Messenger Of Peace

By Malaysia, Sarawak , Sibu Rover Scout A

We Deserve a Better Tomorrow

Messenger of Peace ―Messenger of Peace‖ is a kind of project or campaign that had been recognised by His Highness of the King of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah and the King of Sweden - King Carl Gustaf1. Both of His Highness believe that movement of Scouts around the world was so impressive and they should be recognised for its contribution to world peace and be supported to do even more. Thus, Scouts are the better candidate to act as ―Messenger of Peace‖. Meanwhile, World Scouting‘s Messenger of Peace had been launched by the World Scout Committee in 2011.

• What is Messenger of Peace and what is the true intention behind it? Messengers of Peace had been initiated by the World Scout Committee with the aim to promote and recognise those service projects that contribute to world peace2. The main objective of Messengers of Peace is to inspire millions of young men and women throughout the world to work closer toward achieving peace. Using state-of-the-art social media, the initiative lets Scouts from around the world share what they‘ve done and in directly this would inspire fellow Scouts to undertake similar efforts in their own communities. The result will be a mosaic of stories, data, and results showing the impact of the Scout movement—a tool for recruiting members, assuring parents, inspiring donors, and making existing members proud to be Scouts. Recently, the Scout Association of Malaysia had started to take part in this Messenger of Peace Project3. In order to support the Scout Association of Malaysia towards the project, the rover scouts A from Sibu, Sarawak had contributed their effort in making this project being successful in their local communities. All of them possess the same intention as they hope this project will be successful and indirectly inspire the others scout members to contribute themselves into this project.

1Scout, Creating a Better World, ‗Messenger Of Peace‘ https://www.scout.org/node/32856/introduction accessed on 23 April 2016. 2Boy Scout of America, ‗Messenger of Peace : Frequently Asked Question‘http://www.scouting.org/Home/International/messengersofpeace/FAQs.aspx assessed on 23 April 2016. 3Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia, ‗AktivitiPengakapNegeri : Scout as Messenger of Peace are taking action for the environment‘ http://www.pengakapmalaysia.org/utama/?p=3566 assessed on 23 April 2016.

Information of Messenger of Peace Project by Sibu Rover Scout A

Programme : Donation of recyclable substances to Sibu Kidney Foundation (SKF)

Objective : i) Save our Earth free from waste substances ii) Collect some funds for SKF in order to purchase more or maintain the dialysis machine; and

iii) To practice the Treaty No.2 of the Scout Promise which is - Help the Peoples at all time

Venue : Sibu Scout HQ (Wisma Pengakap Sibu)

Beneficiary : Sibu Kidney Foundation (SKF)

Recyclable : Bottle, Glass, Plastic, Aluminium Tin, Steel, Paper, Newspaper and all Substances the other recyclable substances

Project : Build up a Recycle Bin with the measurement of the size: 4‘ x 4‘ x 2‘ (plywood) by the Sibu Rover Scout A and the said recycle bin had been located in Sibu Scout HQ in order to collect those recyclable substances from the scout members and also the public.

Cost of Recycle Bin : RM 66.50

Plan of the Project : 2 months (3 Stages) from March 2016 – May 2016 (Duration) Stage One – Build up of the recycle bin by the Sibu Rover Scouts A Stage Two – Collecting of the recyclable substance for a period of 2 months Stage Three – Donate the collected recyclable substance to SKF Continuance – Repeat the Stage Two to Three once in Three

months

Brief Fact of the Sibu Kidney Foundation

Sibu Kidney Foundation (SKF) was incorporated by Datuk Hii Yii Chiong, who was the prime mover of this foundation.4 SKF is an independent, non-profit charitable organisation. SKF totally dependent upon public donations and support to run their programmes. Their objectives are to help all the Sibu people who suffer from end-stage renal failure through the provision of subsidised and affordable dialysis treatment, patient development services as well as public education on kidney diseases, dialysis treatment and transplantations5.

