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One of the HOPE Education foundation ambassadors, Ms. Lee Sinje visited the Hans Anderson Club, Wong Tai Sin center located at Chuk Yuen Road. She attended one of the story telling activities with her own creation story books <The Rosy Bag of Little Yellow Flower>. She shared the happy story time with children and parents with games, as well as a special story telling time. Lee Sinje told her story about a tough girl named “Little Yellow Flower” in her book, with attractive words and body gestures. 

Around 50 children and adults participated in this event, children even dressed up in different animal costumes to welcome their special guest. Welcoming and opening remarks were specially prepared by the children; they acted as a “Little Yellow Flower” growing from a seed, and to interact with other children among the audience. Then it was followed by Sinje’s story telling session, everyone enjoyed the featuring song <Dragonfly> that she sang. Each child got a book <The Rosy Bag of Little Yellow Flower> which was sponsored by HOPE Education Foundation. Everyone with the book got a chance to have a close connection with Sinje, via a book signing and photo session, as well as to have an insight about reading the story at home. 

Lee Sinje was equally rejoiced about this interaction. Quoting her; “I like children very much, I feel happy when seeing them playing happily and listened to my story. During the time when I played and signed on the book, I can get to know them more. I wished they can be liked a “little yellow flower”, strive through all the difficulties in life. In fact I always wanted to initiate a talent training class, to also let children from the poor participate in this extracurricular activity. Today, this activity has given me a wonderful experience, I wished my dream will come true one day.”

According to Hope Education Foundation, all four Hope Ambassadors, Lee Sinje, Valen Hsu, Gigi Leung and Charlie Young wished to convey the message of little yellow flower through the stories they wrote. “Hopefully everyone works hand in hand, bringing hope to those children in need. Little yellow flower shall be the icon for the children; telling them to be strong when she faced with challenges. Hopefully this message is conveyed through this story telling activities. ”

On 4 June 2009, Ms. Frida Giannini, Mr. Patrizio di Marco and Ms. Mimi Tang of Gucci, along with representatives of the China Children and Teenagers’ Fund (CCTF) and the OSJ Radiant Foundation, visited the underprivileged children undergoing treatment at the Beijing Radiant Children’s Eye Hospital. The story books of Hope Education Foundation were presented to the children by the guests.

The Beijing Radiant Children’s Eye Hospital is a non-profit private medical institute that treats disadvantaged children with amblyopia with the support of the CCTF’s China Children’s Amblyopia Special Fund. The patients, ranging in age from 4-9 years old, prepared a spirited singing performance for the guests and gave a first hand account of what it was like living with the disease.

Story line:

Little Yellow Flower has a gift, a pink bicycle from her daddy. She rode to the field and got to know a few naughty friends. Out of the sudden, she fell down and her new bicycle broke into pieces. She was terribly hopeless when all her new friends left her alone. The night is approaching and she lost in the wood. What is she supposed to do?

This book looks at the world from the children’s angle, with beautiful words and pictures it portraits the insecurity and worry Little Yellow Flower has faced during her growing up. There are many misunderstanding and insecurity the little soul may encounter during her life voyage! The book inspires children the importance of communication and sharing, open oneself and to associate with others honestly and happily, we are all good friends!

Story Board：

Composition writing is Little Yellow Flower’s favorite subject! Her homework today is <My Fantastic World>. She turned powerful in her fantastic world. She wanted to fly with the bees in the sky; she wanted to swim with little starfish in the sea; she wanted to be a magician, she wanted to be invisible, turned glasses to candy, sneaked into mummy’s room for fragrance… Her fantastic world became bigger than she has ever thought of and was very hard to write them down in words. She seek for advice from her mummy and was asked: What is the most important thing in your fantastic world? Now she understands, her fantastic world is…..

