Ymca (Social Organization) Detailed Data Collection

Ymca is the abbreviation of Young Men's Christian Association, which is translated into YMCA in Chinese. This is a global Christian youth movement. Its purpose is to meet the needs of personal interests, advocate meaningful entertainment, cultural and educational activities, and praise the service spirit of "serving the people rather than serving them".

The YMCA mainly cultivates Christian ethics and morality, and puts it into practice in life to improve personal physical and mental health. It is a good citizen of society.

Chinese name: YMCA mbth: Young People's Christian Association Nature: Youth Movement Universal Christian Religion: Christian Purpose, Mission Statement and Brief History, whose purpose is to "unite young people, that is, those who are willing to pursue Jesus Christ as God and Savior according to the Bible, behave sincerely as disciples, and are more willing to make concerted efforts to promote the kingdom of heaven among young people". The Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong was established in 190 1 for this purpose, so it is clearly stipulated in the articles of association that "the purpose of the club is to pursue Christian teachings, cultivate young people's complete personality and serve the society". In order to achieve this goal, a group of enthusiastic Christians and volunteer leaders who agree with the purpose of the association have cooperated to promote a number of planned activities, so that members and participants can get help from the activities: in recent years, with the support and sponsorship of many organizations and churches, more than 40 service units have been established in various ministries, covering Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, with nearly 50,000 members in different ministries. The Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong is a member of the global YMCA movement and a Christian service organization based in Hong Kong. In line with the Christian spirit of "not serving people, but serving people", we preach the kingdom of heaven through contracts and devote ourselves to advocating and cultivating young people to shoulder social responsibilities, care for the motherland and look at the world; And through diversified services, all-round development, commitment to vulnerable groups, promote reconciliation from individuals to society; Strive to build a civilized and caring Hong Kong. The YMCA originated in London, England, and was founded in 1844 by the young British Christian george williams. Its purpose is to provide belief education and cultivate a noble moral life for the workers who were stressed, tired and infected with bad habits at that time. The Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong was founded in 190 1 year, adhering to the Christian spirit of "not serving people, but serving people". It is committed to cultivating young people to establish sound character and correct values, so that they can achieve balanced development in moral education, intellectual education, physical education and social education, give full play to their potential and leadership skills, and enhance their civic awareness and sense of responsibility to society, thus serving the society. At first, the association rented No.27 Des Voeux Road Central as a meeting place to hold programs such as Bible study classes, English classes, lectures, sports activities and reading rooms. The YMCA attaches great importance to education, and the "China Day Pavilion" is the first such activity in today's YMCA middle school. In order to expand the service and own the club voluntarily, the first recruitment activity was held in 19 10, and 1 300 members were recruited, so the meeting developed rapidly. 19 13, a student dormitory was built near huangyan academy in daqiao street, sheung wan. Five years later, the first YMCA Central Club with indoor playground, swimming pool, restaurant and dormitory was built opposite. The Kowloon branch was established in 1929, which extended our work to Kowloon. 1937 lugouqiao incident, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, our association timely publicized the national salvation movement and wartime service. We held a national disaster relief, organized a refugee relief society, collected sympathy bags for wounded soldiers and soldiers for transportation, organized an army service corps, and publicized the spirit of the War of Resistance until Hong Kong was completely occupied. The war ended in August 1945. Our association is engaged in all kinds of reconstruction projects destroyed by war, and quickly promotes civilian education, services for returned overseas Chinese, youth return to the main movement, children's happy movement, health camp and so on. 1952 and 1957, the education museum and the student commune were built respectively. 1956, Li and Shek Kip Mei Roof Center was established to provide services for the victims displaced by the fire in this area, so as to prevent poor out-of-school children from wandering the streets and getting into bad habits. They were funded by the Social Welfare Department and the World Young Men's Christian Association, which became a highly regarded "rooftop service" at that time. Later, in 1958 and 1959, the rooftop center of Wong Tai Sin and the rooftop center of Tiger Rock were established, providing services such as children's literacy classes, children's bookstores and entertainment activities, and organizing children's clubs. 1959, a vocational guidance center was established to provide professional training courses. 1960 is the 60th anniversary of the association. Four major projects have been planned. 1960 to buy the downtown clubhouse, 196 1 year to complete the middle school building. 1966, the 20-story Waterloo Road Club Building was completed and became the headquarters of the Association, including international hotels, various program centers and gymnasiums. 