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Environmental Protection
Clean La Jetée
Marine environments in Malaysia continue to face serious problems, mostly due to the worsening of water pollution over the years. Rapid development along coastal areas and influences from the mainland has been identified as the major factor affecting marine pollution. Jetty is a structure extended into a sea or river to influence the current or tide to protect a harbour. For example, it may use as a communication system of transport, the fisheries, tourism and others. But, all of this can be disappeared slowly if the jetty was polluted. Recently reported, water pollution in Perkampungan Nelayan Orang Asli, Pasir Gudang Johor became more serious and it already continuous almost 10 years and its make 120 fisherman loss the profit. According to the Malay Mail News, the polluted river was happened in 2008 until almost all the fisherman needs to pay all the loss every year. Their income has mostly reduced from RM 2,000 to only RM 800 per month. The problem was already reported to authorities but no action has been taken so far. The main objective of this project is to provide awareness to the Orang Asli and fisherman communities on the importance of the river to the life ecosystem. This project also aims to enhance the water quality level at Orang Asli Jetty area.  The water will be treated with effective microorganism (EM) mud ball to absorb the heavy metal content and treated grass absorbent to absorb the oil spillage. These mudballs purportedly contain properties that will purify water, improve water quality and solve sanitation problems. Whereas, the treated grass is a safer and more efficient methods of cleaning up oil spill due to high cellulose content and water repellent structure. The water treatment will be focused at fisherman jetty since jetty is the most polluted area due to boat oil spill and boat cleaning activities. Furthermore, Orang Asli depends on the water and fish as the main food for their community without knowing the habitat is already affected from the polluted water.  Extensive pollution able to eliminate all the sources of income including damaging the ecosystem and dirty water also can affect their health. An understanding of the process involved in maintaining and preserving the quality of water is needed to give people an assurance of health and safety.EM Mudball' is a mixture of clay, organic matter, molasses, minerals and a good combination of bactericidal lactic, phototropic, yeast and antinomycetes. All the ingredients will be crushed into a ball shape and thrown into the river. This Mudball can only be used after being dried for about a week.EM Mudball is formulated for environment disadvantages that are easily handled and submerged in water and act slowly from the bottom of the water. It aims to break down organic molecules such as waste, mud, heavy iron and so on. The material takes 30 days to dissolve and all microorganisms will begin to react to decompose any sediments found in the river. In addition, one mudball is able to clean about 1000 liters of water gradually according to the pollution level that occurs in the river. The good bacteria found in 'mudball' will be longer and more active than conservation using liquid EM technology. It is not only able to solve the problem of water pollution but also able to repair the existing water quality. The life of flora and fauna in the water is also preserved and the ecosystem of life is not affected.Figure below shows the E.M. Mudballs being thrown into rivers, lake and seas during beach and river cleanup campaigns. It also has been recognized by Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Malaysia and researcher Deric Tan from Sabah claim after a month’s throwing the mudball, the sludge and foul odor completely disappeared.“Clean La Jetée” may be one of the inspiring ideas that will change the minds of the young generation and the local community towards the positive thinking and the important of clean environment. This program will be carried out in collaboration with volunteers form Persatuan Pembimbing Rakan Sebaya of UiTM Cawangan Johor Kampus Pasir Gudang. With this collaboration, it is hoped that it will be able to attract more young generations to care on the cleanliness of the jetty. Furthermore, this program might be part of leisure activities such as do the mudball with the community and it is vital for humans to protect and control marine environments from water pollution. The more people involve with this program, the higher the impact of this group to care on the jetty since they need to clean area for their own benefits.
