Projects
Children Growing Up During the Wars - The Story of Hongkong Branch of the National Association for the Care of War Orphans
Year of Approval
2011-2012
Grantee
The Lisbon Maru Association of Hong Kong
Project Status
Completed in March 2014
Brief Description of the Project
The objective of the project is to record the background and establishment of the Hongkong Branch of the National Association for the Care of War Orphans, and to study its role in caring the children during wartime by interviewing the surviving persons who had stayed in the nursery, as well as to recognise the achievements of Dr Irene Cheng nee Ho Tung as the first warden of the nursery.