Staff of Teen Challenge introduced to students different types and potential dangers of drugs.
中心負責人向同學們講解毒品種類與危害。
On the afternoon of 14th September, around 20 members of Stanley Ho East Asia College visited Macao Teen Challenge, a rehabilitation center for adolescent drug-abusers. This activity aimed to let participants learn about the experience and the story behind the adolescent drug abuse and the dangers of drugs.
Macao Teen Challenge is a non-profit organization, located upon a hill in Coloane. The Center first launched its service in 1989. The agency uses non-medicinal treatmentfor the recovery of the adolescent drug abuser over the span of 1-year treatment period and physical rehabilitation. These teenagers also learn how to develop better outlooks on life and participate in vocational training, making it easier for them to re-enter society later on.
Arts Room: Students were very impressed!
畫室：令人印象深刻！
A sculpture made by one of the students of the Center.
青年挑戰中心內一位學員的雕塑品。
During the visit, the students attended a talk about the types of drugs, drug harm and experience of adolescents within the Center. After hearing from a recoveree speaking from personal experience, students were informed how drugs would affect people and how drug addicts would feel. Then the staff offered a tour of the facility visiting the male dormitory room, bookbinding room, sculpture room, studio, library, student rooms and toilets, and so on. When asked about the passion and the dedication of the Center put into helping the users during their time there, they said that the staff had been with them every step of the way, helping them with anything that they might be going through.
Looking back on the journey, students realized as long as a person admits one’s mistakes, there is always time to change and fix them! They sincerely hope that these teens from the Centre are rehabilitated and get better to rejoin lives as healthy people.
By: Communication Working Group of SHEAC House AssociationJoshua Aslarona, Josh, Portuguese Studies Year 1 (English)
Chen Yu Qing, Mona, Accounting Year 1 (Chinese)
Tour of the facility: Bookbinding Room
參觀圖書裝訂室
書院學生參觀澳門青年戒毒中心
九月十四日下午，何鴻燊東亞書院近二十位院生前往澳門青年挑戰綜合訓練中心參觀，目的是讓同學們有機會傾聽濫藥青少年背後的故事和康復的心路歷程，並瞭解毒品的危害性。
Tour of the facility: Exhibition Room
參觀展覽室
澳門青年挑戰綜合訓練中心，是一所非牟利機構，位於路環九澳高頂馬路恩福山谷，於1989年正式投入服務。該機構採用非藥物治療方式，協助濫藥青少年在一年的治療期內，戒除毒癮，康復身體，教導他們正確的人生觀念，並讓他們參與職業訓練，幫助他們重返適應社會。
The male dormitory
男生宿舍
在機構中心裡面，同學們在聆聽完有關毒品種類與危害的講座，以及該中心內戒毒青少年自述的經歷後，對毒品的禍害有了更加清晰的認知。接著在工作人員的帶領下，同學們先後參觀了該中心的男宿舍、書本裝訂室、雕塑室、畫室、圖書室、學生房間和廁所等地方，並積極詢問了該中心的運作方式以及戒毒的日常生活，戒毒者表示工作人員會盡力協助他們克服各種困難。
在回書院的路程中，同學們紛紛表示：知錯能改，善莫大焉！他們衷心期望在澳門青年挑戰綜合訓練中心的戒毒青少年們可以改過自新，重新融入社會。
撰寫：何鴻燊東亞書院學生會通訊工作組 會計一年級學生 陳雨晴（中文） 葡語研究一年級學生 Joshua Aslarona（英文）