Environmental Education under The Edge Education Foundation goes into full swing
by Cheam May Choo Throughout the months of April and May 2019 we had reforestation programmes for 5 more schools, bringing up the total of participants to 135 students,16 teachers and 9 volunteers. A total of 158 saplings ( trees and orchids) were planted. The Edge Education Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Edge […]
Environmental Education at The Mossy Forests under the Edge Grant begins
by Cheam May Choo 15th April 2019-Sometimes ‘environmentalists’ need some encouragement too and today is such a day when we feel very encouraged. As I looked across at the enthusiastic faces of the school children before me, listening with rapt attention to what I have to say and answering with such gusto, I felt that […]
Grant from the Edge Foundation for Environmental Education at the Mossy Forests of Cameron Highlands
by Cheam May Choo We are pleased to inform that we recently received a grant from the Edge Foundation for environmental education at our mossy forests. Besides educating students on the biodiversity and importance of our highland forests, this time around we would include lessons on climate change. The Edge Education Foundation is the philanthropic […]
EEP programme in SK Brinchang on the 14th February 2018
A talk on recycling (which is part of our EEP programme) was carried out at SK Brinchang (Brinchang primary school ) on the 14th of February 2018. Roy Margaret, our regular volunteer and a power engineer by profession gave the talk. Also in attendance were Datin Aseema and Puan Mazlira.
Recycling Exhibition in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kampung Raja on the 3rd of May 2018
Pictures of Dimension Data visit to Biodiversity Site on the 23rd March 2018
Dimension Data, a multinational software company and frequent supporter of REACH ,visited the biodiversity site earlier this year. As before, Satya took the group up and entralled them with ‘stories’ of the mossy forest.
Environmental Education Programme in SMK Kg Raja 17th July 2018
by Cheam May Choo On the 17th of July 2018, REACH conducted an environmental education programme EEP in SMK Kg Raja ( Kg Raja secondary school). As with our other EEProgramme English is used as a medium of instruction. 230 students from Form 1, 2 and 4 attended. Kavvin A/L Sehgar , our regular volunteer […]
Site inspection at Batu Gangan by Forestry officers on the 10th July 2018
Local and Federal Forestry officers made a site inspection at Batu Gangan on the 10th of July 2018. This included adjacent sites forested by other NGOs. Under the Greening of Cameron Highlands project, Reach has completed the programme but will continue to maintain the site subject to the availability of funds and will continue to […]
Pictures of the Reforestation at Batu Gangan Site on the 16th July 2018
by Cheam May Choo On this trip 80 saplings were planted. Besides Phillipe,Thibault and Quentin,we also had an additional volunteer, 19 year old Kee Yan Jie from Penang. He had written to us in early July to volunteer for two weeks prior to his university admission. ( Yan Jie is a high achiever from SMJK […]
Pictures of Reforestation in Batu Gangan Site on the 7th of July 2018
by Cheam May Choo A total of 85 trees were planted on this trip by volunteers Phillippe,Quentin and Thibault. Our team was greeted by contract workers making repairs to the access road. So for the last stretch the plants had to be brought in on foot.