Poverty Alleviation & Managing Middle Class
The ASEAN Earth Cleanup Week in April 2026, spearheaded by University Technology MARA (UiTM) Sarawak and UiTM Headquarters (HQ) in collaboration with World Cleanup Day (Let’s Do It World) led by Henry Kok-Kheng Teh as the Country Leader (along with World Cleanup Day from Estonia and Earth Day from the United States) and Digiland Pte Ltd: will help to drive and put this meaningful, impactful, sustainable and auditable project together for Sarawak, Malaysia and for ASEAN.
Part 1 (State Event)
Part 2 (International Event)
Part 3 (National Event)
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Important Events
3D2N - ASEAN Earth Cleanup Week (Sarawak, Malaysia Nationwide and ASEAN) International
Thurs, 23 April 2026 – Sat, 25 April 2026
Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia
PART 1
1 Day - 5,000 Graduates and Employer Workshop (Local)
Date
Wed, 22 April 2026
Venue
Kuching, Sarawak
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Event Schedule
Wed, 22 April 2026
Workshop for Youths, Employers and Volunteerism (Locals in Sarawak)
led by Sarawak Ministry of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development
06.30 - 09.30
Tree Hugging Healing and Mental Health Cleanup Program (with tree counting) for the special/disabled, for students/seniors, for participants and for animals at Perpaduan Park and Budaya Park (adjacent to Sarawak Club) (500 pax)

Y.B. Datuk Haji Len Talif Salleh
Deputy Minister for Urban Planning Land Administration and Environment
08.30 - 12.00
&
13.00 - 17.00
5,000 pax Graduates (from Sarawak Universities: include all Universities in Sarawak) and Sarawak Industry Workshop (by Youths and Sports) managed by min 500 pax Volunteers (linked to subsequent ESG training 3 Days) and showing the ESG Impact Report on Sarawak Tourism with Carbon Offsets

Y.B. Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman
Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts & Minister for Youths, Sports and Entrepreneur Development
Digital Voting
Key Questions & Topics:
- What youths are needing for them to get jobs today, by 2030 and beyond (if they are high performers, mid performers and lower performers)
- What employers (MNC, MLC and SME) are looking for today, 2030 and beyond? Where are Universities in helping in this for future graduates?
- How to best link this seamlessly and in a more integrated manner? Locally or Nationally or ASEAN wide or Globally?
- What are the immediate short, medium and long term solutions that can be deployed to see positivities for youths looking for jobs and for employers knowing that employees wants more pay and employers wants better quality employees.
- Coming up with a 10 points priority blueprint and action plan each for governments and universities
- Coming up with a follow through with real time audits and sustainable plan where possible
- What immediate available value adds can be provided to the Youths that the market needs so that the Youths can also develop new skills in between too?
- How can volunteerism help youths, adults and seniors: for themselves, families and neighbors?
- Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a working suitable for the present and the future?
- How can the employees and employers understand better with cleanups, zero waste and zero energy with volunteerism?
- Will all or most jobs eventually be moving towards being done and delivered virtually and off site (since more and more jobs are being robotized)
PART 2
ASEAN Earth Cleanup Week (AECW)
Date
Thurs, 23 April 2026 till Sat, 25 April 2026
Venue
Waterfront Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak
with 24/7 KPIs and Measurables (UN) with Dash Boards/Mobile
Showcase Real Time Future Proofing and Sustainability 2025 - 2030
Sustainable Integrated People, Animals and Environment Ecosystem
Volunteerism
Cleanup, Zero Waste, Zero Energy
Poverty Management / UBI
Jobs and Businesses
Caring Society
Productivity
Social Impact Network
Climate Change & Platform
Green Planting
Digitalization AI
Investments
Impact Auditability
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Event Schedule
Tentative Program (Pending Finalization)

Tik Tok and YouTube Challenge
From 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026

100,000 sound bites on why the public at large and students feels about ESG and what exactly are the looking at in 10 seconds
From Jan 2026 - April 2026

