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SERVICE LEARNING

Service Learning Community Engagement
Programme

Students truly understand through their Students engaged themselves in services for
experience. By working with others through targeted groups including children, youth,
a process of applying what they have learnt elderly, low-income families, ethnic minorities,
to community problems and reflecting upon rescued animals, and for community care
their experience, CityU students gain better and development. They have the chance
understanding of society and themselves, to explore issues including active aging,
achieving a multiplicity of perspectives intergenerational understanding, mental
and higher level of empathy. CityU has health, poverty and social inclusion that they
provided a wide range of service-learning might not have the precedent experience.
experiences to connect students with their Close encounters with the service targets
community, helping them to sharpen their allow them to gain a genuine understanding
awareness of the problems of real-world and of the needs of society and the challenges
critical thinking to resolve them. Students faced by the needy. They sharpen their
become active members of society and communication skills and develop a
develop a commitment to serve, change and keen sense of responsibility with active
instill hope. engagement with people; they grow with
deep reflections.

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