Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired

Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired 心光盲人院暨學校
Ebenezer School in 2014
Location
131 Pokfulam Road Pok Fu Lam Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°15′59.65″N 114°7′56.02″E
Information
Other name	Ebenezer School (Chinese: 心光學校)[1]
School type	Aided[1], Primary and secondary school for the visually impaired[1]
Motto	Chinese: 自強不息[1] (Empowerment)
Religious affiliation(s)	Christianity[1]
Established	c. 1897; 127 years ago (1897)
School district	Southern District[1]
Supervisor	Brian John Duggan[2]
Principal	Remy Wong Kwan-bo[2]
Gender	Co-educational[1]
Area	6,420 m^2 (69,100 sq ft)[1]

Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired (Chinese: 心光盲人院暨學校), also known as Ebenezer School (Chinese: 心光學校) is a school for blind and visually impaired children in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.

A German missionary, Martha Postler, created the school in 1897.^[3] The school's first location was in Western District.^[4] Postler, who originated from the Hildesheimer Blindenmission, created the school as she took care of four girls who experienced visual impairment.^[3] The school moved into its current site in 1912 and it was officially established the following year.^[4]

The school was under the supervision of Church Missionary Society during World War I while the Sisters continued to provide service.^[5]

References

1. "心光學校 Ebenezer School". Committee on Home-School Co-operation (in Chinese). 2 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
2. "School List by District: Southern". Education Bureau. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
3. Poon-McBrayer, Kim Fong and Ming-Gon John Lian. Special Needs Education: Children with Exceptionalities. Chinese University Press, 2002. p. 190.
4. "About Us." Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired. Retrieved on February 10, 2017.
5. Smith, Carl T. (1994). "The German Speaking Community in Hong Kong 1846-1918". Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 34: 1–55. ISSN 0085-5774.