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SDG17
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS
17.2  Relationships to support the goals
17.2.5   Collaboration with NGOs for SDGs

Collaborate with NGOs to tackle the SDGs through: student volunteering programmes, research programmes, or development of educational resources
  • student voulunteering programmes
  • research programmes
  • development of educational resources
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Description
Evidence
1.
Qadim Hub is a part of Knowledge for Change (K4C) Consortium, an initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. Qadim Hub designs and conducts educational programs in order to develop research capacities for the co-creation of knowledge through collective action by practitioners, community-based researchers, community groups and academics. Qadim Hub is under the management of University Sustainability Centre UNIMAS.
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River Clean-up Activity with Community of Annah Rais is an effort by lecturers and first-year students (Design Technology) from the Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts to contribute towards the community. This activity cultivates a responsible designer mentality among students about the surrounding environment and community. The activity was conducted as part of the GKT1014 Elements and Principles of Design course, where students participated in outdoor sketching and river clean-up activity at Annah Rais Hot Spring. In addition to the Outdoor Sketching Activity and River Cleanup, the students had the opportunity to participate in Art Jam Session organized and sponsored by the Sarawak Artist Society in conjunction with Sarawak International Art Camp 2022 at Annah Rais Longhouse. As a result, the students get to interact with the international artist community involved with the camp.

This project not only allowed students to appreciate the environment and nature but also exposed the first-year students to local culture and built a good relationship with the local community, local and international artists.