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COLOUR AWAY COVID

WHO ARE WE?

Colour Away Covid is a student-led initiative founded in Hong Kong in 2020, aimed at tackling the COVID-19 pandemic with creativity — and an audience of low-income families and underprivileged children. Over time, our initiative has branched to Malaysia. Our projects have consisted of a mask design competition, where we have raised over HKD120,000 to produce over 65,000 masks to low-income families. In 2021, we have sent over 2500 postcards to 17 hospitals and the fire services department in Hong Kong aimed at sharing our gratitude to frontline and essential workers. ​
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OUR MISSION

We aim to help target audiences that have been affected by COVID-19. Since our initiative's first creation, we have helped children unable to achieve education during the pandemic, frontline hospital workers and their mental wellbeing, low-income families that could not access masks, with the help of the local community and the general public. By doing so, we take a creative stance in hopes to appeal to entail a larger discussion on how COVID-19 has impacted us all — this can be seen with our mask design competition which called for primary school students and children to take part, and our postcards initiative calling for the awareness of local onlookers.​

RECENT NEWS, FEATURING:

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MFIII x CAC SPONSORSHIP

Check our SPONSOR, here: thank you so much to MFIII for sponsoring us!
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PREPWORKS x CAC UNI TALK

Want to gain an extra push in Oxbridge University interviews? Sign up HERE!
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ARTICLE FEATURE ON 'THE STAR'

Our 'Dear Malaysia' made it onto the 'The Star', check it out on our MEDIA page.

ONGOING: DEAR MALAYSIA

As Hong Kong's COVID-19 situation eases, our friends in Malaysia need our help. This project goes back to our fundraising roots, helping the children and the White Flag Movement.  More importantly, students that do not have access to educational materials and wifi required to attend online classes.  Our mission is to raise awareness to the situation and give these children the ability to continue their education in times of need. 

To ensure that underprivileged students have access to education and other related equipment during times of crisis, and to provide support to their families who have suffered greatly during the pandemic.
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MEET THE TEAM

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KATYA FOONG
GIS, MY
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NIXON CHUNG
GIS, MY
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YU HANG HUI
Island School, HK
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SHAWN CHAN
Island School, HK
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YUKA SUZUKI
​Island School, HK
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YAT SUM TING
VSA, HK
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AOI SAKAMOTO
Island School, HK
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NAOMI CHAN HEEN YAN
Kolej Tuanku Jaafar, MY
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AMEERA BUKHARY
UCL, UK
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KELLY YEE
GIS, MY
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KARMEN TSAI
Renaissance College, HK
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MU XIN YI
GIS, MY
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HILARY CHEUNG
South Island School, HK
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XEN EE LIEW
GIS, MY
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KENJI WONG
GIS, MY
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SHREYA PILLAI
GIS, MY
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SHRIYA KALYAN
GIS, MY
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KAITLYN CHUA
Shrewsbury School, UK
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ALYSSA WONG
GIS, MY
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​GAURI GUPTA
GIS, MY
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LAILA DEEN
St. ANDREWS, UK
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REIA PETERSON KOAY SHIEN RU
GIS, MY
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BRYAN LOW
GIS, MY
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VENAYA BINWANI
Queen Mary University, UK
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ZI YANG LIM
University of Cambridge, UK
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TRISTAN HUTCHINSON
GIS, MY
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ISABEL LEE
Oxford, UK
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2020-21: DESIGN. SUBMIT. DEFEAT COVID. 

In three months, Colour Away Covid raised HKD120,000 in efforts to provide masks for children in Asia. The Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East has donated $40,000 to the cause. Other monetary sponsors include Silver Sponsors, See Change Education and Bydeau. Since June, the competition has been featured by over 10+ media outlets, including Young Post, HKFYG Youth Magazine, and Localiiz. Taylor R, a notable YouTuber with 1.3 million subscribers, also featured the competition on her Instagram. 

MASK DESIGN COMPETITION: SPONSORS

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MEET THE TEAM

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BAKHITA FUNG
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CHLOE CHAU
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NICOLE SO
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PRICILLA LEE
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TATJANA FOONG
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TAYLOR CHUNG
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JAIME LAM
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GLORIA LEUNG
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JANICE CHEUNG
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KEISHO INOUE
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JAIMIE LAU
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IRIS TSUI
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VICTORIA O'YOUNG
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KATYA FOONG
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VAN AN TRINH
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SEEWING CHUNG
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BELINDA NG

2021: POSTCARDS TO FRONTLINE AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

​After initiating the Mask Design Competition, we started a postcard campaign with the help of Kids4Kids’ Action for a Cause to thank frontline workers and express our gratitude for their hard work during the pandemic. Over this year, we have held stalls at Bookazine shops and collaborated with schools like Bradbury and Renaissance College, sending over 2500 postcards to 17 hospitals and the fire services department in Hong Kong. We even gained traction on RTHK’s radio “Social Takeover” and was featured on the South China Morning Post!

MEET THE TEAM

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YU HANG HUI
Island School, HK
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YUKA SUZUKI
​Island School, HK
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SHAWN CHAN
Island School, HK
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YAU YAU TSANG
Renaissance College, HK

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