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Our Vision
To create a world without walls
In this post-truth era, we live in isolated information bubbles. We are polarized not over just values, but also over facts. It is easy to form stereotypes of people, groups or countries and classify them as "others" without knowing our prejudices.
World University Peace Assembly is the world’s first inter-university international platform for cross-cultural friendship and effective altruism.
Our Mission
World University Peace Assembly (WUPA) is an international youth-run, non-governmental, non-profit initiative that connects university students and young professionals from all nationalities together for solidarity, kindness and positive social changes.
We promote world peace by facilitating cross-cultural interactions and promoting effective altruism among university students.
World Peace
Cross-cultural interactions
Effective Altruism
WUPA's flagship programme, Lockdown Lounge International Buddy Programme, aims to improve students' wellbeing during COVID-19 crisis, promote cross-cultural friendship and world peace and connect students with effective charities to combat the spread of COVID-19 across the world.
Who We Are
World University Peace Assembly (WUPA), founded in 2020 by students from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Edinburgh, is politically neutral, non-aligned and non-denominational. It has no political affiliations. We do not represent students of a particular country. WUPA has no affliations with the effective charities recommended to our buddies. We choose them simply because of their effectiveness and relevance to solving world critical issues.
As a team of over 50 youths from different countries, we cooperate with universities, youth organizations and non-governmental organizations worldwide to bridge students from all cultures together.
Honorary Advisors
Mr. Alan Chow
Mr. Chow, former CEO of The D. H. Chen Foundation, is currently advisor and board member of several family foundations and non-profits, including Hong Kong Red Cross, Koo Foundation, HKSAR development funds, Sustainable Finance Initiative and The Community Chest of Hong Kong. He is also a member of the Schwarzman Scholars Selection Panel at Tsinghua University. He had held various senior management positions in the financial and commercial sectors prior to retirement. His extensive involvement on both the funder and NGO side and his knowledge in governance, strategic planning and financial management enable him to bring creative ideas and innovative solutions to addressing social issues, particularly education, youth development and capacity building for NGOs.
Dr. Phyllis Chan
Dr. Chan is Chief of Service and Hong Kong West Cluster Clinical Stream Coordinator (Mental Health) of Queen Mary Hospital. She is also Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. She is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry of LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong. She teaches and trains psychiatric trainee doctors, medical students and other allied health professional extensively. Dr Chan is Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University in Australia. She is Vice-President (General Affairs) of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Meanne Chan
Dr. Chan is an inter-disciplinary scientist and entrepreneur with expertise that spans the areas of psychology, neuroscience, immunology, and social health policy. In addition to being a research faculty member of HKUMed, she is also the founder of a health technology consulting platform geared at cultivating community research projects and mobile health startup technology. She actively conducts advocacy projects to engage relevant at-risk subgroups, ongoing partnerships with NGOs to reach a broad audience, and bridging across independent bureaus for an integrated interpretation of social trends to inform service systems. American Psychosomatic Society named her as one of 25 Young Investigator Colloquium Scholars in 2016 for promising early career research.
Mr. Eric Or
Mr. Eric Or was Managing Director of JOS Hong Kong and then Managing Director of JOS Greater China until the end of 2019. He was responsible for the successful transformation of JOS brand while driving JOS’s market leadership. Bringing in more than 30 years of experience in IT development with Asia Pacific responsibility, he is valued for business transformation, strategic business planning and execution, P&L management, and talent development. He is responsible for growth strategy and identifying opportunities in new and existing customer markets in Greater China for JOS’s technology solutions and capabilities. He has also held senior executive positions in other industry-leading companies, including Atos, IBM, HP, and EMC for senior sales and client management with deep sector knowledge in banking and finance.
