COVID-19 Emergency Fund

Description

Aims to provide fast-track grants to NGOs offering quick, specific and innovative services to people hard-hit by the pandemic, fostering mutual help in the community to fight against the pandemic. Established in February 2020 with the Club’s injection of HK$100 million, more than 200 organisations have received grants from the Fund to implement over 240 projects and have helped over one million people from various sectors. In view of the rapid and serious fifth wave of the COVID-19 since January 2022, the Hong Kong Government has tightened the social distancing measures and raised the response level to Emergency, indicating the risk of health impact caused by COVID 19 is high and imminent. People who are financially deprived and from vulnerable groups are particularly hard hit. The second phase of the Fund was therefore rolled out on 21 February 2022 for providing imminent support to local vulnerable communities in mitigating the impact caused by the fifth wave of the COVID-19.