This book looks at the world from the children’s angle, with beautiful words and pictures it portraits the insecurity and worry Little Yellow Flower has faced during her growing up. There are many misunderstanding and insecurity the little soul may encounter during her life voyage! The book inspires children the importance of communication and sharing, open oneself and to associate with others honestly and happily, we are all good friends!

Story Board：

Living in the forest, Little Yellow Flower does not like to talk much and she does not know how to express herself. She is kind hearted, innocent and lovely and only wants to help others quietly, just like the warm breeze bringing to people comfort and peace. Being taciturn, Little Yellow Flower has a warm heart but also a sense of insecure: she always has the question whether the little animals in the forest like her or not? This day her worry has turned into tears, How Grandpa Sun and other friends in the forest would comfort her? Do they really appreciate the innocent and beauty of Little Yellow Flower?

This book looks at the world from the children’s angle, with beautiful words and pictures it portraits the insecurity and worry Little Yellow Flower has faced during her growing up. There are many misunderstanding and insecurity the little soul may encounter during her life voyage! The book inspires children the importance of communication and sharing, open oneself and to associate with others honestly and happily, we are all good friends!

Story Board：

Little Yellow Flower lives in a small city, wearing a pair of ripped shoes and walks to school every day. The environment in the small city made Little Yellow Flower sometimes feel a big stone pressing over her chest, so she couldn’t breathe. Sometimes, she wants to hide under the chair because it’s so peaceful and safe there. Little Yellow Flower is always in the silence, she doesn’t speak, everyone thinks she is a strange child. There was always a big stone in her heart that kept her silent all the time. What kind of situation made Little Yellow Flower finally speak?

This book looks at the world from the children’s angle, with beautiful words and pictures it portrays the insecurity and worry Little Yellow Flower has faced during her growing up. There are many misunderstandings and insecurities the little soul may encounter during her life voyage! The book inspires children the importance of communication and sharing, open oneself and to associate with others honestly and happily, we are all good friends!

Little Yellow Flower of HOPE Education Foundation illustrates the stories of Little Yellow Flower. The series of 4 picture books are written by Valen Hsu, Sinje Lee, Gigi Leung and Charlie Young. HOPE Ambassadors of the Foundation, hoping to encourage children to take a positive in their  lives. The Foundation has the objective to bring Love, Happiness and Hope to all children regardless of their social status.

「HOPE Education – Little Yellow Flower」01 “The Rosy Bag of Little Yellow Flower”Book Release Press Conference
Date：28 March 2009 ( Sat )
Time：14:00
Venue：Commercial Press – Tsimshatsui Book Centre
ddress：Shop 213, 2/F, Miramar Shopping Centre – Hotel Tower, 118-130 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Guest：Author Miss Sinje Lee ( 李心潔小姐 )、Graphical Artist Miss Montagut.c ( 夢特嬌．全小姐 )

* HOPE Education foundation is now renamed as Little Yellow Flower Education Foundation

The project was divided into three parts: (1) Pre-camp briefing – to prepare the campers psychologically to join a camp where they would meet people from other cultural background, (2) 3-day-2-night camp – 30 campers with the assistance of helpers and instructors had a number of team activities which provided nurture grounds for them to know one another and accommodate the differences between cultures, and (3) Debriefing – to offer opportunities for campers to recapture happenings in the camp and to generalize their learning into their daily living. Campers were encouraged to share their experiences and took memorable photos together.

The camp was taken place at Tung Tsz Scout Camp and its facilities were used for water sports, camp fire and other team building challenges. The 30 campers came from two ethnic groups included 8 boys’ scouts who were nominated by the Boys’ Scouts Association, 7 teenagers from Tin Shiu Wai and 15 teens mainly having India and Nepal background. They are 11 to 14 years old.

