YOUTH
Project Booklet
Clean Our Plate 13.0
Malaysian Youth Volunteer
29th July 2024 - 24th August 2024
AIESEC in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
CONTENTS
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AIESEC in
University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
AIESEC in Universiti Putra Malaysia (AUPM)
is one of the entities of AIESEC in Malaysia,
it was established in the year of 1989.
Today, AUPM has more than 60 members.
What makes AUPM unique is the harmony between the members, where the members gather weekly.
We continuously enable and empower youth to be purposeful who will be able to create an impact through leadership development.
We uphold the values:
ownership, growth mindset, purposeful and transparent.
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Malaysia is getting a lot worse on food waste issues. According to Malaysia news,"4,046 tonnes of edible food are thrown away daily. This amount can feed three million people with three meals a day, also can fill the one-and-the-half Olympic-sized swimming pools. The high cost incurred to dispose of food wasted by each Malaysian household comes to about RM210 a month, or RM2,600 a year. At the same time, 828 million people are affected by hunger and acute food insecurity arises". The food waste disposal process also produces greenhouse gas that causes global warming.
Thus in accordance with SDG 12, Clean Our Plate project wishes to be a bridge towards issues and Malaysian youth to create and increase awareness, change attitudes and mindset of the society as well as initiate easy and obvious actions of youth towards reducing preventable food waste and fully utilizing surplus food, in order for them to influence their peers and households. Besides that, we also wish to create a zero-hunger community in Malaysia.
Why Clean Our Plate?
Vision
Clean our Plate aims for SDG 12.3 - Responsible in Consumption and Production by :
Mission
Raising awareness on the importance of food waste management amongst youth in a targeted community.
Aligning the mindset of youths towards responsible consumption.
Ensuring the youths to adopt and practice responsible consumption habits.
Inspiring youths to empower communities to practice responsible consumption habits.
WE KNOW
WE CARE
WE DO
WE INFLUENCE
Clean our Plate project Impact in 2023
180 people impacted • 180 people committed in reducing food waste • �37.35kg food waste reduced • 28.83kg food waste regenerated • �70.97 kg carbon emission prevented •
126 food bag donated • 3 workshops conducted •
1 awareness videos created • 306 social media outreach
Click the image to read Winter 22.23 Clean Our Plate Impact Report
Project Overview
Physical
YOUR ROLE
Malaysian Youth Volunteers engage with students and public to become aware about the importance of taking action in Food Waste issues (i.e., Food rescue, composting, sustainable consumption habit). During these physical project, volunteers, students, and public will learn the factors that affects Food Waste issues and they will develop solutions and initiatives to reduce the impact of them in the communities.
OUTCOME
Youth are being aware of Food Waste issues, changing their attitude, and taking action to reduce the critical factors affecting our environment.
YOUTH INDICATOR
# of people educated/aware on Food Waste issues prevention, adaptation, impact reduction,surplus food saved, food repurposing
# of workshops and activities delivered about Food Waste issues prevention, adaptation, impact reduction, surplus food saved, Food repurposing
# of Food Waste issues outreach initiative plans created for the community (i.e., Food Donation drive)
TARGET SDG 12
Improve education, awareness-raising, Zero hunger impacted, halve per capita global food waste reduced, surplus food saved, and food repurposing cycle created.
Project Details
Fully physical
Duration
4 weeks
29th July 2024 - 24th August 2024
Location
University of Putra Malaysia , around Selangor area
Openings
12 Slots available
Beneficiaries
School Students Engaged, Homeless Communities, Public
Certificate
Provided upon successful project completion and tasks given
Accomodation
In Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Will be updating before the project
Physical
Malaysian Youth Volunteer
Requirements
Committed
Able to commit throughout the 4 weeks of the project.
Accomodation
Passion
Interested in environmental issue and willing to spread awareness to others
Language
Able to understand and speak English (English is the main communication language)
Take ownership toward project & own learning; Be open-minded and agile
Vaccination
Fully vaccinated based on Malaysia’s acceptable type of vaccination.
Working Hour
Monday - Saturday (15 hours per week, which EXCLUDING own extra working space to complete the tasks)
Obtain electronic device
(laptop/tablet)
Stay in accomodation provided in UPM (May stay at Ulu Yam Forest for 1 week)
(allowed to stay at own accommodation)
Application
Process
Applied
Apply by submitting application form provided from the entity of AIESEC who introduced physical volunteer opportunity.
Accepted
Attend and pass interview assessment conducted by the organizing committee of Clean Our Plate project.
Approved
Approved to become official physical volunteer through submitting Malaysian Youth volunteer fees and approval documents.
Experience
Commit to volunteering activities for 4 weeks and complete the tasks given everyday.
Preparation
Attend preparation webinar and receive preparation booklet before starting the volunteering experience.
