Recruiting women of diverse race to participate in farming and food production

The venture aims to help women of diverse race living in Kam Tin integrate into the community. They may have little interaction with the neighbourhood community due to language barriers and different cultural practices. They may have low self-esteem and the COVID-19 epidemic has imposed financial stress on their families.

The venture will engage women of diverse race, mainly Nepalese, Pakistani, Indian and Indonesian, in Kam Tin in farming and food production together with the local Chinese residents. This will facilitate social inclusion while women of diverse race may build up their self-esteem upon their success in growing and producing food.

A portion of the harvest will be given to the participating women and the other portion will be processed and sold at stores and weekend flea markets. The participating women can earn an income upon the sale of food products, which helps to relieve their financial stress amid the COVID-19 epidemic.