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Supporting special people

Proceeds from the charity auctions held this year will help bolster SAF's Make It Better program, which, since 2013, has been offering expressive arts workshops to children from Hong Kong's disadvantaged communities.

The workshops are tailored to address the social, emotional and behavioral challenges faced by children with special educational needs, including those suffering from autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among other learning difficulties. Facilitated by a professional team of registered art therapists, such sessions often see parents joining their children.

Pinkstone remarks that family-oriented workshops are extremely effective. Participating parents get to vicariously relive their childhood and share the experience with their children. The children, on their part, feel secure in the company of their parents. And that, says Pinkstone, "is really valuable".