About

Hi, I'm Samantha!

Born and raised in Hong Kong, I am a creative marketer and advocate for humanitarian and international development.

I currently serve as an Assistant Resources Development Manager at World Vision China, where I am leading in grant acquisition and resources development to secure funds from private and public donors in different areas including child protection and development, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), disaster risk management (DRM) and emergency relief.

My passion is to make a positive impact on lives of children and those around me.

MY MISSION

to use my expertise to bring resources for the communities
to create sustainable impacts that empower children and foster positive change.

Organizations I've worked with

World Vision
Delegation of the European Union to China
Embassy of Canada to China
Greenpeace Hong Kong
HappyCow

Education

Foundation Certificate in Tui-Na for Health | 2021
The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education
Master of Arts in Linguistics | 2003 - 2004
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- - Ho, S-K. Samantha. (2004). Null subject in third language acquisition of Portuguese by Cantonese-English Bilinguals. Master of Arts (MA) in Linguistics Research Paper
Bachelor of Cognitive Science | 2000 - 2003
The University of Hong Kong
- - Ho, S-K. Samantha. (2003). Syntactic Transfer In Cantonese-English Bilingual. Development: A Corpus-based Study Of Phrasal Verbs. Undergraduate. Thesis.

Licenses & Certification

Level 3 Mountain Craft Training (Leader) Certificate (accredited by the UIAA)
China Hong Kong Mountaineering and Climbing Union | 2024
Certificate of First Aid
Hong Kong St. John Ambulance | 2023
Global Volunteer Leadership Training
Greenpeace | 2020

Awards

Awardee of Amateur Sportspeople (第二屆運動素人) | Sportsoho | 2017
Honorary Scholarship | Hang Seng School of Commerce (now known as The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong) | 2000