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The offline volunteer event was a natural extension of an online 'Stamps for Food” initiative, which was jointly launched by WeChat Pay HK and Tencent Charity in July this year, as part of Tencent’s efforts to support local charity organizations in serving underprivileged communities.įrom July 1 to December 31, users of WeChat Pay HK can donate a charity stamp after completing their first purchase of the day via the platform. In Hong Kong, the annual charity campaign officially kicked off today with an offline volunteer event. Mr Christopher Hui, JP, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Mr Forest Lin, Corporate Vice President of Tencent and President of Tencent Financial Technology, joined Tencent employees in the preparation and distribution of hot meals at Food Angel, a Hong Kong-based non-profit food rescue and assistance organization.įollowing strict safety protocols, our volunteers repurposed rescued food items in Food Angel’s central kitchen in Sham Shui Po, and prepared a total of 2,183 nutritious hot meals and food packs, which were distributed to people in the needy community in Hong Kong.

Support to local charity organizations in Hong Kong serving underprivileged communities This year marks Tencent’s 7th annual “99 Giving Day”, an opportunity that the company initiated for different parties in the global Internet-based ecosystem to come together and plant the seedlings of goodwill. The organizations will set up programmes for donations on the WeChat Pay HK charity platform, with donations to be matched by the Tencent Charity Foundation (“Tencent Foundation”).įounded in 2015, Tencent's 99 Giving Day is now the most popular and renowned public charity campaigns in China, bringing together enterprises, charities and donors to address a diverse range of challenges that affect the local and global community. Tencent has announced that it is bringing the company’s annual charity campaign “99 Giving Day” to Hong Kong once again this year, partnering with three reputable charity organizations including Orbis, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGH) and the Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF HK).

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