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Advocacy Project
Proposal Summary
The proposal was to work with Dr. Patrick Khoo of HK Cares, a foundation in Hong Kong, China, where I would be on duty for 5 hours a day for a week. The service I aimed to provide was to visit hospitals in order to care for the elderly population in these facilities. By entertaining them, looking after them, reading to them, and helping them with whatever they needed, my goal was to relieve the disease burden on society and provide the elderly population in hospitals with a greater quality care experience through extra attention on my part.
Summary of What Took Place
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the organization. While HK Cares is not the largest or best communication organization in Hong Kong, they are certainly a part of what helps the community and makes it feel and live better.
Analysis
As noted in the introduction, the name of the organization is HK Cares. HK is short for Hong Kong, which is the location of the organization in terms of geography. Hong Kong, of course, is an island that is part of the larger country of China. The group was founded by a man named Dr. Patrick Khoo. Dr. Khoo used to be a professor at Hong Kong University. However, he… Continue Reading...
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