1960, WWF also opened Wong Tai Sin Community Service, becoming the first voluntary organization to cooperate with the Social Welfare Department. With the riots in 1967, Hong Kong felt the importance of community service and worked closely with this association. Sau Mau Ping Club, Tsz Wan Shan Club and Chai Wan Club came into service in the 1970s. In addition, oil promotes. Recreation counseling program of local sports ground, roving service of mobile sports car and experimental youth counseling program are also pioneers of outreach social work. School social work was put into service in early 1980, and Shau Kei Wan/Chai Wan Outreach Team and Sheung Wan Outreach Team were established in the same year. 1970s, in terms of services, WWF also provided services for refugees, including Jubilee Camp and Argyle Street No.4 Camp, in addition to the services in the pilot new areas. In education, the YMCA and the YMCA of Vancouver, Canada jointly organized a pre-university course to increase the opportunities for young people to study abroad. As far as camp activities are concerned, it can be traced back to the 1920s. 1957, Tseung Kwan O Youth Camp opened for the first time. 1970, this bureau took over the Wu Kaisha Children's Village of the Christian Children's Welfare Association, and later set up the Huang Yizhou Youth Camp, which greatly expanded the outdoor activities of young people. On the occasion of its eightieth anniversary, three major projects were carried out, starting from Shau Kei Wan's own clubhouse, Wong Chuan Ching Centre, a six-story New Territories clubhouse costing more than 10 million yuan, and a Hong Kong clubhouse costing more than 70 million yuan and Bay View International Hotel were opened in 1982 and 1985 respectively. Facing the new towns in the New Territories, we established Tuen Mun Club and Li Yao Club in 1982 and 1985 respectively. The second phase of New Territories Club, including indoor swimming pool and forest protection hall, was completed in 1987. Blue Sky Club added book service in 1986 10. In 1987, 1988 and 1989, we renovated and equipped the new Kwun Tong Club, the new Tsuen Wan Club and the Xiumaoping Club. 1987, the Christian Ministry was established to promote and support the religious activities of clubs and schools in all areas of our association's work, and to contact local churches to jointly promote the Ministry. To cope with the development of the community, three rooftop service centers in Wong Tai Sin, Wang Tau Kan and Lok Fu were closed in 1988, and Guangfu Club, Zhu Yuan Club and Hin Path Club were added. In the same year, the staff of Sheung Wan Outreach Team moved to Sha Tin District to set up Sha Tin Outreach Team. The Hony Club in the Eastern District of Hong Kong also provided services in July 1988. 1989, we took over the Lianqing Deaf Center. 1989 At the beginning of July and the end of September, Tian Ping Senior Center and Dormitory were put into use respectively. 1990, YMCA College moved to Ma On Shan to serve the new town. The youth centre in Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island was also moved to Siu Sai Wan, and the Kwai Tsing Outreach Team started its service in the same year. Wong Tai Sin Club moved to Diamond Hill in March 1990 to continue its service and was renamed Diamond Hill Club. The 90th anniversary of the association will be marked by five main tasks. Wu kai sha Youth Village was rebuilt in 199 1 year, and the project is currently in progress. In the same year, the "Centennial Tree People" Fund was established to help young people who are interested in studying theology and devote themselves to serving Hong Kong and spreading the gospel. 1992 Committed to the development of Ministry in China, and co-organized some youth exchange and service projects with domestic YMCA and other organizations, which was the predecessor of the International Ministry Corps. 1995, the sheltered workshop and dormitory of Abby House were formally established to provide vocational counseling and accommodation services for the mentally retarded and disabled. In the same year, the professional college was approved and registered by the education department, which made our education enter a new era. 1996, the expansion of Kowloon Club was completed, and now it is a new club building with 25 floors. The club has general offices, youth departments, professional colleges, international hotels, cultural and sports departments and other administrative departments to further promote community and youth undertakings. 199 1 year, the association and the YMCA of Hong Kong established the "YMCA Environmental Action Committee" and published "Grass Seedlings" to arouse young people's concern about environmental protection. Kwai/Youth Outreach Team was established in 1992, and Chai Wan Club was put into service in May of the same year. 1993, bridges Street Club was restored, and July was the opening ceremony of "Live Wonderful". Towards the year 2000 ". After that, China and Hong Kong held youth service exchanges to serve Xi 'an and challenge the land, sea and air. /kloc-In October/February, the activity of "Merry Christmas, Enjoy Life" was held for the first time to publicize the love and care of Christ. 1In April, 1994, the hotline consultation service of "Love in the First Line" officially started. 10, the first comprehensive service team was established in Xiaoxiwan. 1995 held the "Youth Care for AIDS Action Biweek", and in June, the shelter workshop and dormitory of Bilove House began to be put into use. 1996, we held an opening ceremony for the relocation of the youth deaf center, and in April, the consulting group officially put into service, providing interviews and hotline consultation. The Mong Kok Social Centre for the Elderly, which was opened in August, has also been opened. After the centenary of the YMCA, the number of clubs has grown from a rented venue to 40 different types of service units and clubs. The number of members has increased from 1300 to nearly 50,000. We are convinced that this fruitful achievement is by no means what people can do, but the consistent protection and blessing of God among us. Glory be to our God.