基督教励行会是一个在香港相当有名的组织，特别是它对难民的影响，过去，从越南抵达香港的船民被安置在香港各地的难民营，一些在旧启德机场附近。这就是我们卑微的开端，为逃离战争、迫害和悲剧的最脆弱群体开办课程，提供救济和支持。
随着越南难民最终重新安置到其他国家，危机结束后，基督教励行会的工作逐渐发展。它的重点转向帮助来自中国大陆的新移民。我们还为香港的少数族裔社区提供服务，例如在佐敦和屯门开设了两个社区救助中心。这些社区的居民包括巴基斯坦人、印度人和尼泊尔人，他们面对的障碍有很多，如不明白本地的语言、面对缺乏就业机会和感到孤单等等。我们的中心为他们提供了许多积极变化和影响的平台，我们今天仍然看到这些惊人的影响，如许多使用我们服务的青年进入大学，找到主流工作，如警察、教师和其他高薪职位。我们还为家庭移民工人建立了一个中心，在那里我们协助了许多脆弱的工人，他们如此勤奋和专业地服务香港家庭，却被虐待或非法解雇。在我们的中心，他们可以找到专门的个案工作者，为他们的索赔提供法律支援，提供一个安全和保密的庇护所，最重要的是尊严和一个支持他们的地方。
二〇〇四年，本会总干事张洪秀美看见难民这个人数不多但却充满苦难的群体。早期，香港人对难民不是忽略，就只知道越南难民。但是，这些非洲人、南亚人因战争、宗教迫害和更多的事，来到香港寻找安居之处，却没有基本的支援，如住房和食物。总干事随后与一些教会团体一起，在香港最恶名昭着和最具挑战性的地方重庆大厦建立难民中心，那里是大多数香港人从未涉足，或对其有负面印象的标志之处。
我们从提供一些早餐和基本的捐赠开始。那时，机构只租了一个小单位，到现在，我们有两层楼共三个单位，一个厨房提供每日膳食、英语和粤语课程。还有妇女赋权计划、体育、音乐和艺术活动，最重要的，是每周六天开放的救助中心。我们为超过六百个有孩子的家庭和来自七十多个城镇、宗教和文化团体的成人提供服务。
我们已经见证了二百多名受助者重新安置到美国和加拿大，透过我们的支持，许多人正过着非常成功的生活。我们有一个了不起的年轻人，他在二〇〇八年作为一个无人陪伴的未成年人来到南亚，最终来到我们的门前，我们帮助他发展IT技能，他被重新安置到美国，在微软获得了一个高级职位，现在于美国银行担任副总裁。
另一位杰出的受助者是埃及基督教频道的记者，他因为工作而受到迫害，什至他的摄影师也被枪杀，他设法逃了出来，八年前来到我们这里，今天他是我们的社区领袖，我们与香港的大众交流难民的情况，许多香港人都来参观我们的中心，他的分享让大家深受感动、启发和激励。
我们一直是一个服务未被服务者的组织，即香港最边缘化、最弱势和最孤立的社群。我们相信，神给了我们这个社会角色，让我们成为改变的容器，向人展示神的怜悯和人应有的尊严。我们经常被问及，我们是怎样的基督徒，但事实上，我们机构的名字Christian Action就有这个意思，我们是──「基督徒・在行动」。
「与难民同行．社群关爱」系列，文章由难民事工小组提供。
英文原文：
Christian’s in action
Christian action is an organisation that’s quite well known all over HK especially its impact with refugees from the times of Vietnamese boat refugees arriving in HK shores to being placed into refugee camps all over HK and some near our iconic old airport at Kai Tak.
That’s where our humble beginnings take place running classes, proving relief and support to the most vulnerable of communities fleeing war, persecution and tragedy.
Christian actions work evolved to after the handover as the Vietnamese refugee population eventually resettled to other countries and the crisis ended.
It’s focus moved towards new arrivals from mainland China who many families struggled with integration and poverty, we proved after school care, programmes and many relief initiatives to this often struggling community.
We also served Hong kings ethnic minority community by opening two drop in community centres in Jordan and tuen mun which were populated by Pakistani, Indians and Nepalese groups also growing community where their grasp of Cantonese language, lack of opportunities and isolation caused many barriers for their integration to local society. Our centres gave them many platforms for positive change and impact which we still see the amazing impacts today such as many who young youths who used our services getting into universities, finding mainstream jobs such as policemen, teachers and other high flying positions.
We also started a center for domestic migrant workers where we have intervened on many vulnerable helpers who served Hong Kong families so diligently and professionally have been abused, unlawfully terminated or illl treated. Here in our centre they can find dedicated case workers belong them navigate legal systems in their claims, provide a safe and confidential shelter and most importantly dignity and a place where they are supported.
Then in 2004, our ceo Mrs cheung siu Mei saw and heard the plight of a small but destitute community of asylum seekers and refugees. Early days when most of HK’s memory of refugees were either forgotten or of Vietnamese refugees. But these were Africans, south Asians feeling war, religious persecution and much more to land and find safety in Hk bug without even basic support if shelter and food. Our ceo then got together with some church groups and imitated the centre for refugees in the most infamous and challenging places in Hk, the icnomic Chungking mansions where most Hk people have never set foot in or have negative image of their place. But regardless if this our Ceo and Ca felt we needed to be there to provide refugee and a home away from home. We started with some breakfast and basic donations renting just one small unit to now in 2022, 2 floors covering 3 units, a kitchen providing daily meals, English and Cantonese classes. Womens empowerment programs, sports, music and arts and most crucially a drop in centre opened 6 days a week.
We serve over 600 clients of families with children, adults from over 70nqtiown, religious and cultural groups.
We have witnessed over 200 clients resettled to the US and Canada and many are leading very successful lives thanks to our support. We have one remarkable youngster who came in 2008 as an Unaccompanied minor who fed civil war in South Asia who eventually came to our doors and we helped him develop his IT skills and he was resettled to the US and got a high level position at Microsoft and now works at Bank of America in Vice President role.
Another remarkable client of ours was a journalist for a Christian channel in Egypt and was persecuted due to his work, even his camera man was shot dead, he managed to escape and came to us 8 years ago, today he is our community leader where we engages with The local public about the refugee situation, many local Hong Konger’s have come and visited our centre and were touched, inspired and motivated by his sharing.
We are an organisation that’s always served the unserved, Hong Kong’s most marginalised, disadvantaged and isolated communities. We believe that God has given us this role in society to be a vessel for change, for showing gods mercy and dignity. We often get asked how Christian we are, but the truth is it’s in our name, we are Christians in Action.
