tcklc.org - TCK Learning Centre for Migrant Workers - Hong Kong

Description: TCK Learning Centre is a registered charity in Hong Kong that offers low-cost classes, workshops and other activities for Migrant Workers.

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Experience of volunteering at TCK Learning Centre. From English lessons for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders to storytelling with members of the refugee and asylum-seeker community, the Chatteris Educational Foundation provides their English tutors with various chances to volunteer in the local community. One such service opportunity comes from Chatteris’ partnership with TCK Learning Centre for Migrant Workers. Located in Tin Hau near Victoria Park, migrant domestic workers primarily from Indonesia

Hearty congratulations to TCKLC member Suci Resmiyati! Her poem To the Swaying Grass has just been published in Exploring Multicultural Poetry, a teaching resource to help make poetry accessible to all, augment understanding and appreciation of poetry and inspire students to write their own poems. In many ways a love poem, and very atmospheric, To the Swaying Grass conveys an evocative message of hope against the backdrop of a sombre tone built up with vivid imagery of the forces of nature. To quote Vaughan

To the Swaying Grass The sky which usually shows its cheerfulness         with light clouds floating around,                   suddenly turns dark as if knowing about this heart’s anxiety.                   I want to ask                   the swaying grass,                   the waving leaves,                   the strong winds that blow my hair as I walk in Victoria Park,                   the sad rhythmic rain                   that drenches me,                   the cruel sound of thunder,