Following a vote by members of the Women in Travel Retail (WiTR) group, ImpactHK – which was originally nominated by Erin Lillis, Travel Retail Director, Asia Pacific at Lacoste – has been selected as this year’s nominated charity.

ImpactHK supports homeless women in Hong Kong who are, as in many cities, particularly vulnerable and susceptible to abuse and attack.

The €15,000 that WiTR aims to raise this year will contribute towards creating an emergency shelter where women can be housed in a safe place until more permanent housing can be found.

Lillis said she is ‘thrilled’ that members voted for ImpactHK.

ENSURING A ‘SAFE AND BRIGHT FUTURE’

“The money raised by our wonderful peers in this exceptional industry will go directly to changing the lives of women and children in need and ensure that they have a safe and bright future,” she added.

There are currently more than 1,000 registered street sleepers in Hong Kong, according to Government statistics. Source: ImpactHK website.

“I will personally follow the project closely and update everyone, and anyone visiting HK for work or pleasure is more than welcome to see for themselves the fantastic work that ImpactHK are doing.”

The team behind the charity feature on the homepage of the ImpactHK website: https://impacthk.org/.

In an email exchange at the end of last year, Lillis reinforced that ImpactHK is an ‘amazing organisation’ and that the project would be directly helping ‘women and kids in absolutely desperate & sometimes dangerous situations’ in Hong Kong.