Developing loyalty solutions for volunteers and home stay opportunities
On-Going

Earth Day (ED) visits to all UiTM HQ and UiTM Satellite Campuses (meeting students, faculties and local governments in all 13 States in Malaysia)
From 5 - 21 April 2026
Thur, 23 April 2026
Event Launch, Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Audit/Carbon & Hard Talks (International)
08.00 - 10.00
Opening Ceremony/Press Conference and Launch (1,000 pax)

Y.A.B. Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr Abang Johari Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg
Premier of Sarawak, Minister of Finance and New Economy, Minister of Natural Resources and Urban Development and Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Signing and Witnessing Ceremonies (if any)
10.30 - 12.30
Session #1 Hard Talk: Future of Sarawak 2030 and Beyond (500 pax)

Y.B. Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas
Deputy Premier, Second Minister for Finance and New Economy, Minister for Infrastructure and Port Development

Y.B. Dato Seri Haji Julaihi Narawi
Minister of Utility and Telecommunication
Digital Voting
Session #2 Hard Talk: Productivity and Impact (500 pax)

Y.B. Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom
Minister of Food Industry, Commodity & Regional Development

Y.B. Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin
Minister of Food Industry, Commodity & Regional Development
Digital Voting
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch Time
13.30 - 15.30
Forum #1 Moderator/Speakers (UBI) (500 pax)

Y.B. Dato Sri Hajjah Fatimah Abdullah
Minister for Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development
Digital Voting
15.30 - 15.45
Tea Break
15.45 - 17.45
Forum #2 (Moderators/Speakers (Audit/Carbon) (500 pax)

Y.B. Datuk Amar Prof. Dr Sim Kui Hian
Deputy Premier/Minister for Health, Housing and Local Government
Digital Voting
Key Questions & Topics:
- Is UBI timely and needed especially for the Z Generation and beyond?
- Who should implement this neutrally and responsibly?
- Is this also an emergency and/or crisis situation for the silver hair citizen as that for the youths by 2030 and beyond?
- How would UBI work that is to be positive instead of negative?
- Where would the funding support from UBI come from?
- How to be big enough to be effective and dynamic for the UBI to work?
- How can UBI be audited to show that it is positive and relevant to meet future needs by no choice?
- How would UBI be alleviating poverty in every country? Are the middle class society squeezing out?
- Is volunteerism the “silver bullet” solution to the future of livability and livelihoods? Or are there other better solutions?
- Would carbon be a possible and realistic solution to synergize with UBI or there are other options?
- What can be avail presently in part or in full that can be used to showcase the above that can be audited and/or used as a platform?
19.00 - 22.00
Private Sector Company Showcase and Presentations CSR and ESG (500 pax)

Y.Bhg. Dato Sri Saferi Ali
State Attorney General
Fri, 24 April 2026
Impacts and Sustainability: Jobs/Businesses, Tourism, AI and Investments (International)
08.30 - 10.30
Forum (Moderator/Speakers (Jobs/Business) (1,000 pax)

Y.B. Dato Sri Roland Sagah Wee Inn
Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development
Digital Voting
10.30 - 10.45
Tea Break
10.45 - 12.45
Forum (Moderator/Speaker (Youth/Tourism) (1,000 pax)

Y.B. Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts & Minister for Youths, Sports and Entrepreneur Development
Digital Voting
Key Questions & Topics:
- How are jobs and businesses presently and into the future looking like? What are the list of jobs and businesses of the present and future that are not sunset based?
- How do we help the Employer and Employees going forward dynamically and positively?
- How can governments, universities, companies, ngos and society at large help and/or play an effective role here?
- Where and what are the existing jobs and new jobs: how would they be operating?
- Can tourism (relooking at it with a new angle) be a new driver to interlink for UBI and for poverty management?
- How can volunteerism play a role in this productively that can be measured and audited with promoters?
AI and Investments: Global and ASEAN
12.45 - 13.45
Lunch Time
13.45 - 15.45
Forum (Moderator/Speaker (AI) (1,000 pax)

