KEPONG: Start young, start now. This is the view taken by ICT solutions integrator Mesiniaga and Mind, a developer community, which have been working together to teach orphans at Rumah Keluarga Kami to “go green.”
They recently showed the orphans the proper way to manage a computer so that its effects on the environment would be reduced, such as putting the PC in screensaver mode or sleep mode when not in use. Other green tips were also passed on.
Mesiniaga and Mind recognise that computers are becoming increasingly important. They hope that by promoting such awareness, the children will also be mindful of the importance of environmental protection.
The speakers were Hazreen Mansor from Mesiniaga, Lim Fun Jin from ISA technologies, and Jayan Arunasalam from Microsoft Malaysia. The event was supported by Institut Integriti Malaysia.
After the lesson, the children were taken to the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia’s canopy walk, where guides showed them the interesting flora available on the grounds.
The orphanage also received a laptop and backpacks from Dell while ISA technologies donated a 1Mbps (megabit per second) Internet-access line. Microsoft donated a copy of its Windows Vista operating system to the home.
Mind, which is sponsored by Microsoft, promotes knowledge-sharing and networking among its members.
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