The fund raised will be used in the Hong Kong Red Cross’ service project(s) you have selected. If the selected project(s) receive(s) sufficient donations before the cut-off time of the particular phase, the additional proceeds raised will be donated to the Hong Kong Red Cross’ “General Donation” for supporting our other humanitarian services. If the raised amount is less than the fundraising target, Hong Kong Red Cross will cover the shortfall in fulfillment of the Project. Should the actual expense of the service project(s) is lower than the fundraising target, the residual donation will be allocated to the Hong Kong Red Cross’ “General Donation” for supporting our other humanitarian services.
Both the fundraising target and progress will be shown on the service project page.
It is not able to change the service project list once you have made donation to the selected service project(s). You may consider to support other service projects(s).
All the fundraising projects will be updated bi-annually as 1st October to 31th March and 1st April to 30st September, end at 23:59 Hong Kong time.
If you provide your name, address and do not state "no receipt required" on the donation form, we will issue a receipt to you automatically. The receipt can be used as a tax deduction for charitable donations for tax purposes. You will help us to save administrative costs if you choose not to receive a receipt. Apart from that, we would also appreciate if you could provide us with your contact number for any necessary communications.
A donation receipt will normally be sent to you within 3 to 4 weeks. Please bear with us that during period of emergency relief, it may take around 4 to 6 weeks.
Yes, you may do so. Please simply state clearly on the donation form the name you wish to be printed on the donation receipt. If you make online donation, please provide your Online ID and receipt name and send to redsquare@redcross.org.hk or call 28020016.
Hong Kong Red Cross is an approved charitable institution (IRD ref no. 91/356). In accordance with the Inland Revenue Ordinance in Hong Kong, if the total amount of your donations to an approved charitable institution is HK$100 or above during a financial year, these will be tax-deductible upon submission of donation receipts.
There is no maximum donation amount. However, we suggest a minimum donation of HK$50.
Hong Kong Red Cross undertakes to comply with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance to ensure that personal data kept are accurate and securely kept. To safeguard interest of our data subject, Hong Kong Red Cross collects personal data from you for the purposes of handling donations, issuing receipts, and registration, and will only use your personal data for such purposes and promotion purposes (as defined below). Hong Kong Red Cross may use your personal data (name, telephone number, fax number, email and mailing addresses) for the purposes of providing you with information of the Hong Kong Red Cross, fundraising appeal, and activities invitation as well as for feedback collection and related promotion purposes. However, we cannot use your personal data unless we have received your consent. Upon your request at any time and at no charge, we will cease to use your personal data for promotion purposes. You may contact us at 2802 0016 for enquiry or the updating of your personal data.