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G U I N N E S S A N C H O R B E R H A D
( 5 3 5 0 - X )
Storytime with GABBY
Complementing the W.A.T.E.R. river rehabilitation
activities is an educational initiative that engages and
educates children on the importance of responsible
water conservation through storytelling sessions.
A water toolkit for local communities incorporating
three storytelling modules (i.e. water cycle, water
pollution and water conservation) was specially
developed by professionals in the field of child
development and the GAB Foundation to facilitate
these storytelling sessions.
To-date, 18 storytellers, including childcare workers
and kindergarten teachers, have been recruited and
trained to facilitate the storytelling sessions in
English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese. 90 sessions have
been held at selected community centres, welfare
homes, kindergartens and schools involving 750 children.
Parents, guardians, teachers and children are
interviewed to gauge effectiveness and improvement
areas for future sessions. It is heartening to note that
95% of the children engaged are able to recap and
implement knowledge and content material from
previous modules to the latest sessions.
In the year under review, we expanded this programme
beyond the Klang Valley to remote areas in Selangor,
Perak, Penang, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan. A GABBY
Club has now been established to continuously
engage the children who have undergone the
sessions and we intend to reach out to more children
in different centres and in different states. The 1st
quarterly newsletter was published in July 2010
featuring stories on water conservation with the aim
of continuously engaging the children on the issue.