SUNSHINE ACTION
OUR STORY
In early 2008, following several months of a charitable sojourn through Kolkata, India, and Bangkok, Thailand—during which he served the dying destitute, the differently-abled, AIDS orphans, and those among the poorest of the poor—Sunny established Sunshine Action. The organization’s name is a deliberate synthesis of his official Chinese and English names "耀陽 Sunny", with the suffix “Action” signifying the tangible, mobilizing force of his humanitarian efforts through this initiative.
It was the year of Lehman Bros. Bankrupt and Asian Financial Crisis of 2008. During one of the toughest economic crises in Hong Kong, our founder used his own salary to purchase 100 packets of rice, which were donated to 100 struggling workers. From that day, Sunshine Action has come a long way, committing to operate fully on volunteers and donations.
For nearly two decades, Sunny Mak Yiu-Yeung, the founder of Sunshine Action, single-handedly managed approximately 98% or more of the organization’s administrative and coordinative functions. For many years, he was best known as a veritable “one-man band,” operating entirely alone in Hong Kong. In this capacity, he not only administered the organization but also conceived and executed every programme—tasks for which volunteers, interns, and students would later join, though solely within the frameworks he had already designed and implemented.
Remarkably, Sunny also belongs to an exceedingly rare echelon of philanthropists who have donated different resources and food to more than 1,000 charitable centers and humanitarian organizations worldwide—a milestone he achieved in August 2025. According to available records, fewer than ten individuals are known to have reached this distinguished level of philanthropic engagement across a global population exceeding eight billion, a figure that excludes institutional foundations. This distinction stems not from vast personal wealth, but from many years of consistent hard work and relentless effort in identifying new programs, forging new destinations, and cultivating partnerships within a vast global network.
Back in 2007, the founder of Sunshine Acton, Sunny, was a regular volunteer for few charity organizations. One evening, he was called upon to help distribute food to the street-sleepers in the Yaumatei area. When Sunny arrived to the site, the center gave him alongside other volunteers some breads & butter, and a beverage.
They started to walk the entire Yaumatei area–next to the wholesale fruit market of HKG- and distributed those breads with butter that evening. When Sunny came back home that evening he discussed with his best friend and they decided to do it again themselves. They simply bought tunas, hams, tomatoes, lettuces, breads, cheeses and packed all the sandwiches again and walked along the same roads they did with the charity center.
At that time they both had full-time jobs, but luckily their office was close to home, so the sandwiches could be packed right after office hours. Sunny carried all the sandwiches and his friend carried all beverages. It was quite heavy for only 2 persons, but they continued doing so for months to come.
Since then, they have without fail delivered these sandwich meals and drinks on the evening of major Festive Holidays, including: parent’s days, mid-autumn festival, Christmas Eve, New year eve, because these are the evenings that nobody would care about them. So they decided to be always there for these people to show with care and compassion delivering food.
For nearly 20 years, Sunny has witnessed every evolution & revolution that has occurred in these areas. We distribute the dinner boxes, the supplements, anti-pandemic items, essential materials, cash coupons, a variety of food and beverages, others essentials, hot pads, etc. Within a year, Sunny & his friend created "SUNSHINE ACTION 耀陽行動" on June 2008, therefore this is the oldest program of Sunshine Action as they started doing it before the organisation was founded. By 2026, Sunshine Action has donated and partnered with over 1’070 charity organizations and centers around the World.
Sunshine Action continually works to expand and globalize, with bases in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and by working with interns to further the vision established at the heart of the charity.
To date, Sunshine Action 耀陽行動 has extended its reach to the following 2️⃣8️⃣ Countries and Special Admin Regions already:
1-China 中國 2-Hong Kong 香港 3-Macau 澳門
4-Inner Mongolia - 蒙古
5-Bangladesh - 孟加拉
6-Cambodia - 柬埔寨
7-Canada - 加拿大
8-Chile - 智利 Earthquake relief
9-Colombia - 哥倫比亞
10-India - 印度
11-Indonesia - 印尼
12-Kenya - 肯雅
13-Myanmar - 緬甸
14-Nepal - 尼泊爾
15-Nigeria - 尼日利亞
16-Philippine - 菲律賓
17-Scotland - 蘇格蘭
18-Singapore - 新加坡
19-South Africa - 南非
20-Sri Lanka - 斯里蘭卡
21-Thailand - 泰國
22-Turkey - 土耳其 Earthquake relief
23-U.S.A. 美國 Sunshine Action branch 🌞
24-Ukraine - 烏克蘭
25-United Kingdom 英國 Sunshine Action branch☀️
26-Vietnam - 越南
27-Zambia - 贊比亞
28-Zimbabwe - 津巴布韋
In 2018, a pivotal cohort of International Baccalaureate students marked the beginning of Sunshine Action’s journey. Among them was Adrian Yan, the very first Sunshine Ambassador, who joined the initiative at just 16 years old. After achieving the distinguished milestone of an IB45—a testament to academic excellence—Adrian joined the ranks of just 20 top IB graduates worldwide to devote themselves to Sunshine Action. By the age of 19, his leadership and commitment had rightfully elevated him to the role of Director.
As of 2026, Sunshine Action proudly counts among its members students from 126 leading global institutions. Its network now includes scholars from world-renowned universities ranked within the QS Top 10, including the University of Chicago, Oxford, Cambridge, National university of Singapore, Hong Kong University, Chinese University of HKG, University College London, UPenn, Columbia, and New York University, etc.... The initiative has also garnered representation from prestigious international IB schools such as Diocesan Boys' School, underscoring its expansive and exceptional reach across the globe.
✨ People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. 人們常常是不講道理、不合邏輯和以自我為中心的。無論如何，原諒他們吧。
🌞 If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. 如果你很善良，人們可能會指責你自私、別有用心。無論如何都要善良。
💫 If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies. Succeed anyway. 如果你成功了，你將會贏得一些虛假的朋友和一些真正的敵人。無論如何都要成功。
✨ If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you. Be honest and frank anyway. 如果你誠實坦率，人們可能會欺騙你。無論如何都要誠實坦率。
⚜️ What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway. 你花費數年時間建立起來的東西，可能一夜之間就被毀掉。無論如何都要建造。
🪇 If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous. Be happy anyway. 如果你找到了寧靜和幸福，他們可能會嫉妒。無論如何都要開心。
🫶🏼 The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow. Do good anyway. 你今天所做的善事，人們明天往往會忘記。無論如何都要做好事。
🌐 Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. 向世界奉獻你所擁有的最好的東西，但也許永遠不夠。無論如何，盡你所能。
🪽 You see, at the end, it is between "YOU and YOUR GOD" 🌅 It was never between you and them anyway. 你看，最終這是你和你的神之間的事。 這從來就不是你和他們之間的事情。
―St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
The UN Sustainable Development Goals
Sunshine Action has many different programs around the world. Our programs address 14 of the 17 UN sustainable development goals, with a main focus on no poverty and zero hunger.
BENEFICIARIES
Sunshine Action has done several mass programs reaching over 450,000 low-income families and individuals through over 1,070 humanitarian organizations and charity centers in 26 regions and countries. These countries include U.S.A., U.K., Hong Kong, China, Colombia, Bangladesh, Singapore, South Africa, Myanmar, Kenya, Mongolia, India, Zimbabwe, Chile, Macau, Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ukraine, Turkey, Zambia & Philippines. Our programs cover 14 UN Sustainable Development Goals, including donation of rice and packed foods, medicines, products of basic needs, as well as medical missions, building houses and environmental programs.
