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“Most Of Us, Were Once from Local Schools” shared Khayathiri Chandran, the ExxonMobil 2nd community Program Director for 2019; “It is time to give back to the community, for the gratitude and to thank our school teachers, by having community projects in a school that dearly is in need of our help. “

 

35 Volunteers from the ExxonMobil Subsidiaries in Malaysia missions to carry out several activities on an upgrading school community program and as well conducting a Social Problem Awareness Seminar at Sekolah Menegah Kebangsaan (SMK) Sijangkang Jaya, Kuala Langat.

 

On the first fragment of the program, volunteers conducted several projects for the school, including renovating the school sickbay, upgrading the school’s special-needs class, advancing the school cafeteria, sponsoring new furniture for the most school facilities, rearranging books by alphabetical orders in the school library, upgrading the computer room and repainting the handrails of all seven school block, each consist of minimum three levels.

 

 

The program’s committee members expressed that it is an excellent opportunity for them to conduct this community program today that will help improve the lives of the school children and enable them to focus on better educational grounds.

 

By working alongside with the school teachers, the volunteers also helped to create a Science-Park for the school. Capitalising Green Technology, the volunteers assist in making them a hydroponic spice garden as well as a recycle water-bottle rooftop through the entrance of the science-Park. The volunteers additionally have planted mango trees and several herbal plants such as Lemon plant, mint plant, chilly plant, curry leaves, turmeric plant, pandan plant, Aloe Vera plant and lime plant, along with some local flowers, like roses, jasmine, and bougainvillea at the science park.

 

 “ The creation of a science park may well help the teachers and school children to get recognized with the benefits of recycling that can be made into multiple garden facilities and as well give an opportunity for the children to learn basic knowledge of green technology,” said Nadia Irina Mohd Sidek, ExxonMobil’s 2nd community program co-leader.

 

On top of that, by engaging with a qualified medic Ms. Katyana Azman, an allied health psychologist from Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur. The community program also featured a “Social Problems Awareness Seminar” by creating awareness and training schoolchildren to handle social problems, especially on social media threats, drugs, sex, open relationship, unintended pregnancies, street crime, mental illnesses, stress, and other rising issues amongst teenagers today. Henceforth, the Seminar aims to show solutions and how to prevent those problems.

 

However, the crowning accomplishment of the overall community program of that day is the mural painting project done by the employees for the school. The height of each wall is about 16 sq. Ft. height and 25 sq. Ft. width.

 

 The employees managed to paint two colorful murals using sports rainbow abstract theme on the walls of the same height and width. One of the walls quoting   “He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything” by Thomas Carlyle.

 

The Morel of the chosen quote for the mural also consists of the social problem awareness seminar leitmotif to present and sustain social awareness and habits amongst school students of SMK Sijangkang, to make a more secure, increasingly favorable school condition.

 

Last but not least, the community program also prolongs a Blood Donation Drive, “Lend an Arm Safe a Life” campaign, at Menara ExxonMobil Kuala Lumpur. Supported and volunteered by 130 ExxonMobil employees donating their blood in the campaign is the concluding project done for the ExxonMobil second community program arranged by its employees for 2019.