Y.B. Dato Sri John Sikie Anak Tayai
Minister in the Premier's Department
Digital Voting
15.45 - 16.00
Tea Break
16.00 - 18.00
Forum (Moderator/Speakers: (Investments)

Y.B. Dato Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan
Deputy Premier & Second Minister for Natural Resources and Urban Development
Digital Voting
Key Questions & Topics:
- Is AI truly replacing jobs? How severe and urgent is it? What safety nets are put in place presently if any?
- Is inflation and global economic challenges that we are seeing is temporary or are we suppose to expect more negativities?
- How can investments, businesses and start-ups be made with AI to be applied with more responsibility, safer and secured for livelihoods for today and for the future?
- Can volunteerism and humanization co-exist with robots and technology in harmony and balance?
- What are the non negotiables when it comes to AI usage and application?
- How can more like-minded individuals and partners (governments, universities, corporates, ngos, civil society) come together to do this together with the governments?
- If inflation keeps going up (uncontrolled), can we truly still find a solution to this for the livelihoods of any citizens?
- Where would UBI be in this or there are other alternatives to be explored?
- How can we do this better together as a country, in ASEAN and in the World?
18.00 - 19.00
Dinner Time
19.00 - 22.00
Project CSR and ESG Start Ups and Investment Opportunities Presentations (500 pax)

Y.Bhg. Dato Sri Dr Wan Lizozman Wan Omar
State Financial Secretary Sarawak
Sat, 25 April 2026
World Cleanup Day, Earth Day, Volunteerism and Showcase (International)
06.30 - 09.30
Cleanup by DBKS and DBKU with all local authorities in Sarawak) with 100,000 volunteers (syncronize nationally with UiTM State Campuses)

Y.A.B. Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr Abang Johari Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg
Premier of Sarawak, Minister of Finance and New Economy, Minister of Natural Resources and Urban Development and Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Y.B. Datuk Dr. Hj Hazlan b Abang Haji Hipni
Deputy Minister Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Y.Bhg. Dato Wee Hong Seng
Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Mayor

Y.Bhg. Tuan Wan Abu Bakar Wan Hamid
CEO of Sarawak Incorporated Sdn Bhd
1 million Malaysia Tree Counting & Planting by MBKS and DBKU in Sarawak 100,000 pax (for 1 million trees) and outside of Sarawak additional trees) (Agroforest Trees: Existing Trees tagged and New Trees planted and maintained)

Y.Bhg. Tuan Abang Ahmad Abang Morni
Permanent Secretary Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Y.A.B. Tun Pehin Sri Dr Haji Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
TYT/Governor of Sarawak

Y.Bhg. Tuan Haji Hilmy Haji Othman
Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) Mayor

Y.Bhg. Tuan Wan Abu Bakar Wan Hamid
Director of Sarawak Forestry Department
10.00 - 11.30
Cleanup/Recycling and Upcycling Workshops/Festival for Jobs and Businesses CSR & ESG (launching a dedicated street in Kuching (e.g. Linking from Main Bazaar to Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman to Jalan Padungan with Friendship ESG Agro Forest Park - Project DBKU and MBKS) as recycling street to include tourist doing cleanups e.g. weekly & friendship park) - 50,000 pax

Y.Bhg. Dato Wee Hong Seng
Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Mayor

Y.Bhg. Tuan Haji Hilmy Haji Othman
Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) Mayor

Y.B. Datuk Amar Prof. Dr Sim Kui Hian
Deputy Premier/Minister of Health, Housing and Government

Y.B. Dato Haji Ibrahim b Baki
Deputy Minister for Utility and Chairman of Sarawak Energy
12.00 - 14.00
Lunch: Local Sarawak CSR and ESG Talent Showcasing (500 pax)

Y.Bhg. Puan Lelia Sim
CEO, Sarawak Development Institute

Y.Bhg.Tuan Hallman Haji Sabri
Executive Director of Sarawak Skill
14.00 - 17.00
Workshop and Opportunities for the lesser fortunate and/or marginalized (1,000 pax)

Y.A.Bhg. Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Fauziah bte Mohd Sanusi
Wife of TYT/Governor of Sarawak