4Sibu Kidney Foundation, ‗ About us‘ http://www.skf.org.my/aboutskf/ accessed on 25 March 2016 5Sibu Kidney Foundation, ‗Description‘ http://www.aboutus.com/Skf.org.my accessed on 25 March 2016

Sibu Rover Scouts who had Involved in the Project

For the Messenger of Peace, all together there are Sixteen (16) scouts which consists of One (1) District Commissioner and 15 Members of Sibu Rover Scout A took part in this project. Their biodata are as below:-

No. Name Position Membership No. NO.WOSM

1. ONG SING CHAI

Advisor SWK/HQ/0046 363166

2. YONG WOO HOO

Chairman of the Project

SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4219 363406

3. KIU SUK HUONG Asst. Chairman of the Project

SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4223 363291

4. WONG PING TUNG

Secretary SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4231 363206

5. JAKLIN ANAK JANTING

Asst. Secretary SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4224 363336

6. TING SIE CHAI

Treasurer SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4222 363306

7. LAW KING PING

Carpenter SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4230 363211

8. YONG CHING SOON

Asst. Carpenter SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4221 363411

9. KIU SUK HUNG

Painter SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4226 363296

10. SIM PEI CHEE

Designer SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4227 363311

11. LAI JING JING

Asst. Designer SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4233 363176

12. WONG SIONG SIANG

Recorder SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4229 363346

13. TING SIONG ANN

Member SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4232 363301

14. KONG PANG HUON

Member SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4228 363191

15. ALAN LING KWAN TAI

Member SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4225 363246

16. LING YEH LEM

Member SWK/SIBU/TENGAH/4220 363401

Timeline for the “Messenger of Peace” Project In order for the ―Messenger of Peace‖ project to be successful, all the rover scouts had organised their first meeting at 6th March, 2016 with regard to the planning on how the project should be properly organised.

First of all, they tried to understand what is meant by ―Messenger of Peace‖ and how the project should works in order to help the local communities. Throughout the meeting, a committee was formed and led by Mr Yong Woo Hoo while the District Commissioner, Mr Ong Sing Chai being in the position as a advisor toward theddproject.

A B A – Bottle, Glass, Plastic,

Aluminium Tin, Steel

B - Newspaper and all the other

recyclable substances

Recycle Bin

Size : 4 ‘ x 4 ‘ x 2 ‘ 4’

4’

2’

The Complement of the Recycle Bin On the date of 14th March 2016, all the rover scouts had presented themselves at the Sibu Scout Headquarter in order to build up a recycle bin as scheduled. The recycle bin was made up of those plywood which some of them were being bought from the local hardware store while some of the them were being given by the local developing contractor due to those plywood were no longer being used for the construction purpose. In order to build up a recycle bin and locate it at the Sibu Scout Headquarter, it is very time consuming. Without any wasting of time, the rover scouts had started to work together as a team whereby some of them measured the size of the recycle bin that would fitted the designed area where the recycle would be placed, while the rest were busy with the cleaning. After fews hours, the recycle bin was completed and painted with the paint in order to protect the wood from further corrosion. After the paint was dried, the recycle was then moved to the designated place for the purpose of collecting the recyclable substances. The photo of the work done and the photo of the recycle bin had been annexed herewith

Days Where the Recycle Start to Play its Role

On the date of 15th March, the recycle bin had started to collect those old newspaper and the plastic bottle. There are two compartment within the recycle bin whereas one side was designed for the newspaper collecting purpose while the other one was for the plastic bottle collecting purpose. The recycle bin did played its role successfully as the quantity of the newspaper and the plastic bottle is increasing per day. The photo of the recycle bin with the recycle items is shown below

Recycling Campaign During District Camp

During the three days two nights Sibu District Scout Skill Competition Camp 2016 which had fall on 30th April until 2nd May, the Sibu Rover Scouts A had participated themselves in this camp as a camp polis. Beside work as a camp police, they did help to collect those recyclable item like aluminum tin, plastic bottle and some newspaper throughout the camp. Collecting those recyclable items was not an easy job as those rover scouts had to filter all the rubbish bin in order to search for those recyclable items. They really did it very well. The photos throughout the camp will be shown below.

Donation to Sibu Kidney Foundation

After two months of collecting of the recyclable substances, on the date of 8th May 2016, Sibu Rover Scouts had presented themselves at the Sibu Scout HQ in order to tidy up all the recyclable substances that had been collected so far. They had divided the recyclable substance according to the categories. At / about 11.00am, they had sent those recyclable items to Sibu Kidney Foundation. This activity had been reported on the local newspaper and the photos will be annexed herewith.

Newspaper Cutting ~ See Hua Dailys New ( 09 May 2016)

Reported By : Wong Ping Tung Verified By:DC Ong SC