Professor Stephen Y.L Cheung, SBS, JP,
Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Professor Cheung is the President and Chair Professor of Public Policy of The Education University of Hong Kong. He chairs the Supervisory Committee of the Asian Bond Fund Hong Kong Bond Index Fund of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Transport Advisory Committee, and is a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In past years, Professor Cheung held a number of other public offices. He was the Chairman of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund Task Force, the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Consultation Panel of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Nursing and Midwifery Sub-Group of the Steering Committee on Strategic Review on Healthcare Manpower Planning and Professional Development. He was also Member of the Commission on Poverty and Part-time Member of the Central Policy Unit.
Ms. Sheila Chuang
Ms. Chuang retired as Senior Vice President of ExxonMobil China Petroleum & Petrochemical Company Limited in 2012. Over her 34-year career with ExxonMobil at various locations, she held responsible positions in the areas of Treasurer's, Marketing, Planning and Project Management. Ms. Chuang is currently the honorary treasurer of YMCA of Hong Kong and of YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College. She serves as a mentor to university students with CEO Global, an educational non-profit specializing in leadership development with an emphasis on servanthood, integrity and soft skills training.
Our Supporters
Mena Liu, Founder and Executive Director
As the top 10% of the University of Hong Kong, Mena has obtained 15 academic awards, including a full scholarship by D. H. Chen Foundation. She has worked in UN Women Nepal for Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilization and was lauded by UN Women NCO Representative, "If you go for elections in the future, people will vote for you." She is the Youth Delegate at Committee of Youth in her district and has held 18 leadership positions in campus and NGOs, including as one of the 100 HKSAR Youth Ambassadors (20AYA). Devoting herself to the betterment of the underprivileged, she accumulated 877 volunteering hours in 18 organizations and social service projects and aspires to work for the SDGs. She was awarded "Talent Development Scholarship: Innovation, Science and Technology" by HKSAR Government in 2020.
Our Outreach
Our Outreach:
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Australia
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Austria
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Belgium
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Cambodia
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Canada
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China
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Denmark
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Finland
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France
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Germany
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India
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Indonesia
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Iran
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Iran
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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Japan
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Kenya
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Malaysia
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Mexico
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Nepal
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Nigeria
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Philippines
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Russia
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Singapore
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South Africa
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South Korea
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Sri Lanka
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Thailand
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Turkey
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Zimbabwe
Testimonials
10 stars out of 10. It’s a great way to make international friends in the given situation, and if it helps with language skills then it’s just a bonus. I love talking with people I’d otherwise have no opportunity to that I can now call friends.
10 stars out of 10. I enjoyed speaking with someone from an entirely different cultural context, and discovering all the things we have in common as well.
10 stars out of 10. It is a nice opportunity to meet new friends from abroad, to exchange knowledge about our cultures and to swap language skills :)
10 stars out of 10. This is really good. I have a native friend and I love to chat with her. I think she is the best. As I am learning English, this is a really good way to practice.
It is our pleasure to be part of the program. It is so nice of you and the organisation to initiate this program. I am sharing with many other friends in the community and encourage them to join.
9 stars out of 10. I really enjoyed talking with my buddy, we covered a lot of ground ranging from personal interests and background to discussions on current affairs. It’s a great idea, I think there’s potential for expansion.
8 stars out of 10. Great and exciting experience! Good way to improve my English speaking and confidence. The buddies are nice people!
My buddy is great. It’s nice to be paired with someone with a lot of common interests. We get to talk about so much.
It has been very interesting getting to know my buddies. We talk about once a week and it's always friendly.
8 stars out of 10. A fantastic way to meet and connect with new people across the globe!
Thanks for arranging this. It is always nice to meet someone new.
This is amazing! Thanks for the opportunity.
This is a lovely initiative.
Many thanks for this opportunity.
Wish you great success in this project. It's a great cause.
Support your good effort. Keep up the great work.
Absolutely recommending it to my friends.
I'd love to have as MANY buddies as possible. Excited!
This is exciting!
Glad to be a UK buddy!
You are such a wonderful gem. Thanks for doing this.
Thank you for initiating this project for those in need.
Very meaningful work.
Definitely recommending it to people I know.
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