Project
Schedule
** Schedule is subjected to be changed
Project
Schedule
** Schedule is subjected to be changed
Project
Key Activities
Activities are subjected to be changed**
Planting & Harvesting
Volunteers’ task: Participants
Food Waste Composting
Volunteers’ task: Participants
Site visit
Volunteers’ task: Participant
Project
Key Activities
Activities are subjected to be changed**
Zero Waste cooking
Volunteers’ task: Participants
Keychain workshop
Volunteers’ task: Participants
Refugee Students volunteering
Volunteers’ task: Participant
Project
Key Activities
Activities are subjected to be changed**
Video editing workshop
Volunteers’ task: Participants
Used Cooking Oil(UCO) workshop
Volunteers’ task: Participant
School Workshop
Volunteers’ task: Participant
Project
Key Activities
Fundraising & Poster Creation
Volunteers gain the necessary knowledge and technical skills required to create content & poster.
Volunteers’ task: Participant
Global Village
Engage with youth from other countries to have cross-cultural exchange. Share your opinions and feelings about your own country and make friends all over the world!
Volunteer’s Job: Participant
- Delegates to join in Global Village
- Engage and mingle with international youths
Activities are subjected to be changed**
Project
Key Activities
Activities are subjected to be changed**
LEAD Space
Allow volunteers to reflect on their experience and learn about the leadership qualities which aligned to AIESEC values.
Volunteers’ task: Participant
Food donation
Food donation carried out in B40 community to expose the food insecurity faced by this insecurity that caused by food waste.
Volunteers’ task: Facilitators
Malaysian Youth
Volunteer Admin Fee
Fee Allocation | Cost |
Volunteer Servicing (Standards Planning & execution) | RM50 |
Administration (Human Resource) | RM50 |
Sales & Marketing (Attraction process) | RM20 |
Entity Affiliation Fee (National Fees) | RM60 |
Reserve for Operation (Rewards, Operation fees) | RM20 |
Total | RM200 |
Services
Provided
4 weeks accommodation in UPM hostel will be discussed among all volunteers.
Volunteers
learning points
Food waste is one of the factors contributing to global climate change, particularly in Malaysia, but sadly, very few people are aware of this. Our constant production of food waste has already covered some of the earth's surface. The majority of Malaysians, especially the younger generation, are unaware of this issue and are unaware of the obvious steps they could take to contribute to its resolution. Be the change you wish to see in this world.
To improve interpersonal skills such as leadership skills, communication skills, critical thinking skills and many more.
Build relationships with like-minded volunteers, organizing committee members as well as with professionals or even with international youths.
You will get to gain practical experiences by being a part in spreading awareness on climate change to people, thus creating a positive and long-lasting impact to the community.
Our Past
Volunteer Testimonials
Kee Yan Qi
I have learned a lot of useful things in this volunteering experience. For example, I have learned how to repurpose food waste into other things like using Black Soldier Flies to do compost, repurpose used cooking oil into soap, using coffee ground in order to plant mushroom and so on. This is my first time communicating with refugees and preparing meals for refugees. I feel this is an interesting and memorable experience for me. I have known more about them and also the problem they faced currently which is food insecurity. I am also very happy that I can do my part to help them, like helping them to collect money to prepare nutritional meals for them through physical and online crowdfunding.
Low Yun Hui
After finishing volunteering, I have achieved some of the goals that I set before. First, I get to know more friends by chit-chatting with each other. Secondly, I improve my communication skills since I have to talk to strangers during physical fundraising activities. Thirdly, my confidence level also improved as I had more chances to speak in English, for example during school exhibitions and school workshops. During this volunteering experience, I have learned about the ways to repurpose food waste. For example, I have learned the ways to make soap by used cooking oil. Also, I also know about how to differentiate edible and non-edible food.
Our Past
Volunteer Testimonials
Adrienne bin Ajis
I learnt how to do compost using Black Soldier Fly(BSF), There are 3 steps in BSF Composting namely grinding, feeding and harvesting. Grinding is where we use any machine to grind the organic food waste, then the grinded food waste will be spread onto a container evenly. After that, the feeding is to spread the BSF Larvae onto the container evenly. Lastly, harvesting is where we separate the frass and the larvae. The most memorable thing for me would be where I get to physically help The Lost Food Project (TLFP). I get to carry and distribute sorted vegetables to a lot of charity. It was tiring and physically demanding but for me that is what it means to volunteer. I also get to talk to a few TLFP members and get to know how they got the food and how many charity organisation they distribute to.
Goh Jia En
I'm so happy and never regret that I have joined this project. In this month, I have stepped out of my comfort zone to try new things, meet a lot of new friends and gain new experiences that I have never tried before. Through this volunteering project, I also learned about the food waste issue that is currently faced by our country and given the opportunity to spread awareness to the public. We conducted the school workshop, had a booth in the Sekolah Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, cooked the imperfect food, planted the vegetables, volunteered in [The Lost Food ] and [The Assembly Soup Kitchen] and also have a chance to meet those refugees. Those activities were really fun and interesting and I really enjoyed them.
Teng Ching Er
Director of Clean Our Plate Project
AIESEC in University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
+6012-4255562
chinger@aiesec.net
Thevananthini Raman
Local Committee Vice President
AIESEC in University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
+6016-7496500
thevananthini@aiesec.net
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