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City Orienteering 2007
On 20th January, 2007, student advocates participating in the Health in Mind programme and service users of the Castle Peak and Kwai Chung hospitals enjoyed a special excursion visit around the city of Hong Kong accompanied by social workers, Jardine Ambassadors and friends of ambassadors.
A joint function co-organized by Jardine Ambassadors' Education and Prevention and Re-integration groups, the trip had two objectives. One was to provide the service users with an opportunity to rejoin the community, practice their long deprived skills of planning, time management, budget allocation and decision making, and to re-familiarize themselves with transportation facilities. The second was to help the student advocates to learn how to take care of the under-privileged and to encourage them to promote a positive message with regard to the importance of social inclusion and de-stigmatization of mental illness.
The 250 participants were divided into 54 teams of four to six people with each team given certain tasks to complete within a set budget and timeline. These included finding designated checkpoints such as the Space Museum, History Museums, Avenue of Stars and shopping malls, to buying a healthy lunch, choosing a gift for someone special, and purchasing a plant at the flower market.
"When I was at the Avenue of Stars, I was totally immersed in the beautiful surroundings, sunshine and breeze. This is what I always dream of when I am in the hospital," said one of the service users.
One of the students summed up the success of the day's activities with "It has changed my attitude to and given me a better understanding of people suffering from mental illness".
城市追蹤 2007
一月二十日對參與「城市追蹤 2007」的二百五十名參加者是一個難忘的日子！怡和親善大使及親友、參與「Teen使行動」的思健大使、社工、青山醫院及葵涌醫院的院友組成了五十四隊各有四至六人的隊伍，在指定的時限及金額下完成多項指令。行動包括到香港太空館、香港歷史博物館、迪士尼樂園、星光大道及大型購物中心等尋找問卷的答案、根據「飲食金字塔」進食午餐、購買一份禮物給一個「心中人」、到旺角花墟選購一盆盆栽或植物等。
教育及預防與融合小組攜手舉辦是次「城市追蹤」活動的目的有兩個 ：一方面可以幫助院友重新體驗城市生活，運用日常生活技巧如編排時間表、財政管理；另一方面通過是次活動讓學生多接觸精神病患者，減少對他們的歧視及誤解，並把正確態度加以宣揚。
參加者於活動閉幕禮上分享當日的體驗和心聲，其中一名院友說：「在星光大道享受到的和暖太陽及微風正是我每日在醫院盼望得到的東西！」一名學生說：「今次活動讓我接觸到精神病患者，與他們直接溝通，改變了我對他們的態度及加深了我對精神病患者的認識。」 |
