On April 25th, 2024, Water Watch Penang (WWP) successfully organized the ‘Negalitres for Schools’ River and Water Education Programme at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Teluk Kumbar, Bayan Lepas. The program engaged more than 700 students from 8.00 am until 9.30 am. Dr. Hong Chern Wern, WWP’s Executive Manager, along with interns Ms. Fatin Azahara and Ms. Nur Atiqah, led the session, supported by WWP intern Mr. Dane Lim Chiu Tong and Mr. Hanson Yeoh, the WWP Programme Officer.
On April 5th 2024, Water Watch Penang (WWP) delightedly able the “Negalitres for Schools” River and Water Education Programme at SMJK Jit Sin II SPS, Simpang Ampat, Penang. All the students and teachers were participating in this programme after their official assembly at 8.00 am.
The education session was commenced by Mr. Hanson Yeoh, the Programme Officer of Water Watch Penang (WWP) with the assistance by the interns which are Mr. Dane Lim Chiu Tong, Ms. Fatin Azahara and Ms. Nur Atiqah. The overall of the talk explained about the organisation’s objective, mission, vision, background and achievements that had been done before. Also, global water crisis such as polluted river that needed to be cleaned and treated, challenges that face by Africans in order to bring together the clean water and others was clarified to the students so they would understand more and detailed about the talk.
On April 2, 2024, Water Watch Penang (WWP) successfully organized the ‘Negalitres for School’ River and Water Education Programme at SJK (C) Sin Ya. The program engaged 293 students from Standards 6, along with 10 teachers, running from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Under the guidance of Mr. Hanson Yeoh, WWP Programme Officer, and with assistance from WWP interns Mr. Dane Lim Chiu Tong, Ms. Fatin Azahara, and Ms. Nur Atiqah, the session commenced with an extensive overview of WWP’s objectives and past initiatives.
The discussion then delved into global, national, and local water challenges, with a particular emphasis on water scarcity as a prevalent issue requiring community action. Penang’s firsthand experience with water scarcity underscored the urgency of the problem. Moreover, Mr. Hanson elaborated on various methods for assessing river water quality using macroinvertebrates, or bioindicators, such as prawns, crayfish, and nymphs, found in the river.
Led by Mr. Caellum McIntosh, Ms. Tan Xiang Yi and Mr. Austinn Ng, from Year 9 Lower Secondary School, Stonyhurst International School organised a basketball competition on the 28th of March 2024 to fundraise for Water Watch Penang.
On the next day, during the school assembly, as introduction, Water Watch Penang (WWP) were invited to give a brief introduction about WWP as well as the main challenges in water conservation in Penang. Dr. Hong Chern Wern, the Executive Manager, highlighted on the main water issues in Penang especially on its ‘water-poor’ status and low tariff that leads to high water wastage in Penang.
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Salcon Smart Water Programme (SSWP) was successfully organized Salcon in Taman Persekutuan Bukit Kiara, Selangor, on 14th of October 2023. The programme was participated by 70 students and trained by a total of 8 teachers, from 7 different schools, which were SMK Puteri Titiwangsa, SK Wangsa Maju Seksyen 1, SMK(P) Air Panas, SMK Batu Muda, SMK Datok Lokman, SMK Maxwell, and SMK Seri Ampang. The teachers were formerly trained in the Training of Trainers session held on the 15th July 2023.
This programme was aimed at generating ripple effects of skilled and enthusiastic educators in the field of river and water education by training teachers to serve as facilitators in their respective schools.
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