Partners | ARCCADE

MNS has played a major role in the Mentoring Malaysia program. During the Mentor’s Camp, MNS’s Head of Education Department, I.S. Shanmugaraj, gave a detailed description on MNS to help mentors to have an appreciation of nature. He also taught us how we can play our part in educating the mentees the importance of conservation. MNS has also helped Mentoring Malaysia organize trips to the National Zoo, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) and Hutan Rimba at Universiti Malaya for hands on experience on nature conservation & education.

The Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) is a non-profit and non-governmental organization established in 1940. Its mission is to promote an appreciation of nature and the natural beauty of Malaysia and the surrounding region. It focuses on protecting wild life habitats which includes national and state parks in Malaysia. MNS operates on four main units which are the Science and Conservation unit, the Environmental Education unit, the Publication unit and the Parks unit. Each of the units has its own responsibility respectively to help protect the habitats by; collecting data and conducting scientific research to conserve important habitats, educating school children through hands on experience and involvement in conservation project to create awareness, creating public awareness by publishing magazines, journals and bulletins, and managing and creating nature parks to increase public’s appreciation of the nature.

For more information, visit its website at http://www.mns.org.my

Zoo Negara

Zoo Negara has opened their doors to us to bring the teens for various activities which include the regular excursion, the Zoo Hunt and also cleaning up the various enclosures. Many of the teens have fond memories of this place.

Zoo Negara Malaysia is managed by the Malaysian Zoological Society, a non-governmental organization established to create the first local zoo for Malaysians. Zoo Negara is now 44 years old and has matured into a well-known zoo all around the world. They have a total of over 4500 animals from 424 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.

Zoo Negara covers 110 acres of land which is situated only 5km from the city of Kuala Lumpur. Over the years, the zoo has transformed itself to an open concept zoo with over 90% of its animals kept in spacious exhibits with landscape befitting its nature.

For more information, visit its website at http://www.zoonegara.org.my

Lisa Leong

Lisa Leong from Vocal Charisma Enterprise is our technical expertise for the KidsAct program of Mentoring Malaysia (MM) and has been on board with the ARCCADE team since December 2006. She comes as an asset to our program, with her enormous amount of experience! Not only is she an English teacher, a Speech and Drama Coach, and a singer in a band, she fits in with the MM Program wonderfully with her cheerful and vibrant personality!

Her exciting activities involve physical and mental stimulation, where she ensures the KidsAct teams are learning about verbal and non-verbal behaviours, whilst having fun. Some main activities Lisa conducts with the KidsAct Mentees are:-

Role Play Stimulation, drama games which involve music, movement and imagination, guided improvisation and short acting play scripts. This has greatly contributed to building competence and confidence in our Mentees!