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Helping the Underprivileged Community
ENGAGING & INTERACTIVE EDUCATION FOR ORANG ASLI, MARAN PAHANG
Education is also one of the National Key Results Areas (NKRA), which was launched in 2009. With regard to the NKRA, the Malaysian government targeted that by 2012, all students would acquire the basic reading and writing skills after three years of schooling. By 2015, the Malaysian Government is targeting all children in this country to have at least primary education.The Orang Asli children are not to be left behind in the focus of national educational development. Enormous efforts have been made since independence in 1957 up to now which aimed to improve the standard of formal education to those who live largely in rural areas. We want to collaborate with Malaysia Outreach Volunteer Experience (MOVE). The is a non-profit organization that aims to empower young people to get involved in volunteerism and humanitarian; also to achieve, namely to strengthen the domestic economy by supporting the vulnerable groups in the B40 (Low Income) community.There are 3 pillars of MOVE:           1. Knowledge & Awareness           2. Attitude & Behaviour            3. Opportunity & Skills DevelopmentThis is to align to the national aspiration to commit the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  “Competitiveness, productivity, innovativeness and capability in management of new technologies in Malaysia will be determined by the quality of its human resources. […] In view of the challenges ahead, Malaysians should be well equipped with a strong base in education and training. (Government of Malaysia, 2012)”One of MOVE segmentation program is MOVE Edu; for the first time MOVE work together with Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) to provide engaging and interactive education for Orang Asli kids in Maran, Pahang. HRDF has sponsored a mobile library cabin that also can serve as class for the kids; HRDF also provide some allowance for the volunteer. The project timeline started from August 2018 until February 2019. Currently we have about 30 indigenous kids aged from 10 - 12 years old.  We believe, this special gems need to be nurtured and to attract them with interactive educational approach which slightly difference from school teaching.
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Animal Protection
SPEAK UP!
The Malaysian secondary school students have a poor command of English & lack of good communication abilities. Based on the National Education Blueprint 2013-2025 (Pre-school to Post-Secondary Education), 3 of 10 of secondary students achieved a minimum credit in SPM English paper. At the same time, one of the most highlighted importance of raising quality of education by the general public is communication skills among secondary students.Thus in accordance to the 4th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG #4), project Speak Up! is created by AIESEC in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) to specifically target the English proficiency level of Malaysian primary & secondary school students.By collaboration with MyReaders in the field of education training and facilitate, various effort is made to ensure the impact of the project. Among the efforts would be Read for Life high school workshops to help to improve literacy of student that have learning difficulties in English. This is done by syllabus designed by MyReader to target specifically for those student that have learning difficulty and can’t catch up with their peer in school.Beside Speak Up! workshop is another initiative to expose the concept of Sustainable Development Goals to students and to improve their presentation skills. Volunteers will teach students on how to relate SDG to our community, and coach them on how to present their ideas during the end of the workshop.Focused on secondary schools and primary school students around the area of Kajang, Bandar Baru Bangi, held and facilitated by international volunteer that came from Asia Pacific region.
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Arts & Culture
“Serakal Berzanji 4 Youth”
Berzanji is an intangible cultural heritage that has long been practiced in Malay society in Malaysia. There are many good values for character building and human relation embodied in Berzanji.Normally, this Malay heritage is held during the Maulidurrasul (Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday) celebration and also during the ceremony of celebrating birth and marriage.However, not many young people know the origins and philosophies behind this Berzanji tradition. The Arabic words in Berzanji are being read without full understanding of its meaning so that the stories and values in Berzanji are left unknown and unstudied.Plus, the Berzanji tradition is no longer a compulsory activities in the Malay community celebration.Nevertheless, in Sungai Kuali Serkat Pontian village, this tradition is still preserved. This cultural heritage is an asset with can support a sustainable rural development.This tradition reinforces the family institution, especially in educating children with the value of love, care, gratefulness and tolerance. The instillation of this value is not only in words or stories in berzanji but also through the symbolic events such as hair shaving and harmony interaction between members of the community during the event.Thus, “Serakal Berzanji 4 Youth” is planned to restore the uniqueness of Berzanji for the young and modern generation. This can be achieved by taking the Kampung Sungai Kuali Serkat Pontian as a model.This project involves university students, local residents, school children and NGOs as an effort to strengthen Malaysian society unity through conserving and revitalizing the art of Berzanji as cultural heritage.
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