In-kind sponsorship for Rumah K.I.D.S




Group photo of APOH climbers and children from Rumah K.I.D.S

 

A Piece of Hope (APOH) has organized a charity Mount Kinabalu climb from 14 - 18 July 2012 to raise fund for Rumah K.I.D.S. -  a home where orphans and children who are abandoned, abused and neglected are given shelter, love and care. APOH consists of a group of annual Mount Kinabalu climbers who climb up Mount Kinabalu, Sabah to raise fund for charity home. This is the 6th year the climbers did the fund raising campaign.

Salcon also participated in supporting Rumah K.I.D.S by sponsoring mugs and notebooks for the children in Rumah K.I.D.S during the APOH cheque presentation ceremony. We hoped the little giveaway can help to ease the home's burden. The children were happy when they received the notebook as it was very useful during their school opening.



APOH climbers have a good time with Rumah K.I.D.S's children





Exterior of Rumah K.I.D.S



Salcon launches Inaugural Inter-state River and Water Awareness Competition 2012

Salcon Berhad, Water Watch Penang (WWP) and Malaysian Water Partnership (MyWP) jointly launched Salcon Inter-state River and Water Awareness Competition, a finale to the year-long River & Water Awareness & Education Programmes at Monash University on 3^rd November 2012.

The Salcon Inter-state River and Water Awareness Competition 2012 is the culmination of the year-long River & Water Awareness & Education Programme. A total of 48 students from 12 selected schools in the Klang Valley participated in this competition to grab home the challenge trophy.

Salcon River & Water Awareness Inter-State Competition 2012 was officiated by Y. Bhg. Dato’ Ir Haji Hanapi bin Mohamad Noor (second from the right), Director of Management Water Resources & Hydrology, Department of Irrigation & Drainage, accompanied by Dato’ Eddy Leong Kok Wah, Executive Director of Salcon Berhad, Associate Prof. Dr. Catherine Yule, Deputy Head of School of Science and Prof. Dr. Chan Ngai Weng, President of Water Watch Penang.

 Special thanks also to Professor Catherine Yule for sponsoring the use of the Auditorium in Monash Universty to carry out the competition. It was a very nice and spacious hall with well equipped facilities such as PA & lighting system, slide monitoring system which made the competition to be carried out smoothly.

Participants were tested on global, national and local water-related issues. All of them strive to score points for their own school as best as they could with the knowledge learnt from school and also the study material provided to them before the competition.

The Champion of the Inaugural Salcon River and Water Awareness Competition was SJK(C) Puay Chai 2. First and Second Runner-up were SJK(C) Connaught 2 and SJK (T) Effingham respectively.

A buffet lunch for all participants and working crew bring the event to the end, it is hoped that Salcon River and Water Awareness Education Programme can be carried out next year with bigger supports from more schools and also relevant authorities.

 

Salcon would like to thank Professor Chan and his dedicated team from Water Watch Penang for their support and commitment throughout these 2 years in helping us to achieve our CSR goal of raising awareness amongst the young on the importance of river and water conservation.

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