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2025 National Security Education Day Promotional Video

Volunteer - selfless dedication, contribution to society, and efforts to promote social harmony! While understanding national security is also an obligation shared by everyone.

Every April 15th in the  year is the National Security Education Day. In order to enhance the public’s awareness of national security, the Bureau received funding from the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government to produce a national security education video and conduct online Q&A in order to enhance everyone’s understanding of national security.

Watch the "National Security Education Promotional Video" immediately, after register the personal information and complete the online Q&A , you will receive an electronic version of certificate.

Vulnerable groups in society often face numerous difficulties and challenges in their daily lives. Fortunately, many kind-hearted volunteers are willing to give helping hand, selflessly dedicating their efforts to those in need and supporting them through tough times.

Even the smallest acts of kindness can create a ripple effect of positivity. For example, volunteers providing home repair services to low-income elderly individuals bring warmth to their living spaces, or volunteers offer free haircuts to those in need, demonstrating love and care for vulnerable groups.

The Hong Kong Volunteer Award (“HKV-Award”) Presentation Ceremony 2024 was successfully held on 10 December 2024. The ceremony honoured over 32,000 awardees, recognises the contributions and achievements of individuals, youth volunteers, groups, corporations, non-commercial organisations, estates and schools; for more details, please refer to the awardee list.

“Youth Power, Volunteering without Borders” is the theme of the HKV-Award 2024. The awardees, spanning across generations – youngsters, middle-aged, and elderly – showcased the broad participation and strong support for volunteerism across all sectors of society, including recipients of a series of Outstanding Awards, the Heroic Volunteer Award for acts of bravery and a series of volunteer service-hour based awards was also presented. We aim to inspire more people to participate in volunteering and to unite the power of the community in building a caring and inclusive society.

The 5th of December is the International Volunteer Day (IVD) proclaimed by the United Nations to promote volunteerism, and to encourage governments and organisations to pay tribute to volunteers in recognition of their contributions to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Since 1992, AVS has been celebrating the IVD annually to show appreciation to volunteers, and to encourage more aspiring ones to adopt the volunteering way of life.

The Agency for Volunteer Service (AVS) has been organizing and managing volunteers to support various mega Hong Kong events, possessing extensive volunteer service management professional experiences. AVS was the co-organizer for the 2009 East Asian Games Volunteer Programme, responsible for recruiting, training, and managing volunteers to support the Games.  In recent years, AVS actively collaborates with various partners to offer effective volunteer services management services in large-scale events, such as the Hong Kong Marathon, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (Hong Kong Section) Half Marathon, Hong Kong Transplant Games and Dialysis Games, Hong Kong Cyclothon, Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, etc.