Citi Success Fund

Program Purpose

The Citi Success Fund aims to encourage and support teachers and social workers wishing to implement innovative programs in curriculum-related areas for secondary school students. The program is organized by Citi and HOPE worldwide and sponsored by Citi Foundation and “Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged”.

This year, while we continue to call for applications for the Citi Success Fund mini grants from all the secondary schools and youth centres, we will also invite schools in selected districts to co-orgranize programs with us.

Program Goals

Successful applications to the Citi Success Fund will attempt to achieve primarily one of the following:

To help them gain financial knowledge and practical financial skills
To promote students' interest in academic learning
To help them develop personal and academic skills

The Citi Success Fund is part of the Hong Kong Citi Financial Education Series, and this year's theme is “Creative Financial Education”. We target one third of awarded programs to have this theme. We expect that programs will be designed to instil in students an appropriate attitude towards money and how to manage it, helping them gain financial knowledge and practical financial skills.

Normal Program
The expenditure of an awarded program should not more than HK$13,500.

Adapter Program
Teachers or social workers may wish to adapt a successful idea from the adapter program list. The adapter program can be modified according to the needs of students. The expenditure of an adapter program should not more than HK$13,500.

School Partnership Program
HOPE worldwide will invite schools in the following 6 districts to co-organize programs:

1. Kung Tong District
2. Wong Tai Sin District
3. Sham Shui Po District
4. Kwai Tsing District
5. Yuen Long District
6. Tai Po District and North District

Our program staff will implement programs in the partner schools. These programs are categorized as follow:

1. Life skills for the future
2. Environment and community
3. Life Science Pioneers
4. Business Smarts
5. Arts and Performances Attack
6. Language Master

HOPE worldwide will provide instructors or trainers and cover all the expenses of the programs. The partner schools are only responsible for the recruitment of participants and provide venues for activities.

* Expense items of a program should not include staff salaries, personal honorariums for applicants, or capital investment, such as computers.

Advisory Board

Dr. Choi Yuen-wan, Philemon

Member of Executive Committee, Commission on Strategic Development

Mr. Fung Man-lok

Social Welfare Department

Mr. Hui Chin-yim, Stephen

Director of Education Services, The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China

HOPE worldwide

HOPE worldwide

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