| Projects
Run by Raleigh International Kuala Lumpur Raleigh
International Kuala Lumpur organizes and participates in many
conservation and community projects throughout the year with
our project partners. Previous projects include:
Gunung Ledang
Clean Up (1997)
A partnership clean-up with our Expedition
97C and 97G equipment sponsors Universal Fitness and Leisure
Sdn. Bhd.
Project significance-the project was an initiative to clean
up the camp areas and trek paths of the mountain which had
become heavily littered.
Bird feeding and nesting platforms for the Milky Stork in
Kuala Selangor Nature Park
An initiative of the Malaysian Nature Society, Raleigh International
Kuala Lumpur worked with park authorities to build much needed
feeding and breeding platforms for the milky Stork to ensure
the longevity of its species.
Anti Poaching Project
Also in collaboration with the Malaysian Nature Society, Raleigh
International Kuala Lumpur volunteers helped the MNS to install
fish-net traps along the waterways encircling the park.
Project significance- to protect endangered species of marine
life in the Kuala Selangor park area which was prone to unregulated
drag-net fishing. The habitat hosts an array of protected
and endangered species of fish.
SOUL Kids I &
II
An ongoing project with
BP Malaysia, the SOUL Kids program has taken over 40 under
privileged children between the ages of 10-17 years over a
3 month program in learning about the importance of conservation
and the environment.
Project Aims- To educate less fortunate children on environmental
and conservation issues.
Soul Kids I (2001)
Objectives
To teach the children about the ocean and the array of marine
life it hosts. Children were taught to identify different
types of fish and coral. The children were also educated in
the dangers of pollution. Interactive games were conducted
to facilitate learning. The children were also given swimming
lessons by trained personnel to prepare them for their excursion.
After three months of education,
the children were taken snorkeling to Pulau Redang where they
got a chance to see for themselves what they had been learning.
The children were also taken to see the turtles lay eggs.
They also had the rare opportunity to release a batch of little
turtles from the nursery into the sea. The activities also
included a beach clean up.
Straits of Melaka Swim
The Straits of Melaka
Swim took place on the 1st of May 1991. The swim started from
the Riau Islands of Indonesia and Ended in Negeri Sembilan,
in Malaysia. The Fund-raiser saw a total of RM48,600.00 generated
from kinds and cash. The funds were used to send Malaysian
Venturers on Raleigh International Expeditions. The swim was
scheduled for 35 hours however the Malaysian, Indonesian and
British volunteers managed to complete the entire swim less
than 19 hours and stands as a national record by a group to
this day.
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