Our Petit Stories

A Petit Story of Ah-Dai

Few years ago, while I was still the chairperson of Direction Association, I was busy in looking forward to establishing a sustainable business model. Through a first hand experience, I realized that voice dubbing was a fairly good job for severely physically disabled ones. I thought the potential of making it a business of our

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A Petit Story of Wing 1

我作為路向社企的全職員工至今兩年,因合約期滿,即將離開。 當初之所以選擇加入社企,一部分是為了自我挑戰──這可是我一貫的目標,就如我當年之所以成為香港第一個玩滑翔傘的輪椅人士,以及第一個以手動輪椅環繞台灣一周的香港輪椅人。即使坐輪椅,我仍是一個運動員! 在社企工作的期間使我增廣見聞,初次踏入跨國大企業的世界、初次了解女性消費品……在許多的嶄新的體驗中,我發覺自己成長不少,社交圈也變大很多。要說唯一的缺點……大概就是減少運動時間,肚子變肥了吧!

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A Petit Story of Wing 2

我人生的第一份工作是在油麻地果欄。果欄店老闆請我在平房二樓的辦公室工作,但那裡沒有電梯,四肢傷殘的我只能爬著上二樓。所幸同事們不嫌麻煩,每天都幫助我。那時我就立志,將來若有能力,一定要換我幫助其他殘疾人士,讓更多肢障者都能自力更生。我加入路向社企的主因正是因為這裡能實現我的理想:為其他殘疾人士提供就業機會。

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A Petit Story of Willy 1

I am a committee member of this social enterprise. When we started this social enterprise, our dream was to run this business with paraplegic persons only. In the end, we could only get one. Afterwards, even though we were supported by funds to publish a book, we could ultimately employ two healthy staff to take

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A Petit Story of Willy 2

“When Heaven is about to send down great responsibilities on you, she will first send sufferings to test your will and hard work to test your flesh and bones. She will have you suffer from hunger and poverty. She will frustrate all your plans. In this way she will move your mind, toughen your nature,

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A Petit Story of Tab 1

Back in 2000, a traffic accident took away my freedom and I am paraplegic now. At that time, I was in disdain for a long time and treated my parent so bad and sometimes I was even scolding at them without a reason. Until they were having all kinds of sickness due to exhaustion and

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A petit story of Tab 2

Today, an international insurance company gathers all her elite agents to join a training event. Our social enterprise is paid to hold some of the events and i am one of the performers. Starting from a stage with 20-30 attendees, this social enterprise put me onto many different stage and I am well trained to

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A petit story of Ping

I live with a prosthesis because I’ve lost a leg. I also got a hearing aid. My last job is a graphic designer helping people to print things on their vests, jackets and uniforms. My last job locked me in front of computer screens. All communications with my customers are conducted via texts in front

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A petit story of Kwok-Wah

Due to my job in social enterprise, I was elected as 香港復康力量在職達人2016. It is the most exciting part of my year 2016. Few years ago, while I was living on crutches instead of electric wheelchair, my job was to answer 24 hour calls of elevator maintenance. The working hours is long albeit I have hypertension.

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A petit story of Fung

I was living in an english speaking world for quite a period of time. My colloquial english is okay. Due to my paraplegic condition, I moved back to Hong Kong and there is no point to speak english in the cantonese world around me. In a case of serving an english speaking customer, we formed

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