MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

In mid-May, two of our colleagues paid a courtesy visit to the newly-appointed Kota Belud District Officer at the District Office. This official visit was done to brief the office about all RCM’s programmes in the Kota Belud area, specifically Mantanani Island and Kg. Song-Song.  Our colleagues also had a meeting with the Kementerian Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan Sabah (KKTP Sabah) to share about our waste management programmes on Mantanani and Larapan Island. We took this opportunity to also discuss our recently published “The Cost of Waste Management” report and how we could possibly apply it in other potential locations in Sabah.

 SECOND ASIA PARK CONGRESS

At the Second Asia Park Congress held at the end of May in the Sabah International Convention Centre, RCM participated by setting up a booth, and our colleague Adzmin delivered the Keynote Speech during the Opening Ceremony of the Youth Forum Session. We displayed posters regarding our programmes that covered environment, youths and communities at our booth, and also had the opportunity to sell Mantanani Local Products during the 5-day congress.  All sales proceeds go back directly to the Mantanani Island community.

 APPGM - SDG TRAINING

In June, our colleague Nadhirah attended a three-day training organised by APPGM-SDG (All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia – Sustainable Development Goals). This APPGM-SDG Impact Evaluation Capacity Building Training was held at Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya. During the training, we received great news that our Women Empowerment Programme at Kg. Song-Song, Kota Belud will receive more funding to continue until end of this year.