Social Enterprises Off and Running：A Dark Journey

Cedar Workshop is a social enterprise under Ebenezer School and Home for the Visually Impaired. Established in 2018, Cedar Workshop is operated by visually impaired and strives to provide employment opportunities for the visually impaired. Social enterprises also design tailor-made training programmes and experience activities for enterprises, public institutions, educational bodies, etc., with a view to deepening public understanding of the visually impaired, reducing misunderstandings, and building a harmonious and inclusive society.

In this episode, we invite artiste Alex FONG to enter the world of the visually impaired for the first time. He participates in a darkroom experience and learns to use a white cane, a mobility aid for the visually impaired. In the workshop led by an instructor of visually impaired, Alex and the students solve problems in the dark. Being a singer, Alex also sings in the programme and crossovers with visually impaired musicians, and he uses music as a medium to listen to their life stories.

Alex Fong even goes to the frontline of Cedar Workshop and works as a shop staff, and goes to a trade show to help sell wood Braille products made by the visually impaired. Alex says that this experience makes him totally understand that it is not easy for the visually impaired to operate a social enterprise.