About UNC

Influence Life with Life

The Urdu Neighbour Centre (Tax exemption ref no. 91/10710) was founded in 2009 by Ms. Yim Hung Yuk (Tina) and was the first center in To Kwa Wan specifically designed to serve the South Asian community. In order to help South Asian families integrate into the society, the center initially offered activities such as homework assistance, women's Chinese classes, and community integration workshops. In response to the employment and living needs of South Asians, the center established the social enterprise "Bread Bunch" in 2011. The bakery not only provides Halal food for South Asian families, but also creates employment opportunities for South Asians.

Over the following decade, the center continued to expand its services to other areas. It now provides services to over 300 South Asian families in various communities, including To kwa Wan, Oi Man Estate, Hoi Lai Estate, Kwai Chung, On Tai Estate, by collaborating with local organizations, schools, and churches.

Volunteer wearing blue gloves and face mask packing food items into cardboard boxes in a commercial kitchen, part of Urdu Neighbour Centre's community support services for South Asian families in Hong Kong
7 Districts

UNC provides services that cover 7 main districts in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

15+ Years

Founded in 2009, UNC has been serving the community of Ethnic Minorities for over 15 years.

4k+ People

UNC has a build a community that includes a wide network of people around the area and directly serving them every year.

Urdu Neighbour Centre

To provide high-quality comprehensive services to achieve the holistic development of service users and establish a friendly and caring community.

Our Values

OPEN - UNC's Core Values

To drive community development through cultural and social innovation, promoting the empowerment of marginalized groups and ethnic minorities, enabling them to engage with their community with respect and equality.

Offering

More blessed To Give than To Receive.
施比受更為有褔

Promise

Honest, Faithful & Trustworthy
承諾

Equal

All people are equally important.
平等

Neighbour

To establish a harmonious Community.
共融、互助、作鄰舍

Our story

Over 15 Years serving the community.

2009 • January

To Kwa Wan Centre

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Urdu Neighbour Centre logo with rainbow design element and bilingual text in English, Urdu, and Chinese on light blue background
2011

Bread Bunch, To Kwa Wan

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Colorful mural outside Bread Bunch bakery featuring cartoon-style illustrations of bread, pastries, and food characters with Chinese and English signage
2011

Oi Man Estate

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2012-2013

Hoi Lai Estate Ministry

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Hong Kong public housing estate with tall residential towers and community facilities, representing the type of neighborhood where UNC provides services to ethnic minority families
2016

Bread Bunch move to Shek Lai

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Street view of a Hong Kong neighborhood showing Bread Bunch, UNC's affiliate, including a brightly lit bakery or food store, with high-rise residential buildings in the background
2018 • March

On Tai Estate Ministry

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Hong Kong residential towers rising above green hillside under clear blue sky, showing the high-density housing developments where UNC provides community services
2021 • January

U & Me Cookies

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U & ME Cookies logo featuring a stylized rose design in an oval badge with bilingual Chinese and English text
2021 • May

Urdu Training Center

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Neighbour Training Centre logo
Join Us

More blessed to Give than to Receive.
施比受更有福

Join our Centre to serve the Community, and learn & participate through various enjoyable activities.

Tina and Ivan, leaders of Urdu Neighbour Centre, standing together holding a crystal award at a formal recognition ceremony