2016
25 SepÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³» encourages recycling initiative to help build a better world
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 40 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University (Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³») students and staff under CAREton Project @ Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University came together with volunteers from Sime Darby to build a house for an aboriginal (Orang Asli) family in Kampung Orang Asli Serendah, Hulu Selangor, from September 23 to 25, 2016.
This community service initiative is a flagship event under CAREton Project @ Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University, which supports the main CAREton Project, a carton recycling campaign organised by Tetra Pak and supported by Nestl¨¦, to promote the collection of used beverage cartons for recycling into building materials. These materials are then donated to a non-governmental organisation ¡ª EPIC Homes ¡ª to construct homes for aboriginal families in need. The project is championed by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»¡¯s Faculty of Applied Sciences (FOAS).
Present at the Key Handover Ceremony as the Guest of Honour was Deputy Minister of Education Yang Berhormat Dato' P. Kamalanathan A/L P. Panchanathan.
During his speech, Yang Berhormat Dato' P. Kamalanathan commended the University¡¯s commitment to foster civic-minded learning experience among their students.
¡°We need to encourage growth in terms of their leadership skills, ethical and civic responsibilities, as well as instil volunteerism, and inspire positive activism. And I am happy to note that Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University is doing just that.
¡°I hope that all of you will continue to do what you are doing here today, and expand it throughout the country.¡±
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» is the first university in Malaysia to be a CAREton Project family member and the collaboration was initiated by Associate Professor Dr Crystale Lim Siew Ying, a lecturer of FOAS and the advisor of the CAREton Project @ Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University.
Fully supported by the Faculty and the University, the CAREton Project @ Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University is also now a Student Enrichment Programme (SEP). As a SEP, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University Trust Scholarship students can choose to volunteer for it as part of their community engagement work. This ensures the Project has a steady stream of volunteers to foster its continuity.
The event was also attended by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University¡¯s Vice-Chancellor and President Senior Professor Dato¡¯ Dr Khalid Yusoff and the Faculty¡¯s Dean Associate Professor Dr Bimo Ario Tejo.
The CAREton Project @ Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» University Homebuilding 2016 was supported by Sime Darby Holdings Berhad, Proguard Technologies, Ford Malaysia, Yayasan Dayadiri, iM4U and Volunteer Malaysia.
