This past Sunday, our ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  took place simultaneously in Hong Kong and Singapore – and it was something truly special at Uplifters. ๐Ÿ’™

Janelyn Dupingay (Singapore) and Maria Nemy Lou Rocio (Hong Kong) not only ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ, but the ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ โ€” from concept to delivery. ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ’ช

Also a big thank you to Aljen Dela cruz (Hong Kong) and Julie Ann Tabigne (Singapore) who facilitated the first part of our community leadership training that day on what it means to be an Uplifters Team Leader.๐Ÿ™Œ

This is a ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง in its truest form โ€” a powerful example of what it means to be ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ฅ๐ž๐.

When we co-create with the people we serve, we donโ€™t just build better programmes โ€” we build ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ.

๐Ÿ“ฃ To our community leaders: your creativity, dedication, and leadership continue to inspire us.

Thank you for showing us what empowerment looks like.

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜.