CKPC Down Syndrome Buddy Group sending New Year’s blessings and greetings to Down Syndrome Families
曹光彪書院唐心兒小組為唐寶寶送上新年祝福及問候
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, CKPC’s Down Syndrome Buddy Group and the Macau Down Syndrome Association jointly organized a visit to send winter warmth and New Year blessings to the Down Syndrome families, who seldom join our activities.
We mainly visited 10 families, who live in different districts of the Macau Half Peninsula. Members of the group were divided into five groups and brought the New Year gifts prepared by the Association and the College to visit the families. It was the first time for the members to visit the Down Syndrome families. During the activity, we got to know more about the children and their family. Volunteers chatted with them, and we warmly exchanged greetings.
At the end of the visit, the team members returned to the Association and had a sharing. Some students said they were deeply touched by the visit as they witnessed how some families live in a really small house. They not only gained a more realistic sense of social life, but also learned to pay more attention to the underprivileged groups in the society. Some other students were touched by the love that parents have for their children. Some elderly parents still care about the future of their children and realized that they should be grateful to their parents for their contribution to the family. One of the mothers said she was in her 70s and her child was 50. She hoped that she and her child could live for another ten years, and then her child would go first and she would leave two days later. In this way, she would not have to worry. Members of the group realized that in recent years, Macao has greatly increased its efforts in helping the disadvantaged groups, and that the facilities and care services in schools and houses have been improved continuously, which has reduced the burden of the families of these disadvantaged groups. We look forward to giving more care and love to the disadvantaged groups in the future. As volunteers, we hope that we can stretch our hands further.
Written by Rebecca Hu (Leader of CKPC Down Syndrome Buddy Group)
在農曆新年到來之際，曹光彪書院唐心兒小組和澳門唐心兒協會共同組織了一次探訪活動，為平時不常出門的唐寶寶及家人送上冬日的溫暖和新年祝福。
本次活動主要探訪了十個唐心兒家庭，他們的住處分佈在澳門半鳥的各個區域，從黑沙環到東望洋。小組成員也分成五組，分別帶上協會與書院準備的新年禮物前去家訪。這是成員們首次探訪唐心兒家庭，在活動過程中，大家比以往更深入瞭解了唐心兒以及他們的家庭、生活。義工們和受訪家庭閒話家常，互相關心、問候和為對方送上祝福。
在探訪結束後，小組成員們回到協會並進行了簡單的總結。有同學分享，透過是次探訪親眼看到一些家庭如何在狹小的房子裏生活，深受觸動。他們除了對社會生活有了更真實的觸感，也學會更多的關注社會的弱勢群體。另外一些同學感歎父母對孩子的愛，有一些年事已高的父母，仍然掛念著孩子的未來生活，從中也體會到要感恩自己的父母對家庭的付出。其中一位母親說， 自己今年70多歲，孩子50歲。她希望自己和孩子能多活十年，然後孩子先走，她再晚兩天離開。這樣便不必牽掛。透過與唐寶寶家庭的交流，小組成員了解到澳門近年來對弱勢群體幫扶的力度大大增加，學校、屋舍的設施和關懷服務也在不斷的完善，讓這類弱勢群體的家庭負擔減輕不少。總結引起了大家的思考，我們期待作為義工哥哥姐姐，未來能為他們付出更多，把我們的雙手伸得更長、更遠。
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