July 12, 2022
LIONS CLUB OF PERAK SILVER STATE
ROS Registration NO: PPM-015-08-16032006
No. 39, Persiaran Bandar Baru Tambun 8, Desa Tambun
Indah
31400 Ipoh, Perak
NOMINATION FOR JCIM 2022 SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT AWARD
About Lions Club of Perak Silver
State:
Lions Club of Perak Silver State (LCPSS) was
established in Ipoh on 16 March 2006 as part of the Lions Club International
Organization. It was grouped under the 308B2 District which consists of Lions
Clubs in the Northern States of Malaysia consist of; Perlis, Kedah, Penang,
Perak and North of Selangor. LCPSS is one of the 143 Lions Club in the District
of 308B2. To date there are 50,098 Lion clubs worldwide.
As part of the Lions Clubs International, LCPSS
carried out 5 core programmes yearly which include; Environmental, Sight First,
Feed the Hunger, Diabetes and Childhood Cancer. Besides that, the club also
carried out humanitarian projects such as flood relief and assisting senior
citizens for covid vaccination and also legacy projects. We also participated
in the International Peace Poster contest to promote peace to the world.
Our club which to highlight our most prominent
projects – the Environmental Project that helps reduce climate change.
Project
Background, Its Impact and Sustainability:
The Earth sustains human
life. That is why Lions Club of Perak Silver State (LCPSS) is dedicated to
helping create a sustainable and healthy future for our generations to come. Among
the environmental projects undertaken by LCPSS include Tree Planting, recycling
and Upcycling programs and environmental talk and activities with corporate
customers and schools during World Earth Day and Earth Hour.
The following are the list
of programmes being carried out over the last 3 years:
aa. Tree Planting Projects via “Green Our Earth, Save Our Future Generation”
Since 2020, LCPSS has planted more than 120 trees in collaboration
with Ipoh City Council. Each tree planted comes with a QR code that will provide
information about the tree planted, the serial numbers, who and when planted and
the amount of CO2 absorbed by the tree.
These trees were planted in the village, in the city as well
in open fields and schools to help absorb CO2 and produce Oxygen to the people.
Our first tree planting project in collaboration with Ipoh City Council was
carried out on 9 August 2020 where two red Bucida trees were planted in front
of the Rela Community Hall in Pasir Pinji. It coincides with Merdeka Day
Celebration where 100 residents and volunteers were involved. It was planted by
YB Dato’ Nolee Ashilin Binti Dato’ Mohammad Radzi, Perak State Exco. Also
presence include the Mayor of Ipoh, Dato’ Rumaizi Bahrin and other dignitaries
On 12 December 2020, we planted another six Mempari trees at
Housing Trust Padang in Ipoh in collaboration with Ipoh City Council. Guest of
Honour was the Perak Chief Minister, YAB Dato’ Seri Ahmad Faizal Bin Dato’
Azumu. Also presence include the Mayor of Ipoh, Dato’ Rumaizi Bahrin and other
dignitaries.
On 4 April 2021, we planted 5 Yellow Flame trees at the field
of Taman Kledang Permai in collaboration with Ipoh City Council, Community
Policing Bukit Merah and The Loyal Academy. Guest of Honour was Lions Club
International District 308B2 Governor, Lion Dato’ Yeoh Moh Chai and spouse.
Also presence include the Mayor of Ipoh, Dato’ Rumaizi Bahrin and other dignitaries
as well as students of The Loyal Academy and other volunteers.
On 22 April 22021, we planted five Tecoma trees in front of
Kinta Heights in conjunction with World Earth Day in collaboration with Ipoh
City Council. Guest of Honour was YB Siva Subramaniam, State Assemblyman for
Buntong. Also presence include Clr. Mohamad Iskandar Abdul Rahman, Ipoh City
Councillor. The programme was held together with our “Trash 4 Food” project,
where 100 senior citizens were given groceries in exchange for empty mineral
water bottles dropped into our recycling cage. Earlier Datuk Dr. Denison Jeyasooria, Head of the All-Party
Parliamentary Group Malaysia (APPGM) Secretariat on sustainable development
goals who came to visit our office at Kinta Heights, planted a Brazil
Iron tree.
On 30 July 2021, two Tembusu trees were planted at Pasir
Pinji Community Hall in collaboration with Ipoh City Council. Presence to plant
the tree was Sargent Ramli Ahmad, the Police Chief of Pasir Pinji together with
other volunteers. It was also held in conjunction with the distribution of
groceries to 100 senior citizens.
