ArtWalk 2012 Benefiting Charity

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The 2012 benefiting charity will again be the Society for Community Organization (SoCO) - who received HK$400,000 from last year's ArtWalk.

SoCO is a non-profit community charitable organisation formed in 1972 that believes in equal opportunity of participation and fair distribution of social resources to be the foundation of human rights.

SoCO is active in lobbying for an improvement in the lives of the 1.3 million Hong Kong people (including 370,000 children) who live below the poverty line - predominantly comprising the elderly, low-income single people and families and recent immigrants from China not eligible for government subsidies and accommodation.

SoCO undertakes activities for children and low-income groups; advocacy programmes; and, has initiated mutual self-help groups (e.g. the Elderly Rights League; New Immigrants’ Mutual Aid Association; Childrens’ Rights Association etc) and is involved in action to highlight inequity and demand government policy changes by initiating and undertaking original social policy research and taking an active advocacy role with Hong Kong decision-making bodies.

As part of ArtWalk Extra, SoCO will hold an exhibition about Hong Kong housing problems: poorly maintained buildings; cage-homes and illegally sub-divided apartments. The exhibition highlights the many 'invisible' people in Hong Kong who are poor; elderly and poor; discriminated against and marginalized. Visit Schoeni Art Gallery (Hollywood Road branch - directly next to the Mid-levels Escalator) at G/F, 27 Hollywood Road, Central to see the SoCO exhibition between 7 – 14 March 2012.

Society for Community Organization (SoCO) 
3/F, 52 Princess Margaret Road, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2713 9165 
Email: soco@pacific.net.hk 
Website: www.soco.org.hk

Private donations are welcome.

- Download SoCO’s donation form in .doc format (3MB)
- Download SoCO’s donation form in .pdf format (606KB)
- Download brochure (in Eng & Chi) outlining SoCO's work (2MB)
- Exhibition of SoCO 'Kid's Photography' display during ArtWalk 2011 (PDF 6MB)

SoCO advocates better housing for cubicle dwellers

People living in crowded cubicle accommodation, Sham Shu Po

'Kid's Photography' exhibition participants in Sham Shui Po

Exhibition of SoCO's work and reconstruction of cagehome and Sham Shui Po divided apartment on
display, ArtWalk 2008

Exhibition of SoCO's work and real cagehome on display, ArtWalk 2010

SoCO organises actions to highlight structural inequality, 2010