Composting is very important for food security. Through the composting process, organic waste becomes the input to produce nutrients and beneficial microorganisms, increasing water retention and cation exchange (CIC) and increase production profits. From the environmental point of view, recycling these waste and applying it to the soil provides many benefits such as increasing the organic matter in soil, reducing methane produced in the landfills or public waste, peat replacement as substrate, carbon capture, soil temperature control and increasing soil porosity as well as reducing the risk of erosion and desertification. Realizing the importance of Composting, Engineering Faculty of Universiti Malaysia Sabah has produced a prototype to compost organic waste such as food waste and leaves. This technology is planned to be transferred to rural school which is the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tebobon to train the staffs and students to make compost. The reason why this secondary school is selected because, although SMK Tebobon had been awarded Anugerah SERASI in year 2012, through the Sekolah Rakan Alam Sekitar (SERASI) programme and for three years from 2012, 2014 and 2016, SMK Tebobon had been awarded Anugerah Wira SERASI, they have one main problem which is the unfinished composting project. The existing composting project in SMK Tebobon was discontinued due to lack of expertise in the field as well as allocation. The existing composting system is an open system (Refer Figure 1) which has led to many problems such as the presence of stray dogs and is exposed to uncertain weather factors. Thus, not only composting process will ensure the environmental sustainability to be achieved but it also enrich the quality of human capital in terms of knowledge as well as improving the quality of life. Besides, it help strengthen the pupils’/students’ character and taught them to love and care for the environment.

Kampung Lubok Kiulu Tamparuli is located at West of Sabah, Malaysia and approximately 3 hours from Kota Kinabalu centre (Figure 1). This remote area currently accommodates 18 to 20 families which consists of 16 houses and 2 paddy houses (Figure 2). However, the area is encountering muddy water supply after the occurrence of rainfall. Hence, villagers in this area are facing clean water supply problem as the existing water tank is not enough to supply daily use clean water for all villagers especially during drought. As the students of Civil Engineering from Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, we keen to improve and develop the area by carrying out water upgrading and filtration project to enhance water supply to the communities involved.

Undocumented children include those who are stateless, dependent of foreign workers, foreign children staying illegally, children born from mixed or unregistered marriages, children born soon after marriage, children born of single mothers, and unregistered children from indigenous groups. As many as 43,973 undocumented children in Malaysia, ranging from seven to seventeen years old, were reported to be out of school. As a result of their status, there are up to 85% of illiteracy rate as they are not entitled access to the standard national schooling system. Study showed that poverty and citizenship status are the top contributors to the high illiteracy rate in Sabah. The consequences of illiteracy may have economic and social impact on the children. With little access to education and economic opportunities, they and their families are more likely to live in poverty.Teluk Layang Alternative Learning Center (Sekolah Alternatif Teluk Layang) is located behind Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). It started in year 2015 by a group of UMS students. Currently, the school teaches Bahasa Melayu on every Saturday, starting from 9am to 12pm. Most of them are from the ethnic Suluk and Bajau, and our target community are all undocumented. The eldest student is 16 years old whereas the youngest is 7 years old.To tackle this problem, PriviLAD aims to aid children from the Teluk Layang Alternative Learning Center by giving them literacy and life skills. Education is vital for them in order to help mould a person and to lift them out of poverty. It creates opportunities for children to develop skills that will help them provide for themselves and their family. Breaking the cycle of illiteracy and improving their self-esteem is important for them to be independent, feel empowered and can take control of their lives.

BEING proficient in English can open doors to greater opportunities in life. However, the ability to speak well in English has always been an issue among many high school students in Malaysia especially among those from semi urban and rural areas. The ability to speak, convey opinions and share ideas is an important skill that needs to be mastered from early stages of school life. We often hear complaints on how school leavers and college graduates are unable to speak well in English during interviews, and often falter in their ability to perform well at workplace because of their inability to communicate well in English. Therefore, becoming proficient in speaking English is imperative for students. The aim of this project is to carry out speaking activities that are fun and engaging so that students in rural areas can overcome their perception that English language is a difficult language to acquire. This proposal provides information on a four week interactive English activities ranging from Reader’s Theatre, Power singing, Storyboard and Creative Speech.  

Music has been identified as a strength in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Psychology, music therapy can often be used to facilitate communication skills with individuals. Children with communication disorders may benefit in many ways.  However, modern musical instruments are too complicated for them to comprehend. Therefore, we plan to introduce a special set of musical instruments from the day-to-day materials. The uniqueness of this special instruments is that it can accommodate rough handling. Consistency of sounds is able to be maintained and long lasting too.

We aware that in Malaysia, mental disorder gets fewer spotlights that it deserves. We wanted to initiate more conversation and action in mental health prevention intervention. Only by then, the perspective about mental disorder can elevate from where it is now.

Temoh is a town located in the Perak region of Malaysia and the orang asli village, (Kampung Temoh) will be the location of the project implementation. Poverty is a major problem among the Orang Asli. A recent news reported that 1,329 Orang Asli children in Perak who are under two years of age suggested that 40 percent were malnourished by two years of age (Malaymail, 2019).  Besides, 70 to 80 percent of Orang Asli children are underweight or stunted in height by school-going age. In order to reduce malnutrition cases among the indigenous group especially young children who needs nutrition for growth, poverty should be eradicated.This project aims to improve the socio-economic status of the orang asli. The “Chicken Coop Project” participant lives in a 2 bedroom house together with his sister’s family of 6, a total of 9 people in the household of less than RM2,000 per month. About 4 years ago, they had a family member die at the age of 17 years old due to malnutrition. Currently, he rears chickens but on a small scale and the mortality rate is high. The overall outcome of this project will help to:1) kickstart and equip the participant with knowledge and skills to raise chicken, 2) provide complete shelter for the chicken so that chicken will not fall sick due to rain and flood, 3) source for alternative feeds to supplement and reduce commercial feed cost low, and4) to help them market the chicken at a competitive price.  Thus, the sustainability of this project is greatly emphasized.

Everywhere, the waste management system is in dire state. Piles of organic leftovers are thrown into the dust bin and ended up at the landfills. The Orang Asli the settlement and plantation workers at Ladang Naggappa Jementah are of no exception. As rubbish accumulates, hygiene is compromised as it invites unwanted rodents to breed. This could be hazardous to health. The fastest and easy solution currently being practiced at the settlement is burning them. However, the emission of carbon monoxide is not only hazardous to health but also can cause forest fire. Therefore, we plan to introduce organic solution for a proper waste management for organic matters, This is done through proper system of composting. We plan to teach the community to produce compost from the organic waste into agricultural product which can give them extra income.

In 2018, we found the problems faced by some teenagers who are disabled person and orphan in Dungun, Terengganu. One of the problems faced by them is to get a job after they graduate from secondary school. In addition, they are not received with any opportunities to proceed their study at any university or other educational institution. Besides, the unemployment rate among teenagers is increasing year by year. The social problems and crime among the teenagers are increasing too. These crimes happened because of unemployment teenagers who need the money to survive. We come out with our solution, Solatku Project. The reasons why we choose this project is mainly because the mini prayer mats are high demand in the market. With this project, the disabled and orphan teenagers can be able to be independent. Besides, they will get the opportunity to be in the industry. Thus, by achieving a particular award in the industry they can be not only idols but examples to others. The unemployment rate and crime among teenagers will be decline.