Winners of SIGC Summer Internship Video Competition
2025
Voices of Diversity: My Internship Journey with Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong
by On Ching Chan
This video captures my enriching internship experience working closely with ethnic minority students in Hong Kong. It explores the unique challenges they face in education and social integration, highlighting their resilience and diverse cultural backgrounds. Through observation and internship engagement such as holding cultural lessons and funfairs in several schools, I gained valuable insights into their perspectives, which also deepened my understanding of multicultural psychology and the importance of inclusive practices to support every student’s growth and identity in Hong Kong.
“What Is the Meaning of Life? | My Make-A-Wish Internship”
by Man Chui Hui
Join me on a heartfelt journey through my internship at Make-A-Wish Hong Kong. I met children like Jack and Amy, who faced critical illnesses with incredible courage. Their wishes weren’t just about desserts or princesses—they were about love, joy, and creating eternal memories in the face of limited time. This experience taught me a profound lesson about the meaning of life and how we can all choose to cherish every moment. Hope begins with you.
“BREAKING NEWS! HKU Students in Vietnam for a Kitchen Construction Project”
by Yan Nam Cheung, Soyoung Choi, and Ho Yin Lam
During the summer of 2025, HKU students participated in a multicultural and multidisciplinary kitchen construction project, collaborating with World Vision Vietnam, to improve hygiene and food safety for the children and enhance their academic performance. The project marks a new beginning, not only for HKU students to gain hands-on experience in tackling global issues from different perspectives, but also to empower local involvement in sustainable community development.
“Interns Abroad: Empowering Communities in New Zealand”
by Magenta Elizabeth Tan and Ting Ting Tiffany Yeu
Tiffany and Magenta, two friends from Hong Kong, spent an unforgettable summer interning in New Zealand, where they worked with Asian Family Services to address gambling harm in local communities. Through hands-on public health work, they developed communication skills and created multi-language resources for diverse groups. The video highlights their growth, teamwork, and rich experiences outside work. Their journey showcases the excitement of cultural exchange, new challenges, and finding the perfect balance between learning and adventure.
“Learning Through Experiences: Giselle and Renee’s Journey”
by Wing In Chan and Tse Yau Kwan
Join us on a transformative journey as we navigate through our 2-month internship experience at iSE. This 3-minute video highlights the misconceptions surrounding students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), our adaptation to a professional environment and the skills we developed. Through personal reflections and insights, we share our growth and changes, we hope you enjoy!
“Confidence Empowerment in Rural China”
by Huijin Song and Wai Ho Wan
This video displayed the dilemma that rural China students are confronted with under the existing educational system and social stratification condition. During the internship in the organization, we found out that these systematic inequalities result in rural adolescents’ poor mental health condition, featuring low self-confidence and low intrinsic motivation. The video also briefly discusses the short- and long-term effect of public classes organized by the Youth League Committee, which are designed and delivered by our organization.
“Finding Life in the Mundane”
by Jasmine Angelina Agus
This short film explores the quiet search for life and happiness within the routines of an everyday office life. Through research, observations, personal reflection, and microinterventions, this film documents an intern’s attempt to find life in the mundane. Rather than escaping repetition, the project embraces it, revealing how connection, presence, and structure can transform the ordinary. The video blends theory with lived experience, offering a subtle but hopeful perspective: that even within the loop, life pulses quietly, and sometimes, that’s enough to feel human again.
“Policy, Stigma, and Hope: Advocacy for Type 1 Diabetes in Modern China”
by Sizhe Chan
This video highlights misconceptions about Type 1 Diabetes and the contributions of Tang Tang Quan (TTQ) in mainland China. The biopsychosocial model is used to analyse TTQ’s work. The video also explores the stigma and outdated policies in China, as well as TTQ’s advocacy for legislative reform and public education. Integrating psychological insights, the video emphasises the importance of combating stigma and offers a suggestion. To conclude, my internship experience highlights the need for societal change to ensure equal rights and a better quality of life for individuals with Type 1 Diabetes.