Hong Kong
August 26, 2021
ADMCF
In light of the government’s recently announced ban on disposable plastic tableware, ADMCF’s Ashley Bang was invited to share insights from her Eat Without Waste research at Green Drinks. Along with Edwin Lau from The Green ...
Hong Kong
August 12, 2021
ADMCF
“In recent years, researchers estimate a pangolin was poached every 21 minutes to fuel the illegal trade in Hong Kong alone. Globally, a pangolin is poached from the wild every 5 minutes.” #BetheChange: Tipping the ...
India
January 10, 2018
ADMCF
Late last year Aarambh India was honoured to receive the National Award for Child Welfare from the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. The citation highlighted the ADMCF/Prerana initiative’s Online National Resource Centre ...
Hong Kong
August 22, 2017
ADMCF
Written by Lily Russell-Stracey Last summer saw an unprecedented amount of litter washing up on Hong Kong’s beaches and 60-80% of this was plastic, according to a Coastal Watch Survey. Most of these single-use ...
Hong Kong
September 1, 2016
ADMCF
In recent years, we have come to recognise the importance of making our cities not just car accessible but more liveable. We now can see the physical and mental health benefits this promotes. One path taken towards this by cities ...
India
January 1, 2015
ADMCF
A 2012 report from the National Crime Records Bureau said that a child in India is raped every 76 minutes, while according to 2007 research commissioned by the Department of Women and Child Welfare, 53 percent of children report ...
Hong Kong
August 1, 2014
ADMCF
Written by Henriette Leimer, ADMCF intern Since SupportHK.org’s launch in December 2013, 19 petitions have been uploaded and approximately 50% of these are land-related. This is perhaps not surprising if recent local media ...
Thailand
August 1, 2014
ADMCF
Among Asia’s most discriminated people are the Rohingya, about 1.3 million of whom live in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, which borders Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of this Muslim ethnic minority also live in ...
Hong Kong
March 1, 2014
ADMCF
Ask any donor who supports small NGOs about their top headaches and the odds are high that “donor reporting” and “proper accounting” will come up. Whether the issue is timeliness, accuracy, or format, most donors will ...
India
February 1, 2013
ADMCF
“Child sexual abuse does not happen in India, certainly not to boys. It happens to children on the streets because they are vulnerable.” “It cannot happen to my child because he is safe in my house.” “There is no need ...
India
October 1, 2012
ADMCF
Musahars, considered among India’s lowest castes, number an estimated 1.1 million in Bihar state alone. There is widespread poverty among the Dalit population, which faces vast discrimination, exploitation, violence and ...
China
April 1, 2012
ADMCF
Five Chinese environmental groups recently named 48 global fashion brands that are using polluting factories in China and suggested consumers make a “green choice” when buying clothes. A report led by China Water Risk ...