5th August 2015 –CSI Programme for SMK Sultan Ahmad Shah, Tanah Rata

25 Form 4 Physics students from SMK Sultan Ahmad Shah were the first in Cameron Highlands this year to join in REACH’s CSI program. Instead of an actual crime scene investigation, we conducted a community stream investigation under the watchful eye of REACH’s Vice President, Dr Liau Tai Leong. Accompanied by their teacher Mr Kannan […]

REACH Community Stream Investigation (CSI) Programme 2015

The aim of the CSI programme, is to create a sense of awareness among the students and teachers in the care of the river both aesthetically and its importance to us as drinking water source. It is basically a programme whereby participants are taught on how to identify certain living organisms in the rivers and […]

Foreign varsities involvement will lend credibility to claims of polluted water

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23, 2014: Regional Environmental Awareness of Cameron Highlands (REACH) says water samples taken from Cameron Highlands were sent to the United States recently to test for contaminants from pesticides. REACH president Ramakrishnan Ramasamy said the water samples had been collected by teams from Universiti Kebangssan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Malaysia (USM) over […]

The Drinking Water Supply of Cameron Highlands

by Dr.Cheam May Choo Ever since farms started mushrooming in the Sg Terla water catchment area with their effluent draining directly into the intake point, ever since farm workers toilets were found discharging directly into the streams there with human faeces of different nationalities and all, ever since pesticide containers including banned ones were fished […]

NGO calls for clampdown on water pollution in Cameron Highlands

REACH says uncontrolled use of toxic agrochemicals are being made worse by the many farms that have mushroomed upstream of the water catchment area in Sungai Terla, a main source of tap water for Cameron Highlands. — TRP pic by Azrol Ali Read more: http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/08/06/ngo-calls-clampdown-water-pollution-cameron-highlands/#ixzz3AHza16rE

CSI programmes in 2012

No Date Participant Place No Of Facilitators Or Programme Participants 1 11/2/2012 Special Kids Sg.Pauh 20pax Ms.Carrol 9.00am-12.00pm CSI Activity Kid + parents Mr. Julien Melody 2 11/2/2012 CSI Facilitators Training Sg.Pauh 8pax DR. Liau 3.00pm-5.00pm Ms. Carrol 3 25/2/2012 SJKC Brinchang Sg.Pauh 23pax Melody 9.30am-12.30pm CSI Activity 5 Teachers Mr.Ron Chai 4 25/3/2012 CSI […]

Stream investigators monitor water quality

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Chew Lai Ling and Suhaimi Mamat are teachers in Cameron Highlands. Chew, 42, teaches music at her own Cameron Music School in Brinchang whilst Suhaimi, 28, teaches special education to students with learning disabilities at Sekolah Kebangsaan Tanah Rata. One Saturday morning, Chew, Suhaimi and another 26 teachers voluntarily gave up their rest […]