MA ON SHAN LIVING IN A MINING VILLAGE

Name: MA ON SHAN LIVING IN A MINING VILLAGE
Start: 2017-05-27
End: 2019-05-05
Location: Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Environment Renovation Environment Renovation Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The project is co-organized by VolTra and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong. Ma On Shan was once a mining area, operated for 70 years from 1906 to 1976. A renovation project for the Grace Youth Camp has been launched since 2012, which aims to energize the historical buildings and bring out the precious spirit of hardship and perseverance demonstrated by the Ma On Shan miners in the past

The aims of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong are to provide integrated services to the grassroots and the disadvantaged with an innovative, caring and people-oriented approach. Currently they have more than 40 service units across the territory. Each year, over 150,000 people receive their services, ranging from small children, elders, families, schools to the employment sector.
[Official Website: http://www.elchk.org.hk/service/ ]

💼 What the programme involves

1. Participating in guided tours and traditional cakes making  Walking in the mountains, to explore the story of the mining village and the church. 2. Site maintenance & Rejuvenation  Weeding, cleaning the floor or walls  Build up garden & planting  mining area maintenance * Remark: The schedule is tentative and subject to changes.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Workcampers will stay in a dormitory at the site venue. The living environment is very basic and simplistic but in a peaceful rural living style. Sleeping bags are recommended.

📍 About the location

Ma On Shan was once a mining area, operated for 70 years from 1906 to 1976. The Grace Youth Camp is situated just next to the old mines. The camp was a church in the past, offering help and assistance to the miners and the villagers. It is constructed with five buildings, included camping area and a chapel.

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📅 Available sessions

VTMW19-01

02/05/2019 → 05/05/2019

Closed

5 / 20

♂ 0/10 ♀ 5/10

VTMW17-02

27/05/2017 → 30/05/2017

Closed

0 / 15

♂ 0/7 ♀ 0/8

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

150.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Hong Kong

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Hong Kong Dollar (HKD / HK$)

Exchange rate

1 HKD = 0.114148 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Hong Kong Standard Time

Local time: 22:01 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

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📞 Contact us

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+32 2 888 67 13

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