Summer Issue, 2013

First-in-the-Family Education Fund (FIFE Fund) (第一代大學生助學金) was launched in 2008 with the aim of creating equal learning opportunities for the rst-generation university students from grass-root families. It supports students to take part in a wide range of learning activities outside the classroom. Since 2008, over 1,460 students have bene tted. In 2012-13, some 400 students were awarded. Daniel Ho 何嘉俊 (BSc, Year 2) Kia Cheung 張詩琪 (BEd, Year 2) Recipients of the First-in-the-Family Education Fund Students stepped up to make a difference in the lives of others Daniel and Kia, together with other three HKU students, took a bigger step up when they initiated their own service trip to Kenya. Their goal was simple yet clear: to help combat the spread of malaria. They spent six months planning and preparing for the trip, including a test run on a trial lter at the HKU laboratories with the help of Chemisty professors. In the end, they installed 200 mosquito nets at an orphanage and a hospital, and helped to build a sustainable water lter at a refugee camp in Kenya. “We hope that we can contribute to ease the suffering of those in need." www.fife.hku.hk Giving in Focus 27