Resort operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) said in a statement on Wednesday that it recently co-organised mental health activities with the Richmond Fellowship of Macau (RFM).
According to the statement, GEG has held a number of workshops and training sessions through the GEG Volunteer Team “Empathy in Action Training Programme” since 2021 to offer volunteers a “thorough understanding of the needs of different social groups and help them serve the community better”.
The activities, the statement noted, comprised the “Empathy in Action Volunteer Training Programme – Mental Health Awareness” (lecture) and the extended outreach activity “Empathy in Action Volunteer Training Programme Live in the Temporary House”, where GEG volunteers learnt about mental health and visited RFM’s Mong Ha Temporary House to extend care to its service users.
The statement said that GEG hopes to heighten mental health awareness and understanding among team members and the public through the activities, as well as to “inspire positive life attitudes, and promote social harmony”.
The statement added that the person-in-charge of RFM’s Day Centre, Pekkle Ku, presented useful information on mental health to GEG volunteers such as “how to recognise early symptoms of various mental health concerns”. Also discussed, the statement underlined, were “different stress triggers that people may experience with family, work and interpersonal communication, and strategies for stress relief and mental wellness”.
In addition, the lecture also taught GEG volunteers how to offer prompt and appropriate support to those under mental distress, the statement said.
Meanwhile, in the outreach activity and during the visit to the “RFM Mong Ha Temporary House” service users, the GEG volunteers “gained an in-depth understanding of their daily lives”. The statement added that in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival, the volunteers and RFM members also made Chinese rice dumplings and delivered them to the service users to show community care and festive greetings.
This undated handout photo provided by Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) yesterday shows GEG volunteers making Chinese rice dumplings with RFM members.
