Our Mission: Celebrating resilience, Confronting prejudice
The Girl Behind The Face is Hong Kong based, welcoming support from every person, culture & religion of the world. We
believe passionately in challenging attitudes and empowering others around the world. We share our experiences in Talks and
blogs, a book and across all conventional and online media to spark awareness, to inspire and to engage all ages across the world.
believe passionately in challenging attitudes and empowering others around the world. We share our experiences in Talks and
blogs, a book and across all conventional and online media to spark awareness, to inspire and to engage all ages across the world.
Tina and I were told sport would never be possible for Mui.
We, as parents,
have never accepted limits like that.
Nothing is impossible.
Mui is now a qualified and experienced rugby referee.
We, as parents,
have never accepted limits like that.
Nothing is impossible.
Mui is now a qualified and experienced rugby referee.
Tina says:
"I know what it's like to feel worthless and rejected. I never want anybody else to feel like that."
This is a mother's story of one woman (Tina)
who refused to walk away from a rejected child...
and all that happened then...
"I know what it's like to feel worthless and rejected. I never want anybody else to feel like that."
This is a mother's story of one woman (Tina)
who refused to walk away from a rejected child...
and all that happened then...
Defining Moments:
Love & Visible Difference / Auschwitz & Abandonment / Baader-Meinhof terrorist gang & Resilience /
Volunteering & Laughter / Support & Adoption / Prejudice & Cyberbullying / A.D.H.D. & P.T.S.D. /
Rugby & Inclusion
Commitment & Empowerment & Love
Love & Visible Difference / Auschwitz & Abandonment / Baader-Meinhof terrorist gang & Resilience /
Volunteering & Laughter / Support & Adoption / Prejudice & Cyberbullying / A.D.H.D. & P.T.S.D. /
Rugby & Inclusion
Commitment & Empowerment & Love
We agreed to become Mui's volunteers for a few weekends one summer.
We remained her volunteers for seventeen months.
We put our lives on hold. People kept telling us to walk away.
Tina's dedication was immense.
Then events overtook us.
Our response was to step forward and adopt.
We were diving into the unknown...
We remained her volunteers for seventeen months.
We put our lives on hold. People kept telling us to walk away.
Tina's dedication was immense.
Then events overtook us.
Our response was to step forward and adopt.
We were diving into the unknown...