P.R.A.I.S.E

The PRAISE (PR oject for Adaptation, Inclusion and Social integration for Ethnic minorities) programme aims to take a long-term perspective to adopt an ownership EMpowerment approach which is bottom-up, people-centered, and family-based to create a generational change within the EM community and to facilitate their deeper engagement with essential parties in society such as school and hospital - for holistic integration... 3. Channel mainstream service access according to EM needs 4. Raise the awareness of better health management and life styles... In the by-census 2016, South Asians (SAs) are one of the largest Ethnic Minority (EM) of HK resident groups and its population increased remarkably from 38,042 to 84,875 in 10 years, Pakistanis and Nepalese combined already account for 73.5% of this group. Their poverty rate was also high at 40.1% (2016) as compared to under 20% for the Hong Kong general population. The Pakistani group is the ‘poorest' among all - with one in two Pakistan..