Mother's Choice () is a local

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serving children without families and pregnant teenagers in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. Mother's Choice was founded in 1987 by a small group of people wanting to help Hong Kong's single teenagers and their family members dealing with crisis pregnancy.

Services

Pregnant Girls Services

Their services include a hotline, counselling, and a hostel for those who need a place to stay during pregnancy.

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is also critical to their mission—they deliver

sex education Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, birth ...

and related knowledge and information to young people, teachers, and parents in the form of school talks,

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, and their bilingual

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Child Care Home

In their Baby Care section, Mother's Choice cares for up to 32 babies at a time, ranging from newborns up to age two. In their Wee Care section, the charity cares for up to 12 children from newborns up to age 6 with a wide range of special needs.

Adoption Services

In collaboration with the

Social Welfare Department The Social Welfare Department () is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for providing welfare services to the community. Responsibilities The department provides services to families and children, the elderly, recovering crimin ...

of Hong Kong, Mother's Choice provides local and international

adoption Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, fro ...

services and advocates for their babies and children to join their forever families as soon as possible.

Foster Care Services

Mother's Choice also provides temporary residential family care to children under 18 years of age whose parents cannot adequately care for them due to various reasons. The charity cares for 80 children through its Foster Care services.

References

{{reflist, 2 Adoption, fostering, orphan care and displacement Organizations established in 1987 Child-related organisations in Hong Kong