Experiential Learning Project Profile
Platforms and Opportunities
for Social Innovation
GH01-001
Background
Social enterprise and innovation are emerging trends bringing changes to different
parts of the world through innovative ideas and solutions that address social needs
and demands with financial sustainability. Our community partner, Social Ventures
Hong Kong (SVhk) offers our students some experiential learning opportunities to
have hands on devising plans and projects to develop better knowledge and skills of
social enterprises and innovation.
Possible Experiential Learning Activities
Students would have closer contacts communicating and working with social
innovators and a wide range of community stakeholders such as people with
disabilities, underprivileged children or children from family of lower socio-economic
status, single-parent family, and others. Highlighted below are some of the possible
projects and experiential learning activities.
• Investigate and redesign the living space and daily activities of co-habiting families
Light Be and Light Home promotes affordable housing services to alleviate
poverty of single-parent family.
• Design interesting and engaging topics and activities for children
Playtao Foreverland provides school-based
afterschool program for children from grassroots
families.
• Suggest cultural rich and interesting tours for
people who have to travel with their wheel chairs,
by themselves or with their caregivers
Diamondcab is the first barrier-free taxi service
provider that runs on 24 hours call center in HK.
• There are other projects relating to both local and
global issues and campaigns such as environmental
sustainability, poverty and aging, etc. Students can
model or base on the existing platforms to design
new campaigns.
Students will work with social entrepreneurs
and innovators to discuss and review
different strategies and practices. They
will have opportunities to contact targeted
beneficiaries to understand their needs and
interests. Students will also propose and
experiment creative marketing campaigns or
new ideas for social services and goods.
PROJECT LOCATION
Various Indoor
locations of
Hong Kong
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Social Ventures
Hong Kong (SVhk)
KEY AREAS
Social Innovation, Social Needs,
Social Enterprise, Underprivileged
Children, Single-parent Family,
Poverty, Aging, Disability,
Green, Lifestyle, Living Space,
Co-habiting, Cultural Tour,
Supplemental Instruction, Business
Model, Sustainability, Creativity,
Business Development
Interested faculty members are
welcome to contact Amia Cheung,
Lecturer of GHELC.
Phone: 2219 4877
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://ghelc.hku.hk