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Mr. To Chung
Article supplied by Mr. To Chung --wkma 15:46 2006年十一月10日 (UTC)
Chung To is the Founder and Chairman of Chi Heng Foundation (CHF), a charity registered and based in Hong Kong. During the past four years, CHF has been actively working on AIDS prevention and care in China. Under the AIDS Orphan Project, CHF is helping over 3500 students whose parents have died of or are dying of AIDS in Central China by paying for their education and providing many care services.
Chung was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States as a teenager. He received a bachelor’s degree at Columbia University and a master’s degree at Harvard University. Chung worked in investment banking for 10 years with several European and US banks in New York and Hong Kong. While working as a banker in Hong Kong, Chung founded Chi Heng Foundation with a few like-minded individuals and began working on AIDS education and prevention projects in China on a part time basis. In 2002, after realizing the seriousness and urgency of the AIDS problems in China, Chung decided to put his banking career on hold and began devoting his full attention to AIDS work in China on a pro bono basis.
From 1999 to 2003, Chung was a board member of AIDS Concern, was acting as Chairman of the Board in 2003. Since 1999, he has been a member of the AIDS Prevention and Care Committee (APCC) appointed by the Hong Kong Government. Chung has also been Vice President of the Harvard Club of Hong Kong and is a member of MENSA.
Chung has received many awards for his work in AIDS related issues. In 2003, he received the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons” award from the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong. He was featured by Ming Pao and the Red Ribbon Centre as one of the “Ten Most Inspiring Persons - AIDS in Hong Kong for 20 years”, and named one of the “Ten Greatest Anti-AIDS Heroes in China” by the Southern People Weekly in 2004. Chung received the “Centennial Service Award for Professional Excellence” from the Rotary Club District 3450, and was named as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Leaders of the Era” by Southern People Weekly and CCTV Channel 10 People Program in 2005. Mr To is awarded by Junior Chamber International (JCI) as one of the Outstanding Young Persons of the World for 2006.
Contact : chungto@chihengfoundation.com 16 August, 2006.
Summary of Presentation (28/11/2006 at Hong Kong Shue Yan College)
Material supplied by Mr. To Chung --wkma 15:52 2006年十一月10日 (UTC)
During the 1990s, blood selling became a popular way to earn supplementary income for poor peasants in Central China. Due to unsanitary blood collection practices, many blood donors contracted HIV and other blood-related diseases.
The AIDS epidemic also creates a growing orphan population. As more and more peasants die of AIDS, the children they leave behind become orphans. Growing up without the love and care of parents, these children often cannot afford to attend school and may develop psychological problems. Without education, they will have difficulty in finding jobs and may turn to crime and other means to survive. A growing population of destitute and desperate children could cause enormous social problems in China for years to come.
On behalf of the Hong Kong-based charity, Chi Heng Foundation (CHF), Chung To had visited Central China over 40 times in the past four years, providing assistance to the AIDS patients and their children. Currently, CHF provides school fees and other care services for over 3500 children whose parents have died or are dying of AIDS in the area.
In many trips to China, Chung has visited hundreds of households in many villages deeply affected by AIDS. He will share his first hand, intimate experience from local perspective with us today. In addition to discussing the current situation of AIDS in China, Chung will also talk about the needs of the orphans and how we can help.
For more information: http://www.chfaidsorphans.com
