UKQF2342 Reflection 02 - "GREENING MALAYSIA : 100 MILION TREES PLANTING CAMPAIGN"
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This tree planting organized by UTM International was a noble to motivate us to be active and give back to the world in the easiest way possible. The oxygen from the trees planted will come back as a blessing to the world.
DATE: 19th January 2023
DAY: Thursday
START TIME: 6:45 am
END TIME: 4:00 pm
VENUE: Kota Tinggi Waterfall, Johor
ORGANIZER: UTM International
ROLE: Volunteer
This activity has been organized by UTM International in Kota Tinggi along with many other organizers volunteering for this project. We started our journey with a bus full of 30 volunteers representing UTM. A journey of 1.5 hours took us to the Kota Tinggi Waterfall. Through this activity, I could learn many valuable graduate attributes like leadership, teamwork and adaptability. After this activity, I now know how one can complete and give their 100% through passion and determination. In this campaign we were instructed to plant 12 plants in a minimum and we tried our best to do that. All through the activity we had to pass through many rocky and slippery paths in the hill. But the people around me motivated to give my level best to the work for the Earth.
The graduate attributes that this event focused on were:
- Communication Skills: Communication skills were one of the graduate attributes the speaker has focused on because we need better communication skills for a a happy work environment and better outcome of life.
- Leadership and Teamwork Skills: The speaker shared that leadership and teamwork may be applied directly or indirectly in work life, and we need to continue to practice having good leadership ability so that the team can work together to achieve a unified result.
- Adaptability: Adaptability was also one of the topics touched during the session for us to know that we must have the ability to work effectively under pressure because if we are not able to work effectively under pressure, we will be eliminated as we cannot do the job competently.
- Global Citizens: The speaker talked about Global Citizens too because we need to stay on top of current world issues to avoid being derailed from the world during work time.
For this event, UTM International sponsored the trip to Kota Tinggi. We had a inauguration ceremony for the tree planting campaign with three guest speakers. We were given proper instructions on how to plant a tree and give them with adequate fertilizers. Finally we were taught how to tie the new plant with a long bamboo for the tree to grow straight, steady and deep rooted. After a successful campaign, we were given enough refreshments for the hard work we put and travelled back to residence.