Founded by young professionals and undergraduates, FLIP is an innovative youth development programme aiming to build capacity of young learners to start good initiatives in the future. All our mentors have outstanding academic and leadership background. For details, please visit http://www.flip.org.hk/

FLIP is currently recruiting mentors for the 2015 programme.  Your diversified knowledge and experiences will be significantly helpful to our participants' learning journey.  Joining us would present you an invaluable opportunity not only to develop your global perspective and enhance your leadership and interpersonal skills, but more importantly to bring a substantial and dynamic impact to our future leaders of tomorrow.

FLIP serves as an incubator for avid youngsters to develop their global perspective, lifelong learning skills and social responsibility through exploring global issues. After an intensive series of workshops and seminars by professionals in addition to the site-visits to foreign consulates in Hong Kong and NGOs, our participants will take the role as representatives from different countries in a Model United Nations Conference and develop solutions to global issues by exploring and negotiating with their fellows. They will then transfer their knowledge back to the local community by presenting and sharing their research findings at the end of the programme.

Programme Schedule:
18/7 (Sat) - Opening Ceremony with an introductory seminar
19/7 (Sun) - Seminar on the socioeconomic impacts brought by the pandemic and epidemic diseases
20 - 24/7 (Mon - Fri) - External visits to NGOs or offices of foreign consulates/Local service commitment (Designated dates to be confirmed with our partner organisations)
25 - 27/7 (Sat-Mon) - A three-day-two-night residential programme at CUHK
1/8 (Sat) - Closing Ceremony cum Presentation

It is the basic human right for any individual to live without the threat of disease. Likewise, it is the responsibility of local and international societies to share the knowledge of public health in the battle against pandemics and epidemics. Professional medical knowledge and discovery are vital, but other sectors of the community also play crucial roles. They include the legal force, the education sector and etc. It is the close and efficient collaboration between these parties that the world can stand a chance against pandemics and epidemics. As the main working force in the future, the younger generation shares the duty of enriching themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge to face the capricious healthcare challenges today and tomorrow.

Honorary Advisors:
Prof. Joseph Jao-yiu Sung (沈祖堯教授), SBS, Vice-Chancellor, CUHK
Prof. Rosie Tse-tse Young (楊紫芝教授), GBS, JP, Emeritus Professor in Department of Medicine, HKU
Dr. Simon Shen (沈旭暉博士), Associate Professor & Director of Global Studies Programme, CUHK
Prof. Hector W.H. Tsang (曾永康教授), Assistant Head and Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences, PolyU
Dr. Helen K. Liu (劉康慧博士), Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Administration, HKU

Supporting Organizations:
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
Centre of Development and Resources for Students, HKU

Grants:
Hsin Chong K.N. Godfrey Yeh Education Fund for Joint Student Projects

Participating Schools of FLIP 2014:
Cheung Chuk Shan College, Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong True Light College, La Salle College, Sacred Heart Canossian College, St. Paul's Co-educational College, etc.

General Duty:
Mentor a group of around 6 secondary school students throughout the programme

Workshop or lecture-based Duties:
Attend our briefing sessions and meetings
Pay attention to the learning progress of students in your group
Help research on the issues of pandemics and epidemics

Group-based Duties:
Foster bonding among group members throughout the programme
Facilitate the setting of mini-research directions for the group
Share related knowledge or experience with participants
Keep track of the reflective journals of participants

Eligibility:
Exposure and involvement in local or international conferences
Previous leadership or exchange experience preferred
Previous mentoring experience preferred

To complete the application, please (i) fill in this Application Form, and (ii) attend the interview session scheduled on 1 May, 2015 (Fri).  

The deadline of application is 20 April, 2015 (Mon).  Please submit your application to us as soon as possible.  For inquiries, please contact us at admin@flip.org.hk