25/05/2026
Many of our volunteers ask our founders, how do you continue to do this every day? What makes you keep going?
We have been serving a recipient for over a year now. We met her on our regular route and asked her if she wanted a meal.
She said she was just waiting for a friend, but she wouldn’t mind one. Ever since then, we have been feeding her three times a week. She waits for us, exchanged numbers and sometimes requests for clothes and toiletries. She promises that she will get back on her feet and be able to do something in her life again.
After this experience, what we realised is that she is also just a human being like us, but due to circumstances, she has been stuck. After a year and a half, she had a friend visit her from her hometown. Since she told her friend that we have been helping her provide meals—without doubt, in the rain, in the cold, and in the hot summer—her friend came to help.
The friend was just visiting Hong Kong, but in fact met her, helped her look more fresh by treating her at a salon, and gave her new clothes and shoes. She also offered her a small space to stay, so at least she has a roof over her head. She still depends on us for meals. But all in all, with her kind gesture of helping her friend, she even went out of her way to purchase us some yummy cream buns from Chateraise, along with a handwritten note thanking us.
In life, sometimes it is just the small gestures that leave a big mark on us. And this is one of the reasons why we still keep going—to have people count on us and give them hope that there is a better tomorrow, as long as they do not give up.
很多義工常問我們的創辦人：「你們是怎麼堅持每天做這件事的？是什麼讓你們一直走下去？」
這讓我們想起一位我們服務了超過一年的「朋友」，當初在恆常派飯的路線上遇見她，我們上前問她需不需要一份飯盒。
那時她說，她只是在等朋友，不過拿一份也無妨。從那天起，我們一星期為她送飯三次。她總是會在那裡等著我們，後來還和創辦人 Nick 交換了聯絡。有一次，她跟我們拿了一些衣物和梳洗用品。每次接過我們的飯盒，她都無比感激，並堅定地承諾：她一定會重新站起來，讓人生重回正軌。
這次的經歷讓我們深刻體會到，她和我們一樣，都只是普通人，只是因為種種無奈的境遇，暫時被止步了。一年半後，她的一位同鄉好友來香港探望她。得知我們這段日子不論風雨、不顧嚴寒酷暑，都風雨無阻地為她送飯，這位朋友也決定伸出援手。
在生命中，往往是這些微小的善意，在我們心中留下最深的印記。這也是我們至今依然堅持走下去的原因——因為有人在依賴著我們，而我們想帶給他們希望：只要不放棄，明天一定會更好。
