Grassroots Future is a non-profit organisation based in Hong Kong that works to build capacity among refugees in this city and to support the development of refugee-led initiatives.
Through well-being programs, education, community outreach and investing in the future (children’s education), they build capacity of the local refugee-led initiatives and grassroots organisations, and co-create events and projects with them. By doing so, Grassroots Future hopes to provide access to resources and give platforms to undiscovered talents to develop their skills to become self-reliant and create an inclusive environment where all can collectively innovate solutions for our society.
This year, they organised the city’s first poetry competition for the refugee community, which offered cash prizes and publication opportunities in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal to the top 3 winners and the chance for the competition winner to develop a chapbook of poetry with Spill Stories. 22 poems were submitted across the community in the city – including from current detainees at CIC (Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre).