
Miss Lau of I·CARE Centre for Whole-person Development Student Experience and Development Section
Office of Student Affairs
Tel: 3943 3714
Email: tiffanylau@cuhk.edu.hk