Social mission:
Boaz International Education Institute Ltd (Boaz) is a Special Education Centre in Hong Kong founded by Twiggy Chan and Odilia Kan. One of the co-founders, Twiggy Chan, is a teacher and an university lecturer who successfully overcame dyslexia. It was established in December 2013. Boaz provides Innovative Dyslexia Training to students under mainstream local education system. Instead of drilling kids with what they are weak at, our specially designed curriculum adopts a strength-based approach that combines visual-kinesthetic learning strategies with the local syllabus. All methods allow students to generalize the unique strategies in school setting which relieve their daily pressure. In the past 3 years, we are delighted to have collaborated with the University of Hong Kong, the Education Bureau and over 30 well-known local schools. We have successfully served almost 400 student units and bring hope to their families. To us,
“If a child does not learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn.”
Business model:
Boaz has been serving with 2 business lines, centre service and in-school service, providing high-quality dyslexia training for students aged from 5 to 16 years old. Also, parent seminars and professional development training are provided to Universities, NGOS, schools and other organizations.
Founding Team:
Miss Twiggy Chan, Miss Odilia Kan
Impact:
In the past 3 years, we are delighted to have collaborated with the University of Hong Kong, the Education Bureau and over 30 well-known local schools. We have successfully served almost 400 student units and brought hope to their families. Over 95% of students learned to spell their first words during the initial screening sessions with us. Over 80% of our parents are supportive to our programs.
Apart from providing academic support programs, we also aim at building a society which recognizes and appreciates the strength of the students with special learning difficulties. We raised public awareness of dyslexia by changing the street signs in Lan Kwai Fong for our “Dyslexia Day” campaign. Our online social campaign, “Impossible Test”, has earned more than 124,000 “likes”, “shares” or “comments” on Facebook and successfully spread the message to raise public awareness of dyslexia. Not just that, we have collaborated with an online radio channel for the program of
“The Gift of Dyslexia”. This free program equips parents with strategies and skills to train their students at home.
Project for students:
- We shall cooperate with students to review our business model and marketing plan to see if any further enhancement can be made to improve efficiency and sustainability of our company.
- Students will investigate on ways to combine strategies with technology to enhance program quality and further enhance motivation of kids.
- Students will devise a system to measure impact from Boaz to society.