On 12 August 2021, in conjunction with Merdeka Day, we
planted three Mempari trees in collaboration with Ipoh City Council at St.
Michael Secondary schools in Ipoh. Guest of Honour was YB Leong Cheok Keng,
State Assemblyman for Malim Nawar.
On October 8, 2021, LCPSS together with Lions Club of Cameron
Highlands Hillview and The Loyal Academy in collaboration with Ipoh City
Council planted 88 Tembusu and Bunga Tanjung trees at Taman Pakatan Jaya. We
also did the tree tagging for each tree here.
On 25 November 2021, we welcome the German Ambassador to
Malaysia, H.E. Dr. Peter Blomeyer to our office at Kinta Heights. He wanted to
find out more from us about our efforts in keeping the environment clean. He
was given the honour to plant a Bamboo Tree in front of Kinta Heights donated
by Ipoh City Council.
On 29 March 2022, our club planted five Tecoma trees at SMK
Raja Perempuan Ipoh in conjunction with the launching of World Earth Day. The trees
were donated Bond Suites Holding Berhad which costs RM600 per tree. Guest of
Honour was Dr. Richard Ng, Ipoh City Councillor for Zone 14 cum President of
Lions Club of Perak Silver State. These trees planted at the field are to replace
five trees that have fallen due to storm a few years ago. The school emerged as
National Champion of the Toyota Youth Eco Programme.
On 31 March 2022, in conjunction with National Consumer’s Day
2022, three Bucida trees were planted at Desa Tambun Indah in collaboration
with Ipoh City Council, Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumers Affair, Persatuan
Prihatin Kinta Perak and Residents of Desa Tambun Indah. Guest of Honour was YB
Abdul Yunus Bin Jamhari, Perak State Exco for Consumer Affairs. Also presence
include Perak Director of Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumers Affair, Tuan
Saifullizam and Director of Ipoh City Council Town Planning and other dignitaries.
On 22 April 2022, five Tecoma trees were planted beside the
Kinta River in conjunction with World Earth Day. The trees were donated Bond
Suites Holding Berhad, which costs RM600 per tree. The project involved
students and volunteers was organised by Ipoh City Council. Our NGO was invited
to spearhead this tree planting project. Among the guests include YB Akmal
Kamarudin, Perak State Exco for Environment, Kinta District Officer, Tuan Meor
Hezbullah Bin Abdul Malik, Ipoh City Mayor, Dato’ Rumaizi Bin Bahrin and other
government agencies and volunteers including students from SMK Raja Perempuan
Ipoh.
An estimated total of 30,000 people has benefited from these
tree planting programme especially our future generations. This is a climate
action programme to lower the earth temperature to stay below 1.5 degrees.
This is very much in line with UN SDG Goal #3 - Good Health
and Well-being and Goal #13 – Climate Action
b. Stop Plastic Pollution via “Trash 2 Cash” Workshop
This project helps mothers and single women to learn how to
make decorative bags and become social entrepreneurs and help reduce plastic
pollution
100 women especially from the B40 group have been
trained in collaboration with Ipoh City Watch and funding of RM10,000 from the
Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development. They were trained on how to convert trashed plastic rice bags
and plastic detergent bags and woven into decorative bags. Each bag produced
can be sold from as low as RM10 to RM100 depending on their creativity. Each
bag woven will consume between 5 to 20 plastic bags which otherwise go the
landfills. Plastic is known to take more than 500 years to decompose. When left
at the landfills, it will melt or got burned and produce methane gas which will
increase the earth temperature twice more than CO2.
LCPSS acts as agent for the Ministry of Women, Family and
Community Development to help develop women’s entrepreneurial skills so that
they can earn a decent living independently and reduce poverty and hunger. This
project is now being conducted during Ipoh Car Free Day every month as well
conducted in schools after Move Control Order was lifted.
The programme fulfils UN SDG Goal #1 – No Poverty, Goal #2 –
Zero Hunger, Goal #5 – Gender Equality and Goal #13 – Climate Action.
c. Making of Eco-bricks to reduce plastic from going to the
landfills
In this project, single use plastic bags and 3 in 1 Coffee or
Tea tubes were collected and then insert into empty mineral water bottles. Each
bottle can take in about 1 kg of plastic bags or about 200 pieces of 10 in x 15
in plastic bags.
