On 15th Nov (Sun) evening, a ruthless fire broke out in a tenement building at 560-562 Canton Road in Yau Ma Tei, resulting in eight deaths and more than a dozen injuries. A number of families were in deep sorrow by the sudden grief.
After learning the news, KKICSC immediately activated emergency support services. First, the staff gathered brothers and sisters of Kam Kwong Nepal Christian Church to check if any relatives or friends were injured or killed in the fire. Then, in the early morning of 16th Nov (Mon), a team of staff from the Center and Nepalese volunteers went to the disaster site, Kwong Wah Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital to express condolences and offer support and care for the Nepalese families. They provided onsite translation and emotional counseling, served as communication laison among the Nepalese and the medical staff, government officials, police officers, district councilors etc., also dealing with and following up on different real-time issues.
In the aftermath of the incident, the Center has managed to contact the families of four casulaties. The Nepalese volunteers have established a relationship of mutual trust with them, hoping to provide appropriate care and support to overcome the hard time. Meanwhile, social workers from the Center have already contacted the Assistant Social Welfare Officer of Yau Ma Tei District and the Medical Social Services Unit of the two hospitals, to express the willingness to provide any support needed such as Nepali translation and companionship at any time.
We look forward to walking with friends from the ethnic minorities, and would like to call for attention and action from the community to care for the neglected lives around us.
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11月15日(星期日)晚上，油麻地廣東道560至562號唐樓發生一場無情大火，造成八死及十多人受傷送院，多個家庭面對突然而來的哀痛，深感悲傷！
中心得知消息後，隨即啟動緊急支援服務。首先，同工召集基督教尼泊爾錦光堂的弟兄姊妹，搜尋有沒有親友在火災其中受傷亡，繼而在翌日11月16日(星期一)清晨，中心的同工與尼泊爾籍義工前往災場、廣華醫院及伊利沙伯醫院支援、關懷尼泊爾家庭，提供翻譯即時及情緒輔導，成為尼泊爾人與醫護人員、政府職員、警員、區議員溝通的橋樑，與他們即時處理及跟進不同方面的問題。
中心共接觸了四個死傷者的家庭，尼泊爾籍義工與受影響家庭建立互信關係，盼能提供適切的關顧與支援，度過難關。與此同時，中心社工聯絡該區油麻地區副福利專員及兩間醫院的醫務社會服務部，表達我們尼泊爾籍義工可以隨時提供尼泊爾文的翻譯及陪伴等服務。
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由2016年6月開始，我們舉行了12場「生命英雄頒獎禮」，到訪了多間區內學校，過程中接觸了近3000個生命，並帶領了約30人決志信主，一切榮耀歸主！在此感謝一眾義工的全心奉獻，令劇場能成為社區的祝福！
「家．愛」頒獎典禮已於2016年5月8日(星期日)舉行，邀得立法會議員田北辰BBS JP，元朗區議會主席沈豪傑議員，社會福利署元朗區助理福利專員張麗娟女士和元朗警區警民關係主任黃麗瑩總督察蒞臨主禮。
