Safe Families – Suzanne’s Sharing
We launched our Safe Families Service in 2021 as a response to Hong Kong’s child protection crisis, with the mission to support new parents on their parenting journey. At Mother’s Choice we often say “it takes a village to raise a child”. But new parents who choose to b … Continued
This Thanksgiving, We Are So Grateful For You
This is the story of a city’s kindness to the most vulnerable in our community. In 2020, a social media post shared our urgent need for diapers. We were hopeful and placed plastic bins outside Child Care Home. The next day, the diapers started to arrive, and kept coming … Continued
The Journey to Launch Safe Families in Hong Kong
In the past few years, we’ve all understood in a deeper way what it means to feel socially isolated from one another. But for some families, especially young mothers with a new baby, social isolation is all they have ever known. We believe that any young mother who want … Continued
Safe Families – Our Launch Year!
For several years, Mother’s Choice has been planning to launch a new program called Safe Families, to match young moms and their children with volunteer friends in the community. We believe that any young mother who wants to parent her baby should be supported to do so. … Continued
Always part of our family – “Welcome Back to Child Care Home”
Our ‘Welcome back to Child Care Home’ days give the children who stayed in our Child Care Home and their adoptive families to come back and visit us! By holding these events we hope to create a networking platform to give all our families a place to connect – pare … Continued
What if there was a different kind of “happy hour”?
Why not spend the evening giving back to the community and come help look after our children in the Child Care Home? With the kindness of our donors and volunteers, Mother’s Choice is able to provide support to our community which includes providing the necessary care t … Continued
Positive Adoption Language
The way we talk, and the words we choose say a lot about what we think and value. When we use positive adoption language, we encourage and respect everyone involved in adoption, from the birth parents to adoptive parents, and most importantly, the child. Download our Po … Continued
Adoption: A Continual Renewal of Love
Thank you Hong Kong Council of Social Service for celebrating adoption as a wonderful and beautiful way to build a family! In this video, we hear from parents Derek and Angela, who built their family through adoption: “A child can feel your love from how you treat him. … Continued
20 things you can do to build stronger families for children
How you can support children, youth, and families in your community? We believe it takes a village to raise a child, and we have designed a series of activities this month for you to get educated, take action, talk to your friends, and “be the village” for a child! Down … Continued
What does it take to raise a child?
Over the years, we’ve learned a lot from working with children without families and pregnant teenagers in Hong Kong. Despite the challenges that they’re up against, we have hope for their future, because we know that it is in family – a safe, loving, and permanent famil … Continued