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Three aims, and the work so far

Three aims guide Diverse Talent. Under each one you will find the dated work we have done towards it.

Empowering Youth

What we work towards

Young people, whatever their background, heard where decisions are made and trusted with real skills.

Three kinds of work sit under this aim so far: speaking in public, asking our own questions, and learning a skill that is useful to someone else.

What we have done so far

A student in school uniform works the joystick of a fundus camera with an adult beside her, while a classmate sits at the chin rest under a dark cloth that gloved hands hold in place.
Students practise on each other. Fun-Tastic’s training at Caritas Ma On Shan Secondary School, 22 September 2026.
Five young people holding certificates and small bouquets stand in a row beside a woman in a pink jacket, in front of a large screen that reads Nurture Our Future.
Young people with their certificates at the Nurture Our Future forum. Legislative Council Complex, 11 October 2025.
Two men stand in front of a conference backdrop showing the Hong Kong skyline: one, in a suit, holds a microphone, and the other wears a turquoise shirt and a striped tie.
Michael Kalyan, Project Director, interviews Dr John Ivers at the IAIE World Conference 2025. Hong Kong, November 2025.

What would help next

Schools and youth groups who want their students in the room with ours.

Caring for Seniors

What we work towards

Seniors looked after by the young people of their own city: patiently, face to face, and with the right training.

The free eye screening service is run by Fun-Tastic. Our part is the people: young volunteers who turn up, trained.

A volunteer in a suit and blue gloves works the joystick of a fundus camera while a visitor looks into it under a dark cloth and a second helper leans in to point at the controls.
At the fundus camera, during the Eye Care and Traditional Chinese Medicine Wellness Carnival. Sheung Shui, 13 March 2026.

What we have done so far

AI-assisted retinal screening is a risk screen, not a medical diagnosis. It does not replace an examination by an ophthalmologist or optometrist.

A volunteer wearing a lanyard leans across a school desk, smiling, towards a seated visitor, while a second volunteer in a face mask sits beside her holding a phone.
Volunteers help a visitor at the registration desk. Sheung Shui, 13 March 2026.
A woman works the controls of a fundus camera while a man leans into it under a dark cloth, and other people stand around watching.
New volunteers practise on the fundus camera. Fun-Tastic’s volunteer training, 12 September 2026.

What would help next

Volunteers who can give a day and are willing to be trained first.

Empowering Refugees and Ethnic Minorities

What we work towards

A Hong Kong where refugees and people from ethnic minority communities are not only welcomed but relied on: as volunteers, as speakers, as teammates.

Diverse Talent has brought people of different backgrounds into one room and one team since its first gathering. This website is written in fifteen languages, so that more of Hong Kong can read it.

What we have done so far

An audience on rows of chairs listens to speakers seated at a table on the left, with an electronic keyboard in the foreground and a camera crew filming from the back of the room.
The Nurture Our Future forum in session. Legislative Council Complex, 11 October 2025.
A group of men and women stand close together for a photograph in a café, one of them making a heart shape with both hands.
Our first community gathering. Hong Kong, 26 May 2025.

We have not yet worked with refugees. That is the next step for this aim.

If your organisation already works with refugees in Hong Kong, we would like to learn from you.

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What would help next

Organisations that work with refugees or ethnic minority communities, and are willing to show us where young volunteers are useful.

How young people take part

Four verbs, each with a date behind it.

  • Speak

    Our youth members spoke in the CECES Youth Ambassador sharing session in the Legislative Council Complex on 11 October 2025.

  • Ask

    Our Project Director interviewed Dr John Ivers on AI and the future of education at the IAIE World Conference in November 2025.

  • Learn

    In September 2026 students and new volunteers learned to operate a fundus camera at three Fun-Tastic trainings led by our Project Director.

  • Serve

    On 13 March 2026 our volunteers helped seniors through a free eye screening in Sheung Shui, by invitation of the Lions Club.

What a volunteer does on a screening day

These are the four stations that volunteers rehearsed on 26 September 2026, at the Fun-Tastic training our Project Director led.

A man in a suit speaks to one side while a volunteer in a face mask sits with her hands on the base of a fundus camera and others stand behind her, watching.
A volunteer takes a turn at the camera. Fun-Tastic’s AI Fundus Screening Volunteer Training, 26 September 2026.

  1. Step 1

    Registration

    Welcome each senior and help with the forms. Explain that the photographs are for screening only, and ask for consent.

  2. Step 2

    Photography

    Check the details, clean the equipment, help the senior sit comfortably, and photograph both eyes.

  3. Step 3

    Explaining the report

    Go through the result in plain words and give advice. If something is flagged, remind the senior to see an eye specialist soon.

  4. Step 4

    The report to keep

    Help each senior download their screening report, and introduce the benefits of Fun-Tastic membership.

AI-assisted retinal screening is a risk screen, not a medical diagnosis. It does not replace an examination by an ophthalmologist or optometrist.

Volunteers sit along the far side of a meeting table with two open laptops, listening to a man speaking at the right, with part of a fundus camera in the foreground.
Volunteers at Fun-Tastic’s AI Fundus Screening Volunteer Training, 26 September 2026.
A man in a suit stands beside a fundus camera on a small round table, gesturing as he explains it, in front of a projected slide headed Quick operating guide.
Going through the quick operating guide. Fun-Tastic’s AI Fundus Screening Volunteer Training, 26 September 2026.

  • 9

    new volunteers trained on 12 September 2026, at a Fun-Tastic session led by our Project Director

  • 20+

    students trained on 22 September 2026, at a Fun-Tastic session led by our Project Director

    The figure for 22 September is Fun-Tastic’s own count: more than 20 students.

Who we have worked alongside

Each organisation is named with the part it played.

  • Fun-Tastic 悠樂長

    Our supporting charity. It runs the eye screening service, and our Project Director led its three volunteer trainings in September 2026.

  • HKCECES

    The Hong Kong Council of Early Childhood Education and Services

    Hosted the rock climbing event we joined in August 2025, and organised the forum in the Legislative Council Complex in October 2025.

  • Lions Club

    Invited us to the carnival in Sheung Shui on 13 March 2026.

  • Caritas Ma On Shan Secondary School

    Where students trained on the fundus camera on 22 September 2026.

  • Time Auction

    The volunteering platform through which volunteers were recruited for the training of 26 September 2026.

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