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Happy Feet: The volunteer pedicurists helping Hong Kong’s elderly


Gently unwrapping clingfilm covering the old man’s damaged feet — skin darkened and cracked, nails lumpen and deformed — the Hong Kong beautician doesn’t flinch. Instead she picks up her tools and starts working.

Once to twice a month, Cass Ng and her team of beauticians swap out their nail polish collection for tough scissors, nail files, an electric drill.

Volunteer manicurists giving a pedicures to elderly women at a community centre for the elderly in Hong Kong as part of a charity initiative. Photo: Isaac Lawrence/AFP.

Her initiative CHANGE (Caring Health Anywhere Nails Goal Elderly) offers free pedicures for low-income elderly people who cannot afford healthcare and do not have family to fall back on.



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