Say "NO" To Cervical Cancer!

This health awareness campaign's focus was specifically on cervical cancer and on HPV injection that has been known worldwide as a reliable vaccine these past few years. However from the response of a questionnaire we prepared,  70% of the people out there have ONLY a slight idea on how high their risk is to have cervical cancer and that HPV injection is the step that should be taken to avoid an individual from getting cervical cancer.

It is very important for women to care for themselves, not only in the way they dress or look but also for their health! It is important for them to know the risk and the ways to prevent this disease as it is easily applicable. It's easy to protect yourself so do it! 

Therefore, by doing this health awareness campaign we had the opportunity to give a more solid idea to the students is Taylor's University on what cervical cancer is and how HPV injection is the way to prevent this disease!

For our campaign, a booth was set up in the university campus with the headline “SAY NO TO CERVICAL CANCER”. With that we were able to capture the attention of the students there. The campaign was held on the on 28^th May with pink as the colour of the theme (most girls love pink too!) . 

Busy preparing for the crowd!

The campaign was assisted by GSK Malaysia who partially sponsored the banners and the extra facilities needed. From this event we managed to convince about 100 people to register for the HPV vaccination.  Therefore, the event was a successful event for our club. As it was an event that can be considered large scaled, we were proud to be a part of this success! =D

Cupcakes from a pretty girl, anyone? ;)

Thank you to all who were involved! 

In the future we look forward to do more of this type of events where we can bring a positive change to others, especially to students in our campus! Look forward to more, people! =D 

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Firefly Conservation Trip to Kuala Selangor

On the 26th of May 2012, Taylor’s University’s Biosciences Club had planned an event focusing on the conservation of fireflies in the Kuala Selangor region! Many of us were really excited  to see some amazing fireflies! The event included a talk given by Ms. Veronica who is part of a team responsible to protect these insects! 

The talk was given by Ms. Veronica regarding the nature of fireflies, mainly the species Pteroptyx tener and the conservation methods that are currently undergoing to salvage what is left of this species. 

In her talk, she stated that the Selangor River Dam and the natives are the causes of the diminishing numbers of fireflies. The destruction of their habitat, which is the Sonneratia caseolaris plants and the killing of Cyclotropis carinata, which are food for the firefly larva, are the causes of the declining numbers. It was upsetting to many of us to know that there may not be any more fireflies in the future :'(

Upon reaching the venue, the participants were divided into groups of 4 people, since each “sampan” could only hold 4 people at once. It was a quiet ride at first until the boatman started telling us stories about these insects! Expecting a magnificent view, we were quite sad while looking at the abysmal numbers of fireflies that are left blinking in the night...

As we couldn't take a good picture in the dark inside a moving boat, here is a picture from the web! PS: There were waaaaay fewer fireflies than this at that time!

            

The boat ride lasted for roughly 10 minutes and we then gathered at the gate for our bus to arrive. The participants then boarded the bus and we are on our way back to Taylor’s University. 

For this trip, many of us learned and experienced things we could never appreciate before. Most of us had never seen synchronous fireflies in their natural habitat even after reading about them numerous times in books. We constantly talk about species conservation but had never really felt that it is of great importance until we have seen the declining numbers ourselves. After this trip, most of us will strive to do a greater part to help the environment and to keep the world as beautiful and as bright as these magnificent insects.

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