Sadly, no.

Humanitarian goods. The site will be big enough for some, but not all, of the items we distribute to people in need, locally and internationally.  We need another site for the rest. 

Experiential education programmes. We will not be able to fit our educational simulation x-periences that focus on world needs. We have been offering them, since 2005, to schools, universities, corporate groups, community organisations and more. This aspect of the work has been a major part of our services, and requires space, which is almost the same as the warehousing. 

Volunteering. We will not be able to continue our volunteering opportunities as in the past. We have had approx. 6,000 community volunteers per year, in recent times, but the new site is much too small for numbers at that level. We will still welcome students, corporate groups, service groups and individuals, but will need to book carefully to ensure we fit to size. 

Fair trade. Our fair trade work (our marketplace and Café) will not be able to continue at the current level. We may manage a tiny representation of them, but very reduced (with reduction, too, in the number of people we help through it.)

Subsidiary services. A portion of our administration needs will fit in this new location. Most will not. 

Photo below: our fair trade marketplace

 

KEEPING ON KEEPING ON

“There is nothing else like this for our students in Hong Kong”, a primary teacher told us while her students undertook one of our simulation programmes. She was keen for us to keep our services going.
We are committed to continuing our services, given the requests for them. To do so, though, we must have a suitable location. Please join us in our search.