Crack in the Wall: Stories of Changed Lives in Hong Kong - Rilegato

Pullinger

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ISBN 10: 0340694491 ISBN 13: 9780340694497

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997

Riassunto

Jackie Pullinger arrived in Hong Kong in 1966 when the cultural revolution was just beginning in China and flood of refugees was bursting across the border into the Kowloon Walled City. This text recounts the story of 30 years work since then among the drug addicts, prostitutes and gang members.

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Jackie Pullinger-To is a British woman who lives and works among the poor, the homeless and the drug addicts of Hong Kong.

Over thirty years ago she went to Hong Kong on a one way ticket, and arrived knowing no one with just $100 HK in her pocket. She lived and worked in Kowloon's notorious 'Walled City' and by 1981 she had set up the St Stephen's Society, which provides rehabilitation homes for recovering drug addicts, prostitutes, and gang members. By December 2007 it had grown to provide homes for 200 people.

The charity's work has been recognized by the Hong Kong government who donated the land for the rehabilitation homes.

Jackie's story is told in her renowned book Chasing the Dragon and she still lives in Hong Kong and runs the St Stephen's Society.

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0340694491
• ISBN 13: 9780340694497
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 137