Event Review

AYF 2025: Carrying Forward Our Shared Commitment

In 2025, AYF continued to focus on supporting young people in building up their profiles as future-ready changemakers, strengthening the bridge between classroom learning, community engagement, and early career exploration. Building on the foundations laid in 2024, the AYF further expanded its partnerships with NGOs, schools, and impact organisations to co-create educational and action-learning opportunities for youth leadership and social innovation. …

Hidden Gems of Youth: Unveiling the Future

Gratia Christian College, in partnership with the Asia Pacific Youth Development Foundation (AYF), recently organised the “Hidden Gems of Youth” exhibition, attracting over 80 attendees. This event highlighted preliminary research on the future trajectories of young people who have experienced life in residential homes or children’s shelters. …

Transforming Failure into Growth: Insights from the Museum of Epic Failures 2025

The “Museum of Epic Failures” , one of the community initiatives under the AYF, recently concluded its presence in the “S+ Summit cum Expo 2025,” organised by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), and announced the launch of the “Museum of Epic Failures: Growth Support Program.” This programme combines training, mentor matching, and themed workshops to help young people learn from failures through shared experiences, promoting understanding, acceptance, and encouragement among individuals in society, and encouraging a rethinking of the value of failure to support youth development. …

DGen Impact Career Programme: Bridging the school-to-work transition gap for young students

Organised by the Asia-Pacific Youth Development Foundation (AYF), the “DGen Impact Career Programme” (the DGen Programme) has successfully completed the first phase of its community internship program this year. The program successfully recruited and trained 25 students from nearly 100 applicants to participate in the training and community development experience, enabling them to exert a positive impact and build a promising future. …

Hong Kong-Macao Youth Cultural Ambassador Exchange Program 2024 concluded the first part

The “Hong Kong-Macao Youth Cultural Ambassador Exchange Program 2024,” organized by the Language Exchange and Cultural Promotion Association of Macao (LECPA) and the Asia-Pacific Youth Development Fund (AYF), completed its exchange activities in Hong Kong. The program welcomed 15 students from Macao and facilitated cultural exchanges between the youth from Hong Kong and Macao. …