Realization of project aim and objectives

The aim of this project is to cultivate social harmony between younger generations of two ethnic groups in Hong Kong, with the following objectives:

• To provide a leisure activity for all
• To provide opportunities for youths to understanding cultures of another ethnic groups
• To activate cultural exchange through a series of interactive and co-operative activities
• To plant the seed of social harmony among the youths

The project had provided opportunities for teenagers from three sources to mix together in the 3-day-2-night camp. The structured activities including canoeing, team activities, quiet and reflective sessions provided chances for campers to know one another and to interact and to communicate in natural ways. There were occasional minor arguments but they allowed campers to know deeper among themselves. The highlight of the camp was the camp fire where members sang and danced together harmoniously. Therefore, the project team could assess that the project aims and objectives were attained.

It is a great time to see the children not just having fun from the game but also learn from it. As the sponsor of this project, we are happy to share love and hope with all parties who involved in this project, Scout Association of Hong Kong for recruiting scouts and providing camp facilities, Mr. Shafi Asaf-Mohd for recruiting Nepal teens and giving advice on our activities, TWGHs Jockey Club Tin Shui Wai Integrated Services Centre for recruiting campers and lending of materials and tools for activities of the Programme, and the 15 voluntary helpers and instructors who offer their skills and heart in helping the campers. We would like to thank all of them again.

Inspiration of the Floral Collection

Following the opening of life of circle’s concept store in IFC in October 2007 when Charlie showed the public her butterfly sketches, Dickson and Charlie are delighted to unveil the full collection with a total of 6 pieces of stunning jewellery designs.

The gracious Dickson and Charlie have always been involved in charity work and providing for the under-privileged. When Dickson introduced his Floral Collection to Charlie a few months ago, Charlie not only loved the collection but was also inspired by it. The idea of butterfly fairies and small yellow daisies (which is a symbol for our charity foundation, HOPE Education Foundation) came to her mind and after a few brainstorming sessions with Dickson, they decided to join hands to produce the limited edition Daisy Butterfly Collection for life of circle.

The story of the Daisy Butterfly Collection

‘This Daisy Butterfly Collection is not only a name for a jewellery collection,’ says Charlie, ‘it also has a meaningful story behind it. It is about how the butterfly fairies bringing hope and support to the unfortunate small yellow daisies which usually grow alongside the roads and are left unattended. The butterfly fairies represent the four founders of the HOPE Education Foundation including myself, Ms. Gigi Leung, Ms. Valen Hsu and Ms. Sinje Lee. The small yellow daisies represent the under-privileged children who strive to be loved and to learn and survive. Both Dickson and I hope that this collection would arouse more attention from the public in order to help support these children.’

The Collection

The collection is feminine and elegant, capturing different forms of the butterfly fairies and the daisies. It includes bracelets, pendants, earrings and rings highlighted with diamonds, gemstones and mother of pearls. Only 1,000 pieces are produced in each of the 7 precious designs in this collection. As life of circle always hopes to bring blessing and joy to people, part of the sales proceeds from this collection will be donated to the HOPE Education Foundation.

* HOPE Education foundation is now renamed as Little Yellow Flower Education Foundation

Who are “floating Children”?

As industrialization has become more rapid in China, the city centers have been experiencing influxes of rural migrants, giving rise to abandoned “Street Children” who suffer not only from the lack of family support and care but also primitive schooling environments and insufficient educational resources.

Masion Mode – Mode Bear Charity Auction

Maison Mode and Hope Education Foundation have joined hands in organizing the Mode Bear Charity Fund-raising Program. Proceeds will be donated in full to Hope Education Foundation and will contribute towards providing underprivileged children with proper education.

A total of 12 Mode Bears will be auctioned in sealed bids. Each Bear is 3 ft tall and is specially designed by artists including Charlie Yang and various participating brands. Mode Bears will be exhibited at Masion Mode Shanghai Times Square from October 20 to November 4. Bidders simply need to drop their bidding form into the collection box on-site.

Over 1000 mini Mode Bears will be available for charity sale at Masion Mode stores nationwide.

* HOPE Education Foundation is now renamed as Little Yellow Flower Education Foundation