Henyep believes in nurturing long-lasting relationships with the communities it operates in. Efforts have been made on a sustained basis to develop education, healthcare, and the environment. The Group continues to be a leader in community initiatives.

Sheen Hok Charitable Foundation was set up by Prof. Alice Chiu Tsang Hok Wan, BBS, JP and Mr. Louis Chiu Sheen Charm in July 1994 with the primary objectives of serving the elderly, disabled, sick and needy as well as victims of natural disasters who have no place else to turn. The Foundation also provides scholarships and educational grants for individuals who support their causes.

It is governed by a group of enthusiastic and prominent individuals of which the late Sir Rogerio Hyndman Lobo, C.B.E., JP is the Founding Chairman, Dr. Elsie Leung Oi-sie, GBM, JP is the Patron and a Board of Trustees including Prof. Alice Chiu Tsang Hok Wan, BBS, JP, HH Judge Mimmie Chan, Mrs. Maggie Fung, Mrs. Agnes Allcock and the Honorary Auditor, Prof. Patrick L.T. Wong, BBS, JP. All of the trustees contribute to the Foundation on a voluntary basis and are dedicated to the development of the Foundation and its charitable causes.

In the past 22 years, the Foundation has supported over 300 charitable organizations including the following:

Milestones

Canada China Child Health Foundation for the establishment of 9 Child Friendly Centres which provide primary health care and disease prevention programs in the area of eye care, dental service and bone treatment to infants, children and pregnant women in poor rural areas in China.



The establishment of 8 “Sheen Hok Primary Schools” and financially supported 6 kindergartens in China with the main purpose of giving a chance for children of poor families to receive primary education.



The sponsorship of 100 primary school students in Zhongshan, China each year from 2005-2008 who are either orphans or children from poor families.



Sponsored the opening of a community nursing centre in Tsing Yi, Hong Kong for Princess Margaret Hospital, and the Chinese Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Xian, China and the School of Public Health and Auditorium of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.



Operation Concern has also received our monetary support in providing free limb surgeries and medical services for the handicapped and orphans in China.



Supported and raised funds for the starving children in North Korea.



Supported the establishment of Operation Smile’s Medical Centre in Nanjing University, China. Medical professionals from USA provide training to local surgeons in China which in turn provide free operations to children in China who suffer from facial deformities.



Started “The Sheen Hok Amblyopia Project” fundraising campaign, which aims at helping the weak-sighted children in the remote areas of China. Amblyopia is a common disease among the less fortunate children. In China, about 12.5 million children suffer from weak-sightedness are proven to have eyesight of between 0.1 and 0.3 only. The best treatment period is from 3-8 of ages. If treatment is carried out after the age of 8, the restoration will be very slow and will be useless after 12. The Amblyopia children are mostly from the underprivileged families which have to go through strict financial assessment in order to be qualified as beneficiary of this medical project. The period of treatment usually lasts for 9-24 months or it could be a one-off surgery (depends on the situations), and it helps to restore the children’s eyesight to a normal rate of 0.7 to 1.5. The cost for each child ranges from HK$3,800 to HK$6,000 which covers the cost of treatment, special medical device, eyeglasses, home-stay expenses, transportation and meal allowance. Over the past 10 years, we have provided free medical treatments for over 3,000 children in Jiejiang, Chengdu (Sichuan), Inner Mongolia, Harbin, Daqing, Anning, Nanning, Zhongshan, Haikou and Vietnam. The Sheen Hok Amblyopia Project is expected to extend to remote areas such as Dali, Jinan and Inner Mongolia in 2012, which aims to cure 100 children with Amblyopia in each hospital each year.