Water Watch Penang welcomes the batch of Interns from the month of August to October 2023. They are:
a) Ms. Khairul Barieyah (School of Chemistry, USM)
b) Ms. Naaga Lechume (School of Biological Sciences, USM)
c) Ms. Divya Sree (School of Biological Sciences, USM)
d) Ms. Tan Ying Sing (Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, UNIMAS)
29th JULY 2023 – Water Watch Penang (WWP) successfully conducted a river and water education programme for SJKC Poi Eng Penang at the Penang Botanic Gardens on 29th July 2023. SJKC Poi Eng is also one of the registered schools under the Negalitres for Schools Programme.
The education programme was an interactive and hands-on practical river activity which aims to educate the participants about the water crisis on a global, regional, and local level, and the essential role of rivers as one of the water resources.
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27th JULY 2023 – Water Watch Penang (WWP) in collaboration with The Habitat Foundation successfully conducted a river and water education programme for SMK Air Itam Penang at the Penang Botanic Gardens on 27th July 2023.
The education programme was organised by The Habitat Foundation as part of their Field Excursion for Penang Hill Biosphere Reserve (PHBR) Gateways with support from CIMB Islamic. WWP was invited to conduct an interactive and hands-on practical river activity which aims to educate the participants about the water crisis on a global, regional, and local level, and the essential role of rivers as one of the water resources.
Continue reading26 JULY 2023 – Water Watch Penang (WWP) successfully conducted the ‘Negalitres for Schools’ River and Water Education Programme for students from SMK CONVENT BUTTERWORTH on 26th July 2023.
A total of 40 students ranging from Form 1 to Form 5 and a teacher attended this programme from 12.00 pm to 1.30 pm.
The programme commenced with reintroduction of the Negalitres Programme for Schools, to the students and the objectives of this programme. Dr. Hong also introducing WWP’s past and upcoming activities of WWP. Next, as part of awareness raising initiatives, he also presented on the global, national, and local water crisis, water facts, water conservation strategies, and other water-related issues. The programme also included an activity where the students learned how to calculate the daily water consumption per person per day based on PBAPP’s water bill.
A Nature-based solutions (NbS): Bridging the knowledge gap workshop was organized by WWF-Malaysia and Wetlands International Malaysia from the 24-25th of July 2023 at REDAC and the Bukit Jawi Gold Resort.
Water Watch Penang, as one of the partners of WWF-Malaysia for this workshop, were represented by Prof. Dr. Chan Ngai Weng, the President of WWP and Dr. Chee Su Yin, one of the committee members of WWP.
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