To many of us, volleyball is a sport that is good for health. Yet to KK (pseudonym), volleyball is more than that, it is also a medicine for healing her depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

KK is an optimistic and cheerful girl who is studying F.6. She has been playing an important role in the school volleyball team and contributing to good results for the team in many competitions since F.1. Tragically, in 2019, KK found herself has a mental illness and was gloomy and not interested in the things around her. To improve her mental condition, her doctor suggested that besides medication and psychotherapy treatment, a suitable amount of physical exercise can also help.

However, with the outbreak of COVID-19, all the school volleyball team practices and competitions were completely suspended. To allow KK maintain limited training thereby improving her mental and physical health, her teammates introduced her to the community volleyball club.

It is delighted to see KK joining volleyball club that’s good to her mental health, but joining the club requires to pay the membership fees and the uniforms, that increase the financial burdens to KK’s family. As a result, our social work assisted KK to apply for the subsidy from “Treasure Trove” so that she is able to join the volleyball club to regain joy and satisfaction, also relieve her symptoms. Now, in addition to her regular practice with the club, KK has also joined different voluntary services to give back to the community.