Red Packet Campaign

Climate change is a pressing global issue. Yet for many of us in Hong Kong, the most noticeable experience may be rising temperatures. Our usual response tends to be staying indoors with the air conditioning on or seeking out shaded areas to keep cool.

However, in many parts of the world, climate change has led to increasingly frequent extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts, floods, and storms. In poverty-stricken countries that lack proper infrastructure and disaster prevention systems, people are not only unable to stay safely at home during disasters, but may even lose their homes and livelihoods, with fleeing as their only option. Children are forced to escape with their families, losing not only their homes but also facing malnutrition, being deprived of education, and other challenges. According to Education Cannot Wait, between 2020 and 2023, approximately 13 million school-aged children in 27 developing countries were displaced due to climate-related disasters. These children have become ‘climate refugees’.

Each year during Lunar New Year, CEDAR Fund organises the ‘Red Packet Campaign’. This year’s theme is ‘Changing Climate, Unchanged Childhood’. Through your participation, you can support CEDAR’s work in serving families and children in need across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa—so that, despite the challenges of climate change, children may still hold onto their innocence and hope, enjoying a joyful childhood.