Hong Kong Bank Foundation helps support speech therapy services for children

The Hong Kong Bank Foundation has made a grant of HK$258,000 to Benji’s Centre, the only charitable organisation in Hongkong currently providing specialised speech therapy for children.

The grant will be used for the establishment of a parent resource corner and toy library.

The Centre provides a range of educational toys and reading materials to help parents from low income families to do home training to stimulate and facilitate their children’s speech and language development.

The Centre is also be equipped with computers which help parents to search for information relevant to their children’s needs, and it also provide a venue for parents to meet and organise support for each other.

Benji’s Centre serves 180 families a month.

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Partnership types

Project funding; Provision of goods

Regions / countries / territories

Asia: China - Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region)

Global issues

Disability issues

Goods categories

Arts, crafts & toys; Books & audiovisual

Business sectors

Finance