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HSBC supports children with communication difficulties
The Hongkong Bank Foundation supports Benji's Centre, the first and currently the only charitable organisation providing specialised speech therapy for children, with a donation of HK$258,000 for the establishment of Parent Resource Corner and Toy Library.
HSBC supported Parent Resources Corner and Toy Library
provides various educational toys and reading materials which can facilitate parents from low income families to do home training to stimulate and facilitate their children's speech and language development.
equips with facilities and training on computer for parents who can search useful information for home training.
provides a venue for parents to get together and organise parents groups and meetings for network and support.
serves over 180 families per month.
- a charitable organisation providing specialised professional one on one speech and language therapy and assessment by qualified speech therapists to children and teenagers below the age of 16 with any kind of communication difficulties.
- Services provided include
- individual speech and language assessment
- individual therapy services for children
- group therapy, parent and care-giver education
- consultancy and services to schools, childcare centers and community groups.
- 55% of users are with monthly family income below HK$15,000. 70% of the children (from low income families) enjoy fee remission, the remaining 30% pay a fee equals to half of the private therapy charge.
- In Hong Kong, there are around 5% of students with communication difficulties according to a research of the Department of Health and the City University of Hong Kong.
- Communication difficulties include
- phonological delay / disorder
- language delay / disorder
- weak social skills
- dysfluency.
Albert Chan (1st from left), HSBC's Head of Commercial Banking and Raymond Wong (1st from right), Founder of Benji's Centre enjoy the games on mouth's and tongue's muscle training with children in the Parent Resources and Toy Library funded by the Hongkong Bank Foundation.
The speech therapist of Benji's Centre provides professional speech and language therapy to children with communication difficulties through different toys and games.
The Parent Resources and Toy Library provides various educational toys and reading materials which can facilitate parents to do home training to stimulate and facilitate their children's speech and language development.
The Parent Resources and Toy Library is established with a donation from the Hongkong Bank Foundation.