The mineral water bottles which have been filled up will then
be used as eco-bricks to decorate our garden by making the fence of trees or
vegetables plots. Plastic takes more than 500 years to decompose and when turn
into eco-bricks, it will help reduce these plastic bags and empty mineral from
going to the landfills or drain and clogged the drain, rivers and oceans.
We have trained more than 5,000 students and members of
the society on how to make eco-bricks to date. This is an on-going project in
collaboration with Ipoh City Council.
This project fulfils UN SDG Goal #3 – Good Health and
Well-being, Goal #6 – Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal #13 - Climate Action
and Goal #14 – Life below water.
d. Create awareness through participation in Ipoh Car Free Day
Our NGO has participated in the Ipoh Car Free Day since its
start in August 2015 organised by the Ipoh City Council. LCPSS is one of the
NGOs that have been invited by the Ipoh City Council without fail. Between
3,000 to 5,000 people frequented the Car Free Day. Our NGO will display our
recycling bins, demonstrate on how to make eco-bricks as well as decorative
bags from trashed plastics. We also hold talks on impact of Climate Change and
get members of the public to sign and pledge for recycling.
This project fulfils UN SDG Goal #3 - Good Health and
Well-being, Goal #4 – Quality Education, Goal #6 – Clean Water and Sanitation,
Goal #13 - Climate Action and Goal #14 – Life below water.
e. Organise Climate Action Talks in schools and corporate
companies
After winning the JCIM SDA Award in 2018 with “Best in
Climate Action” award and overall “Best of the Best Award” for KOHIJAU, Dr.
Richard Ng who was the then President of KOHIJAU then left to assist LCPSS as
the President of the club from 2020 to present. He brings along with him years
of experience in climate change projects.
Thus, many organisations such as Rukun Tetangga, Institut Koperasi
Malaysia, KL Kepong Berhad, Finisar Berhas, Instut Teknologi Perak, the Perak
State Government, Ipoh Rotary Club, Open University Malaysia and a few
universities in India have invited him to give a talk on Social
Entrepreneurship focusing on Climate Action.
Thousands of students and members of the public have
benefited from such talk.
This project fulfils UN SDG Goal #3 - Good Health and
Well-being, Goal #4 – Quality Education, Goal #6 – Clean Water and Sanitation,
Goal #13 - Climate Action, Goal #14 – Life below water and Goal #15 – Life on
land.
f. Set up Community Garden
Community garden projects not only help foster good relations
among the residents of all races but also help the government to contribute
towards increasing food security and safety. Food planted by the residents will
be shared under the “sharing is caring” basis. Our NGO helps to apply for license
and grant from the Ipoh City Council. We have so far established tow community
garden; one at Housing Trust Ipoh (involving 1,000 residents) and another one
at Desa Tambun Indah (involving 1,000 residents). The community were shown were
allocated land to cultivate their vegetables planting.
At Housing Trust, a bamboo arch was erected by the Ipoh City
Council. Our NGO helps to planted creepers and passion fruit trees. The project
has started a year ago and now the fruit trees started to flower. It may take
another 6 months to see the results of our effort.
At Desa Tambun Indah, the community garden was launched by By
YB Abdul Yunus Bin Jamhari, Perak State Exco on 31 March 2022. Residents now
can start planting their day to day needs such as serai, curry leaf, pandan,
bayam, kangkong, bitter gourd, cilli, pineapple and other vegetables.
These two projects also act as a therapy for the senior citizens
here. It also allows women to grow their own vegetables on government land
which will otherwise become over grown grass which will then infested with
mosquitoes and snakes. Our club donated garden chairs for the elderly to come
together and relax.
This project fulfils UN SDG Goal #1 – No Poverty, Goal #2 –
Zero Hunger, Goal #3 - Good Health and Well-being, Goal #4 – Quality Education,
Goal # 5 – Gender Equality, Goal #13 - Climate Action, Goal #14 – Life below
water and Goal #15 – Life on land.
g. Organise Cleanliness Campaign
Pasir Pinji Zone was selected in our Cleanliness Campaign since
1 June 2022. There were 24 illegal garbage dumpsites within this region. Since
1 April 2022 the Ipoh City Council was facing problem of lack of workers and
many dumpsters broke down resulting in collection of garbage from house to
house was disrupted. Instead of collecting three times a week, the City Council
only managed to collect once a week. Residents chose to throw their garbage at
the illegal dumpsites.
Our NGO together with some 25 volunteers from KRT Pasir
Pinji, KRT Boon Bak, and Bomba Volunteers in collaboration with Ipoh City
Council carry out this campaign where funding came from the Ipoh City Council.
