PathFinders Limited
Information on the purpose of your organization
PathFinders assists the most vulnerable children born in Hong Kong and their migrant, domestic worker mothers.
Information on your programmes and activities in areas relevant to the subject of the Summit and in which country or counties they are carried out.
All of our activities are carried out in Hong Kong.
Areas for legal focus typically include Child Protection, Adoption, Discrimination, Employment, Maternity, Immigration and Identity, Paternity and Criminal Law. We accompany, support and assist clients at courts, tribunals, police stations, prisons, meetings with lawyers, the Legal Aid Department and the Immigration Department.
Our healthcare programme provides access to vital medical services for newborn babies and their migrant mothers to meet their critical healthcare needs. Prevention of complications during pregnancy, delivery and newborn stages is vital to the health of baby and mother.
The Child Protection Programme assists the most vulnerable children. These are our most time-intensive cases. Our services include Crisis Intervention, Adoption, Developmental Support.
PathFinders? immediate priority is to ensure vulnerable children and their migrant mothers are removed from urgent danger. Our Mother?s Protection Programme ensures each mother and child is individually cared for by a Case Manager. It equips mothers with critical knowledge and skills to face the unknowns relating to their immigration, medical, legal, employment, emotional, family and security needs.
PathFinders Shelter provides a safe and supportive home for both mothers and children in need of a home.
The Home Country Integration programme is partially carried out by partner agencies in Indonesia. It assists mothers to access critical services in the long term for their children by obtaining home country identity papers, provides families with financial assistance, reintegration advice and support from partner agencies for the first three to six months after returning home. It prepares families mentally and emotionally home preparation classes before they leave Hong Kong.
We also educate women and mothers on their rights and responsibilities, and provide them with skills to enable them to make informed decisions about their lives and the wellbeing of their children. Women gain the knowledge and the confidence required to ensure that their children are given the chance of a better start in life.
Information on activities at the national or international levels
We act as a voice for our mothers and children, we collaborate with government departments, other NGOs and consulates to clarify government policies and procedures. With a view to finding practical solutions to individual problems as well as to facilitate systemic change, we make submissions at Legislative Council and United Nations? Committee level. In 2014, we made 6 submissions to key influencers and stakeholders: 3 to the Legislative Council, 2 to United Nations? Committees and 1 to the Equal Opportunities Commission. We hosted the US Consulate-General in Hong Kong, and a delegation from the Macau government. So far in 2015, we made 3 oral interventions and 2 written submissions to the Legislative Council, we made an Action to Impact submission to the Asia Trust Forum, we hosted the Australian Ambassador to China, and presented at the Foreign Domestic Worker roundtable in Hong Kong with the Indonesian Consulate-General, Philippines Consulate-General and Hong Kong legislators.
We take measures to prevent unlawful dismissal due to pregnancy, by equipping foreign domestic workers and stakeholders with crucial knowledge and raising awareness amongst the local community. This programme aims to inform FDWs about family planning, maternity rights, employment rights, PathFinders? services, and other resources and support available to them. We engage with the community, including employers, students and the wider public by hosting booths at school and partner events, running seminars, and distributing information on Sundays in public spaces. We also reach out through a wide range of local media, including radio shows, magazine, newspaper and social media sites.
We educate impacted parties on their rights and obligations including mothers, PathFinders? staff, employers, consulates, government departments, academics, other agencies, lawyers and the wider public through round tables, classes, seminars and media.
Organization have an annual report? (YES/NO) (should contain financial statements and a list of financial sources and contributions, including governmental contributions)?
YES -
PathAR2014FINAL.pdf
List of members of the governing body of your organization, and their countries of nationality
Board of Directors
Kylie Uebergang - Australia
Jennifer Meehan - United States of America
Kelly Creel Gave - United States of America
Poh Lee Tan - Hong Kong
Melissa Mowbray-d?Arbela - Australia
Vivien Webb - Hong Kong
Copy of the constitution and/or by-laws of the organization (WORD or PDF only), or a weblink to it
PathFinders_MemorandumandArticles_17Jun09.pdf
