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Recently, CityU held a Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration with Caritas Macau. President of Caritas Macau Paul Poon, Deputy Service Director of Caritas Macau Julia Lam and Judy Chiang, Deputy Service Director of Caritas Macau, visited our university and were warmly received by our Rector Shu Guang Zhang, Vice Rector Fanqing Kong, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Zhong Wang and Program Coordinator of Social Work Jacky Ho. Caritas Macau is part of an international social service organisations (Caritas Internationalis) operating in over 200 countries and territories, its Macau agency was established in 1951 with a specific mission to provide humanitarian service to people in need in Macau society. Its social services, both in material or non-material aspects are reaching its service recipients from elderly to youngsters. Besides, Caritas Macau also put its efforts in advocacy and promotion of social work education and training in local community since 1977. Rector Zhang expressed his warm welcome to Mr Poon and his associates for future collaboration between the two parties. This MOU marked an important partnership to explore and develop cooperation in areas of social work education, service and training, research and other professional programmes with an aim to actively engage our social work students into the local and global society. |
Signing Ceremony with Caritas Macau
Group photo of the participants
Rector Zhang presenting souvenir to President Poon |