A total of RM1,500 was spent to purchase garbage bags, spades, hand gloves, rake
and sanitizers.
Garbage thrown indiscriminately at the illegal dumpsites were
collected and put into the garbage bags. Photos were taken before and after the
process. A total of 5,000 kg of garbage was collected from 8 illegal dumpsites
in Pasir Pinji New Village, Housing Trust and Chateau Garden.
Reporters were engaged to help publicise the matter with message
telling the residents to stop throwing the garbage. The Ipoh City Council has
also agreed to contribute 500 garbage bins to the residents.
It is still too early to gauge the impact but if this project
is successful, then it can be emulated at other locations as well. Our NGO
helps the Ipoh City Council to educate the public on the importance of keeping
their environment clean and keep dengue at bay.
This
project fulfils UN SDG Goal #3 - Good Health and Well-being, Goal #13 - Climate
Action and Goal #15 – Life on land.
As mentioned above,
our tree planting projects carried out since 9 August 2020 during covid-19
pandemic until 22 April 2022 in collaboration with Ipoh City Council involve
the planting of 120 trees. The trees were all contributed by Ipoh City Council
and Bond Suites Holding Berhad.
Lions Club of Perak
Silver State received special mentioned during Ipoh City Councils meeting. Ipoh
City Council has also invited Dr. Richard Ng as one of the speakers for their forum
on environment as well as Community Garden Projects.
Trees planted are
carefully selected depending on the soil and sequestration rate. Generally, a
10 years old tree weighs about 2,000 kg can absorb an average of 7,000 kg CO2 and
produce about 100 kg O2 per year. Whereas a human requires about 740 kg per year.
Thus, 120 trees will absorb about 8,400 tonnes of CO2 per year and release 120,000
of O2 per year enough for 162 people. Hence, more trees need to be planted to enable
human to have a healthy living environment
Besides that, trees
can also help to reduce earth surface temperature and reduce the impact of
global warming. More trees will be required to protect the population of Ipoh
which has reached about 850,000 by end of 2021 according to the Statistic Department
of Malaysia.
Lions Club of Perak
Silver State is proud in taking lead in Ipoh in tree planting in collaboration
with Ipoh City Council. It is promoting tree planting, recycling and upcycling
in most schools in the Kinta District especially after the pandemic covid-19.
Among the schools
that have achieved positive results from our efforts include SMK Raja Perempuan
School which has emerged as champion in the Toyota Eco Challenge. Other schools
participating in environment projects competition coached by our NGO include SK
Convent Ipoh, SK Tanjong Rambutan and Botany International Schools.
The Eco-bricks
Project is also being promoted in schools through a collaboration with Ipoh
City Council. Each eco-brick produced can helped save a 1-liter mineral plastic
bottle and 2kg of single use plastics from ending up in the landfill or drain
and even river and ocean. Plastics is the main cause of climate change as it
takes more than 500 years to decompose. Methane gas produced from the melting
down of plastics caused twice the temperature compared to CO2.
Each participating school
student will be asked to produce 1 eco-brick per week r 4 eco-bricks per month.
There are more than 100 primary schools in the Kinta Districts with average 500
students, then a total 100 x 500 x 4 or 200,000 eco-bricks will be produced per
month. Each eco-brick weight about 1.5 kg. This means that 300,000 kg plastics
per month or 3,600 tonnes of plastics per year will be stopped from going to
the landfill.
Our NGO in
collaboration with Ipoh City Council will buy up this eco-brick at 40 sen per kg
to be used as part of the Ipoh City landscape project. The schools will get
returns for their efforts which contributes towards their environment projects.
Our NGO will
continue with our workshop to train women especially single mother from the B40
group to learn how to convert trashed plastic rice bags or detergent bags into
decorative bags which can be sold to the environmentally conscious publics. It
can also be turned into souvenir items or handicrafts. This helps the women to
become independent social entrepreneurs. Each bag produced will salvaged about 10
trash plastic bags. To date 100 women have been trained using the RM10,000 fund
provided by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development.
Overall, our
environmental projects fulfil the following SDG goals:
Goal #1 – No Poverty, Goal #2 – Zero Hunger, Goal
#3 - Good Health and Well-being, Goal #4 – Quality Education, Goal # 5 –
Gender Equality, Goal #13 - Climate Action, Goal #14 – Life below water and Goal
#15 – Life on land.
