Service and Philanphropy
For the past three years, I’ve been actively involved with Youth Diabetes Action (YDA), a charity that supports children and adolescents with diabetes and their families in Hong Kong. My journey with YDA began in 2021 when I became an ambassador, collaborating with other ambassadors to raise funds and support a local event at a primary school. Over time, my relationship with YDA deepened, and last year I had the opportunity to design digital invitations for one of their key events. This year, I took on a new initiative by auctioning off photography prints to help raise funds for YDA.
Dennis Zeng x YDA Philanthropic Photo Exhibition, 2024
The 8 photos I selected for my auction
Geographic Concentrations
I have traveled to over 30 countries and I wanted to highlight my geographic focuses depicted for the philanthropic photo exhibtion
My Auction Photos
In this video, I go through a specific photo that is up for auction.
Youth Diabetes Action (YDA) is a charity dedicated to supporting children and adolescents with diabetes and their families in Hong Kong. Set up in 2001, they work towards no children ever held back because of diabetes which includes providing support and information. https://www.yda.org.hk/
Quest Speakers
Mrs. Joanna Hotung is the chairman emeritus of Youth Diabetes Foundation (YDA). She is the mother of an adult daughter who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of seven. As a direct result of this, in 2001 she co-founded YDA with Professors Louis Low and Clive Cockram.
Sally Chu is an acclaimed art consultant part of the World Women’s organization award recipient consultant and the founder of Chu’s Gallery and the Oneness Art Platform.
Dennis Zeng x Youth Diabetes Action Online Webinar, 2023
Ms. Joanna Hotung was kind enough to speak more about YDA and answer diabetes questions. This was a great opportunity for members of the community to learn about the real struggles of diabetes and hopefully provide support to those who are affected.
Dennis Zeng x Operation Smile Online Webinar, 2023
My club at school partnered with Operation Smile, a non-profit medical organization dedicated to supporting and treating those affected by the cleft condition. We were happy to have Mansi Shah, the Student Programs Associate for the Northern region, and Jackson Doane, who was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate to offer extremely valuable insight on not only the organization and their impacts but also experiences as a patient.