SALCON Berhad has once again collaborated with two well-known NGOs Water Watch Penang (WWP) and Malaysian Water Partnership (MyWP) in bringing 30 primary pupils and four teachers from SJK (C) Puay Chai 2 to the Lembah Kiara Recreation Park, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur in a mission to discover and learn about the main water resource.

The excited pupils, aged between 10 and 12, trudged along the banks of the Penchala River that morning as they were taught how to conduct water samplings and carry out checks on micro-organisms found in the river.

They also learnt to appreciate its eco-system by carrying out a river clean-up at the end of the programme.

The outing gives the pupils an understanding of the source of their drinking water. Their enthusiasm has given us the passion to continue our mission to cultivate and teach the youths the importance of river and water conservation through the River Water Awareness programme, said Salcon Berhad senior manager (corporate) Chern Meng Gaik.

The main objective of the river water awareness programme is to help pupils increase their understanding of river systems and the reckless human behaviour that could contribute to unhealthy water quality.

Beh Yen Cheng, a teacher from SJK (C) Puay Chai 2 said: The programme provides a very good opportunity for our pupils to have hands-on experience of river water monitoring and to distinguish the various micro-organisms that exists in this riverbank.

As is normal human behaviour, the lesser one understands, the lesser one will be concerned.

Therefore we are honoured to have a corporate entity such as Salcon to nurture and promote the idea of conserving and sustaining our river to young generations as it can help minimise our environmental footprint, said a representative of WWP, Hong Chern Wern.

This is the fourth time Salcon is conducting such programmes in collaboration with WWP and MyWP. The last one was successfully held earlier this year for SK TTDI 2.

The programme is conducted as part of Salcons corporate responsibility programme to raise awareness of river water protection and conservation among school-going children in the Klang Valley.

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Pupils learn hands-on about river eco-system