網上送禮平台Gift Love
嶄新送禮方案 饋贈延續愛心
Gift Love – An innovative online platform that reforms gift-giving to benefit the community

 
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Gift Love創辦人冼雅珏 Francesca Sin, founder of Gift Love

部分實體禮物的例子:
Some examples of “Gift Something Real”:

Bolaven讓大家在享用高品質咖啡之餘,致力實踐公平貿易的理念,提升老撾農民的生活質素。

Bolaven lets you enjoy high-quality coffee while supporting the ideals of fair trade in improving the life of Lao coffee growers.

由本地品牌Three4Five生產的棉襖,承傳中國傳統文化,同時為香港中年婦女提供就業機會。

Three4Five is a local brand that produces Miàn O to preserve Chinese culture and create job opportunities to middle-aged women in Hong Kong.

運用和服布料縫製的側背包和錢包,冀令這項日漸式微的日本傳統延續下去。

With the aim to preserve the cultural heritage of Kimono, this set of tote bag and coin purse is made of Kimono fabric.

微型森林藝術作品讓大家動手製作小盆景,並為本地基層和單親媽媽提供就業機會。

Each MicroForests DIY Greenery Kit helps to create job opportunities to low-income women and single mothers in Hong Kong.

運用回收廢紙製成的精美馴鹿擺設,每一件都是出自斯里蘭卡婦女之手。

These reindeer decorations are meticulously handmade from recycled newspaper and magazine pages by disadvantaged women in Sri Lanka.

有別於市面上一成不變的玩偶,這款由泰國手工縫製的玩偶造型各異,凸顯孩子的獨特個性。

These adorable dolls are handmade by Thai workers. Each comes with a unique design and is distinguished from store-bought ones.

 

 

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新聞稿(即時發佈)                                                            2016年12月5日
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網上送禮平台Gift Love
嶄新送禮方案 饋贈延續愛心

Photos: http://www.seedland.hk/press/GiftLove/1/
Press release: http://www.seedland.hk/press/GiftLove/1/GiftLove_PressRelease_Chi.doc

雖說「物輕情意重」,但相信每個人都曾經為張羅禮物而躊躇過,既希望讓收禮者感受自己心意,又擔心所送的不符合對方口味。而在這物質富裕的社會,有時候我們難免會反思禮物的意義,特別在慶祝派對過後,我們親手送出的生日禮物、聖誕禮物、新年禮物,其實有多少真的「送得其所」?網上購物已是世界新潮流,要物色一份獨特且難忘的禮物,今年剛成立的網上送禮平台Gift Love是叫人耳目一新的選擇——把原本要送贈親友的禮物,以受禮者的名義轉送給有需要的人,解決以上矛盾之餘,亦為更多人送上誠摯祝福。

Gift Love創辦人冼雅珏曾於香港大學社會科學學院任教體驗學習——社會創新與全球公民(Experiential Learning - Social Innovation Global Citizenship),從中認識了不少為推動社會進步而默默耕耘的社會企業及慈善團體,奈何礙於知名度不足或資源匱乏,只能在現實中掙扎求存,促使她搭建互助關愛的網上平台。她分享:「一年裡總有不少送禮時刻,不過很多時候只為送而送,收禮者未必用得著,最終淪為家中囤積的雜物或堆填區裡的垃圾。Gift Love從改變送禮的消費習慣著手,一方面以實際行動支持愛心組織,另一方面確保禮物能夠真正用得其所,達致公平分配社會資源的目的。」

Gift Love匯集了不同愛心組織,每一家均是由創辦人親自悉心挑選,經過嚴格把關,提供的禮物種類獨特且多元化,暫時涵蓋六大範疇,並期望在不久的將來增設更多種類。每份禮物既為受禮者帶來無限驚喜,更加惠及社會上以至地球另一邊的有需要人士:

(一)公平貿易:享受高質素產品之餘,為弱勢生產者提供改善生計的機會;
(二)升級再造:為尋常人眼中的廢物賦予新生命,珍惜地球資源;
(三)特殊需要兒童:讓特殊兒童有平等機會享受正常生活,健康快樂地成長;
(四)文化遺產:將珍貴的文化寶庫一代代地承傳下去,不被全球化的大環境所湮沒;
(五)女性權益:推動女性發展及就業機會,走上獨立自主的道路;
(六)殘疾人士及精神病患者:幫助身體或精神不健全人士融入社會,憑一己之長發光發亮。

無論送禮者置身何處,只需登入Gift Love網站即可安坐家中展開送禮任務,挑選好禮物後,更可即時於網上付款或使用銀行轉帳,步驟簡單快捷。Gift Love提供以下三種送禮方案,切合不同需要,讓每次選禮物及送禮物的過程均倍添意義:

(一)實體禮物(Gift Something Real):為身邊人挑選獨一無二的禮物,款項將支持愛心組織繼續營運,如公平貿易的咖啡Bolaven,透過傳授先進咖啡技術及建設公義平台,實踐為老撾農民脫貧的理念。
(二)代送禮物(Gift Someone Far):以摯愛親朋的名義捐贈善款,或將禮物送達有需要人士手上,如支持慈善機構願望成真基金,為患有重病的兒童籌備慶祝派對,鼓勵他們勇敢對抗病魔。
(三)體驗禮物(Gift Some Experience):根據收禮者的喜好,安排一次與別不同的工作坊或活動,如參加社會企業ATB Auto Art的環保創意工作坊,翻新舊汽車零件再造成潮流新玩意,體驗自家製作的樂趣。

關於Gift Love
成立於2016年的網上送禮平台Gift Love,宗旨是革新送禮文化、促進消費者選購符合社會責任的產品、減少過度消費帶來的資源浪費,並連結市民與非政府組織和社會企業,凝聚大眾力量,以禮物延續愛心。創辦人冼雅珏有感送禮文化在物質富裕的社會常會造成很多不必要的浪費,期望Gift Love能擔起一道橋樑的角色,出一分力把資源重新分配,讓禮物能真正「送得其所」,也令整個送禮過程倍添意義。Gift Love與不同愛心組織合作,在網上售賣的慈善產品經嚴格篩選,暫時涵蓋公平貿易、升級再造、特殊需要兒童、文化遺產、女性權益,以及殘疾人士及精神病患者六大範疇。網址︰www.gift-love.org;Facebook︰www.facebook.com/giftloveorg

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For Immediate Release                                                             5th December 2016

Gift Love – An innovative online platform that reforms gift-giving to benefit the community

Photos: http://www.seedland.hk/press/GiftLove/1/
Press release: http://www.seedland.hk/press/GiftLove/1/GiftLove_PressRelease_EN.doc

As the saying goes, “it is not the gift, but the thought that counts”. Picking a thoughtful gift that can please the recipient while perfectly delivering the giver’s message is no easy task. In reality, many gifts end up in the back of a closet after celebration is over. This prompts us to reflect on the real meaning of gifts. With online shopping becoming the global trend, the newly established online platform, Gift Love, offers a refreshing alternative to all gift-givers. It lets you gift someone in need on behalf of a friend and share the blessings with more people.

Francesca Sin, founder of Gift Love, has years of experience in teaching “Experiential Learning – Social Innovation Global Citizenship” at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the University of Hong Kong, during which time she met many social enterprises and charities that are engaged in meaningful work to improve the community, but struggle to survive due to the lack of resources. This inspired her to start the Gift Love platform as she shared, “It is saddening to see lots of waste being created through gift-giving as they serve only to fulfil the occasion. Gift Love aims to reform the practice of gift-giving, thereby achieve a fair distribution of social resources as well as sustain the good work of community organisations.”

Gift Love has gathered different community organisations with each one handpicked by the founder to ensure diversified and unique gift choices. These gifts not only spark joy for the recipients, but they also help support the below worthy causes, including but will not be limited to:
(1) Fair Trade: enjoy quality products while respecting and sustaining the work of small businesses;
(2) Upcycling: conserve precious resources on earth by giving waste a new life;
(3) Special Needs Children: provide equal learning opportunities to special needs children;
(4) Cultural and Heritage Preservation: support the preservation of individual culture and heritage in the globalised world;
(5) Women Empowerment: support women’s financial independence by providing them with job opportunities;
(6) Physical and Mental Disabilities: encourage people with physical and mental disabilities to show their strengths and shine their light.
Gift-giving is made simple with the Gift Love website. After selecting a gift of your choice, you can complete the transaction by instant online payment or bank transfers. Gift Love offers 3 ways of sending gifts to suit your specific needs:
(1) Gift Something Real: buy unique gifts to your friends and family, while the money goes to support a worthy cause. Bolaven Coffee Beans, for example, is a fair trade product that supports smallholder coffee growers to improve quality with earth-friendly processes.
(2) Gift Someone Far: make donations or pay for a gift that is delivered to people in need on behalf of your friends and family. For instance, you can support Make-A-Wish Hong Kong in organising a celebration party for wish children with life-threatening medical conditions.
(3) Gift Some Experience: buy a special class/activity voucher for your friends to redeem, such as creative workshops organised by the social enterprise ATB Auto Art, which teach participants to turn disposed car parts into unique and useable items.

About Gift Love
Established in 2016, the online gift-giving platform Gift Love aspires to re-educate the public on the concept of gift-giving; promote socially responsible gifts which support a worthy cause; reduce unnecessary waste caused by over consumption of gifts; as well as empower existing NGOs and Social Enterprises and raise awareness of current social needs. Witnessing a lot of unnecessary waste are being created through gift-giving, the founder Francesca Sin hopes Gift Love can be the middle person who can help redistribute resources and redirect the money spent on buying gifts into meaningful projects. Gift Love cooperates with different community organisations to promote socially responsible gifts. All gifts are handpicked by the founder which are connected to good causes including but will not be limited to: fair trade, heritage preservation, physical and mental disabilities, special needs children, upcycling and women empowerment. Website: gift-love.org; Facebook: www.facebook.com/giftloveorg

For enquiries, please contact Miss Heidi Lam at +852 3583 3310.

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