Environmental concern !!!

Students learn about the environment

BACK for the second year, Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) Earth Camp started in March and will be wrapping up in July in several locations in Malaysia.
In collaboration with the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), the programme is a three-day, two-night event for students who are members of Kelab Pencinta Alam at their respective schools.
There are six camps planned and organised according to zones — Northern, Southern, Central, Eastern, Sabah and Sarawak.

Knee-deep effort: Participants of the East Coast edition planting a few of the 200 mangrove trees along the Kampung Mangkuk shoreline.

 

Participants will be taken out for adventures in jungles, where they can get first-hand experience with nature, generating excitement and appreciation for the environment while understanding various environmental issues and concerns.
The theme this year is based on the four elements of nature — Earth, Water, Air and Fire — with the human element.
The first camp was organised at Nur Laman Bestari, Ulu Yam for the Central zone from March 25 to 27.
Categorised under the element of ‘Earth’, the camp was attended by 106 students and 27 teachers from 50 schools around Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Selangor, including six students and two teachers from one of TM adopted schools, SM Rendah Agama Repah, Negri Sembilan.

One for the album: Some of the participants of the East Coast edition gathered for a group photo.

  

 

The camp saw many action-oriented activities, where participants were led through a 3km interpretative jungle trekking trail, animal observation study as well as water river condition analysis exercise.
The participants were also able to embrace the Earth Hour campaign on March 26.
TM also brought the participants to an orang asli settlement in Kampung Ulu Batu, Ulu Yam.
At the settlement, the participants planted 50 fruit plants and distributed 250 kg of rice and TM souvenirs to the orang asli families.
The families also shared insights on environmental related activities around the areas with the participants
The East Coast edition of the camp, held at Peladang Setiu Agro Resort, Terengganu, from April 1 to 3, saw 98 students including 11 children of TM employees and 15 teachers from 33 schools in Terengganu, Kelantan and Pahang exploring caves — Gua Batu Tersusun, Gua Batu Bongkok and Gua Kura-Kura.
‘Air’ was the theme of the camp, and fittingly, a climate change talk was organised to educate the participants on the causes, influences of climate change and what the participants could do to improve the current situation.
A record of sorts were made in Terengganu when the participants joined hands with the members of Persatuan Wanita Kampung Mangkok, Setiu to plant 200 mangrove trees along the Kampung Mangkuk shoreline.
The participants also managed to collect 369 kg of rubbish.
The remaining camps will be organised in the coming months.

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