Acknowledgement鳴謝

First, our research team would like to thank Fu Hui Education Foundation for their support of this research project.

Fu Hui Foundation is a non-religious and non-political international philanthropic organisation. Its aim is to assist the youth and children living in impoverished and remote regions in China and provide them with access to comprehensive and quality education. Starting from 2006, Fu Hui has been providing educational assistance to Yi children by sponsoring them to attend local schools in their communities, with the hope of helping them break the cycle of poverty. Fu Hui also collects data to assess the children’s progress. The data are also used for evaluating the programmes and identifying rooms for improvement.

We also thank the Hong Kong Baptist University Library for funding the digitalization of this project and its Digital & Multimedia Services Section for their support and contribution to the design of this website.

The following are the research team members of the project:

Dr. Angel Lai (Principal Investigator). Dr. Lai areas of interests are positive youth development, community mental health and social capital, and childhood poverty. Dr. Lai has been working closely with Fui Hui Education Foundation on understanding the development of Yi children in rural China since 2010. Based on her research experiences with Yi children in rural China, she received a General Research Grants to continue her research on studying the psychosocial development of Yi children in 2017. She graduated with a Doctorate in Social Work from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St Louis in 2014, and is currently a research assistant professor at the Department of Social Work at HKBU.

Mr. Edwin YW Cheung (Project Coordinator). Mr. Cheng obtained his Master’s degree from the University of Oxford. He previously worked in a local policy think-tank and the Central Policy Unit as Senior Researcher and Researcher respectively.

Mr. Cyprian HW Fong (Senior Research Assistant). Mr. Fong obtained his Master’s degree from the University of Birmingham specialising in Egyptian history and has participated in various government consultation projects regarding health and social welfare policies in Hong Kong.

The Centre for the Advancement of Social Sciences Research (CASR). CASR capitalizes on the expertise currently available at the Faculty of Social Sciences and other academic units of the University. By providing assistance in collecting quantitative and qualitative data, CASR helps build the necessary infrastructures so as to nurture and sustain related research endeavours. Center for Advancement in Social Science Research has extensive experiences in conducting quantitative survey and will play a key role in administering the quantitative survey of the proposed study.

In addition, CASR has been actively collaborated with different sectors to conduct consultancy projects and research projects including the Government Bureaus and Departments, Quasi-governmental Organizations, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), Universities and also Private Corporations.

Dr. Cheryl Chui. Dr. Chui is currently a research assistant professor at the Sau Po Centre on Aging at the University of Hong Kong. Together with Dr. Angel Lai, she has been working on research project that aims to understand the developmental well-being of Yi children. She graduated with a doctorate in Social Work at the Social Work and Social Administration Department at the University of Hong Kong in 2014.

Professor Cecilia Chan. Professor Chan is currently a faculty member at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong. She has been serving as an advisor for Fu Hui Education Foundation for over a decade. She is a world leader in health and social work. Her leadership in health and social work is also recognized by her many international awards and recognitions.

我們非常感謝福慧教育基金會對本研究項目的支持。

福慧教育基金會是一個無宗教和政治背景的國際慈善機構，願景是要幫助中國貧困山區的青少年，為他們提供全面和優質的教育。福慧於二零零六年開始向彝族青少年提供教育援助，資助他們到本地學校上學，賦與他們打破跨代貧窮的能力。與此同時，福慧一直都在收集數據，既可了解學生的進步，亦同時評估教育援助的成效和找出需改善的地方。

我們亦感謝香港浸會大學圖書館所給予的資助和圖書館數碼及多媒體服務組在網頁設計上提供的支援和貢獻。

黎可欣博士（首席研究員）。黎博士的研究領域是：青年發展，社區心理健康和社會資本，以及兒童貧困。黎博士自2010年以來一直與福慧教育基金會密切合作，了解中國農村彝族兒童的發展情況。根據她對中國農村彝族兒童的研究經驗，她於2017年獲得香港教資會資助，繼續研究彝族兒童的社會心理發展。她於2014年畢業於聖路易斯華盛頓大學喬治沃倫布朗社會工作學院，並獲得社會工作博士學位。她現任香港浸會大學社會工作系研究助理教授。

張恩榮（項目主任）。張恩榮先生在英國牛津大學取得碩士學位，並曾在一家本地的智庫和中央政策組分別擔任高級研究員和研究主任。

方晧宏（高級研究助理）。方晧宏先生在英國伯明翰大學取得碩士學位，主修埃及歷史。他曾參與多項有關香港社福及醫療政策的研究。

徐曉君博士。徐博士目前是香港大學秀圃老年研究中心的研究助理教授。她與黎可欣博士一起致力研究有關彝族兒童的發展的議題。她於2014年取得香港大學 社會工作及社會行政學系博士學位。

陳麗雲教授。陳教授現為香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系的教授。十多年來，她一直擔任福慧教育基金會的義務顧問。她是健康和社會工作的世界領導者。她在健康和社會工作中的領導地位也得到了她的許多國際獎項和認可。