Cohort One in a Glance
Regional Orientation & Capacity Building Workshop
The workshop that were held from 21 to 27 January 2019 was opened with a launch ceremony that saw Prof. Suthiphand Chirathivat, the Executive Director of ASEAN Studies Centre of Chulalongkorn University and Lee Yoong Yoong, the Director of Community Affairs of the ASEAN Secretariat delivering their remarks, followed by a keynote speech from H.E. Vijavat Isarabhakdi, the Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Thailand. Datuk Nora Abdul Manaf, Maybank’s Group Chief Human Capital Officer also presented her welcome remarks, emphasising the importance of the programme.
This workshop serves as an important milestone due to its role in equipping all participants with the necessary skills and knowledge ranging from Design Thinking Workshop, Sharing Sessions, Introduction to ASEAN, UN SDGs Tools, Project Cycle Management Cycle and Project Preparation as well as Project Deliberation and presentation to successfully help them to implement their projects. In the course of the 5-day workshop, the participants, now divided into 10 groups according to country placement and selection of themes, will be trained to develop project plans covering a broad range of developmental issues that will help them to implement their community projects.
Implementation Phase
From 17 February to 2 March 2019, all participants were mobilised to the designated countries with 3 projects each in Malaysia and Cambodia and 4 projects in Indonesia. Over the period of the project deployment, the participants along with their respective partner CSO went to ground engaging directly with the communities to understand the local issues at hand, and through the process gradually building the trust with the beneficiaries to deliver on the projects mandated.
From projects focusing on arts and culture to food waste management, eco-tourism to children’s education, all our participants enthusiastically went about bringing positive change to the communities, befitting their role as change-makers. Getting soaked in torrential rain or sweating it out under the hot sun clearly were not a deterrent to their spirit, and we are very encouraged that the resulting impact from the projects will definitely contribute to cultivation of goodwill for Maybank with the engaged communities.
In ensuring the sustainability of the projects deployed, all participating CSOs and participants were tasked to come up with sustainable plans which will be taken up by the CSOs upon the two weeks project deployment phase ended as the teams handed over their projects to their partner CSOs, leaving their positive marks on the communities served and bringing home invaluable lessons and memories in their journey as an ASEAN change maker.
Cohort 1 Project List
Project TRIDENT
Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia
Aims to increase supply of clean water and sanitation to the people in Sumedang community.
Project EcoNurture: “Transforming lives, Saving Earth”
Kampot Province, Cambodia
Aims to increase awareness on environmental preservation and restoration, and promote eco-tourism for the improvement of the livelihood of the community.
Project U-farmer: eMpowering youth toward sustainable agriculture through urban farming practices
Purwakarta Regency, Indonesia
Aims to create sustainable agriculture practice through urban farming at the local communities.
Project Edusparks
Samlout, Battambang, Cambodia
Aims to provide equal opportunities for children and youth by enhancing the capacity of the interns & teachers to impart new knowledge to children and youths.
Project Silk Wave
Takeo Province, Cambodia
Designed to improve the awareness of Cambodian Traditional weaving art among the local communities.
Project BudiBaca
Flores Island, Ende Regency, Indonesia
Aims to engage parents to improve first grade students’ reading habits by increasing the former’s awareness on the importance of reading.
Project RETACXTORAJA
Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Aims to promote sustainable community-based tourism through the bamboo forest and empower local people to preserve and rejuvenate Torajanese arts and culture.
Project Building Community Resilience through Circular Economy and Waste Management Practices (Integrated Organic Farming)
Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
Aims to raise awareness about organic farming, the food waste issue in Malaysia and how the community can act to mitigate the challenge.
Project SenikidZ
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Enhance the awareness and appreciation for Arts & Culture among children in public school in poor urban areas in Kuala Lumpur.
Project Let’s go Sarawak’s Backyard
Kampung Begu, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Focused on building village local guides’ capacity through a 14-hour training programme, raising local community awareness about environmental conservation and improving digital marketing strategy of Backyard Tour.
