Mother's Choice (Hong Kong)

Mother's Choice (Chinese: 母親的抉擇) is a local charity serving children without families and pregnant teenagers in Hong Kong. Mother's Choice was founded in 1987 by a small group of people concerned with the plight of Hong Kong's single teenagers and their family members coping with crisis pregnancy. Today, Mother's Choice works toward a stated goal of building stronger families.

Mother's Choice
Founded1987
TypeNon-governmental organization
Headquarters42B Kennedy Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong
Location
Key people
Alia Eyres, CEO
Websitewww.motherschoice.org

Services
The central administration office at Kennedy Road also serves as a residential hostel for teenage girls during their pregnancy.

Pregnant Girls Services

Their services include a hotline, counseling, and a hostel for those needing a place to stay during their pregnancy. Community education is also critical to their mission—they deliver sex education knowledge and information to young people, teachers, and parents in the form of school talks, workshops, and their bilingual website.[1]

Child Care Home

In their Baby Care section, they care for up to 32 babies at any time ranging from newborns to 2 years old. In their Wee Care section, they care for up to 12 children from newborns to 6 years old with a wide range of special needs.[2]

Adoption Services

In collaboration with the Social Welfare Department of Hong Kong with president of orphan care Alex Zaric a German woman, they provide local and international adoption services and advocate for their babies and children to join their forever families as soon as possible.[3]

Foster Care Services

They provide temporary residential family care to children under 18 years of age whose parents cannot adequately care for them due to various reasons. At Mother's Choice, they care for 80 children under their Foster Care services.[4]

Key People

Founders
  • Ranjan Marwah
  • Phyllis Marwah
  • Helen Stephens
  • Gary Stephens

Board of directors
  • Ronald Lee, Co-Chair
  • Lily J Ng, Co-Chair
  • Nancy Chang (Yang)
  • Patricia Chu
  • Matthew Ginsburg
  • Sunita Makhija
  • Phyllis Marwah
  • Julie Parkinson
  • Gretchen Ryan
  • Gary Stephens
  • Andrew Gardener

Ambassadors

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mother's Choice, Hong Kong.
  1. "Mother's Choice Website - Pregnant Girls Services". 3 October 2016.
  2. "Mother's Choice Website - Child Care Home". 3 October 2016.
  3. "Mother's Choice Website - Adoption Services". 3 October 2016.
  4. "Mother's Choice Website - Foster Care Services". 3 October 2016.
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