Forty
five (45) primary school-goers from Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Sunway and Sekolah
Kebangsaan TUDM Subang were given the opportunity to be environmentally
conscious leaders of the future via the Salcon River and Water Awareness
Educational Programme at Lembah Kiara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail today.
The
Salcon River & Water Awareness Educational Programme is designed to instill
awareness amongst our younger generation on the importance of our precious
water resources. With the rising and critical needs of raw water resources
nowadays, the students obtained an up-close and personal look on the importance
of preserving and conserving the environment.
The
regional award-winning programme is organized in collaboration with non
government organization Water Watch Penang (WWP). Under the guidance of
facilitators, the students learned how to conduct river water physical,
biological and chemical tests as well as to define the health of the river.
This involves water pH testing, water flow monitoring, water turbidity,
dissolved oxygen testing and identifying aquatic organism using water
monitoring kits.
“We
realize that students can understand faster when they are given opportunity to
conduct every test by themselves in this programme. We believe this will
further open their hearts and minds to the precious natural treasures besides
just learning the theory from the textbooks”, said Mr. Mohd Huzaini Husin,
teacher of SK Bandar Sunway.
According
to one of the students from SK Bandar Sunway, Lokman Hakim Bin Noor Azman, he
is very grateful to be able to participate in the exciting activities prepared and
gained valuable knowledge about importance of river and also the creatures that
live in it. He added that, “I want to share this experience with my friends and
family and will continue to love the nature forever and educate my future
generation too!”
This
was the fifth year in which Salcon has held the Salcon River & Water
Awareness Educational Programme for primary schools in Klang Valley. To date,
this programme has benefited 24 schools and 4 orphanage homes, involving 514
children.
Salcon’s
Senior Manager, Chern Meng Gaik said: “We firmly believe that education via the
‘learning by doing’ approach provides powerful hands-on learning experiences
that connect the students to their communities and environment. This will
inspire and train these future generations to be responsible &
environmentally conscious leaders tomorrow.”
“In line with our objective to reach out
to more schools and students, we are thrilled to extend our invitation to the public
who are interested to volunteer in facilitating our younger generations in
learning the importance of river and water and at the same time provide them
opportunity to give back to the society and nature”, said Ms Chern.