Y.Bhg. Puan Dayang Norjihan
Daughter of the Premier of Sarawak
Public Sector Company Showcase and Presentations CSR and ESG

Y.Bhg. Datuk Amar Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki
State Secretary of Sarawak
19.00 - 22.00
Closing Ceremony/Playbacks/Summary Findings/Project Showcase/Dinner/Fashion with Singers & Cultural Show/CSR & ESG Award and Sarawak Cleanup Data Update To The World/ASEAN ESG Association (also supports start-ups) Launch with a Live 247 Measure Solution with VVIP Special Guests (2,000 pax)

Y.A.B. Tun Pehin Sri Dr Haji Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Wife of TYT/Governor of Sarawak

Y.A.B. Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr Abang Johari Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg
Premier of Sarawak, Minister of Finance and New Economy, Minister of Natural Resources and Urban Development and Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability
ESG and CSR Monitoring for Government Command Center
PART 3
World Cleanup Day
Date
Sat, 16 Sept 2026
Venue
Kuching, Sarawak
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Event Schedule
Sat, 16 Sept 2026
World Cleanup Day (Malaysia Nationwide)
07.00 - 09.00
Cleanup in all 13 States in Malaysia and led by UiTM Sarawak/UiTM HQ and all the UiTM satellite campuses
Partners to be included - led by

Y.Bhg. Dato Wee Hong Seng
Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Mayor

Y.Bhg. Tuan Wan Abu Bakar Wan Hamid
CEO of Sarawak Incorporated Sdn Bhd
10.00 - 12.00
Plant Forest Trees and Counting Trees in all 13 States in Malaysia led by UiTM Sarawak/UiTM HQ and all the UiTM satellite campuses
Partners to be included (Agroforest Trees: Existing Trees tagged and New Trees planted and maintained starting from 1 Jan 2026 till 31 December 2026) - led by

Y.Bhg. Tuan Haji Hilmy Haji Othman
Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) Mayor

Y.Bhg. Datu Hamden Mohammad
Director of Sarawak Forestry Department
Country Leaders Presentation Slides
Event Committees
Event Advisors

Prof Dr Firdaus Abdullah, Rector

Prof Ir Dr Juferi Idris, Deputy Rector

Pn Lenny Yusrina Bujang Khedif (Coordinator ICAN)

Pn Nur Aziela Aidit (Coordinator Industry Linkages)
Main Secretariats

.Ts. Dr. Noorsaidi Mahat (Coordinator Lestari)

Dr. Valerie Michael (Deputy Coordinator Lestari)

Cik Nurul Amy Azura Hishamuddin (Secretary Lestari I)

En. Mohd Zul Aswad Zulkifli (Secretary Lestari III)

Cik Janet Victoria Ak Stia (Committee Member Lestari)

Dr. Malyana Samsuddin Stia (Committee Member Lestari)

Ts. Dzuliqyan Jasni Stia (Committee Member Lestari)

Cik Haifa Afieqah Hasbi (Secretary Lestari II)

Ts. Madeleine Elna Perreau Stia (Committee Member Lestari)
Main Collaborator

Mr Henry Kok Kheng Teh
World Cleanup Day Country Leader
Grants & Fundraising Committee

Dr. Valerie Michael (Deputy Coordinator Lestari)

Cik Nurul Amy Azura Hishamuddin (Secretary Lestari I)
Website & Collateral Committee

Pn Aima Sumiyati Maliki (IT/Website Coordinator)
Tik Tok Challenge and Prizes

En Muhd Firdaus Muhd Yusoff, (Lecturer)

En Suhardi Kram (Lecturer)

Ts. Dzuliqyan Jasni(Lecturer)
Spokespersons on Climate Change, on Food Security, on Green Washing, on Integrity and Governance, on Volunteerism, on PPP etc.

Ts Dr Nurzawani Md Sofwan(Senior Lecturer)
Partner Management Committee

Dr. Kumalasari Binti Kipli(Senior Lecturer)
Overall Events Committee: Govt, Universities, Corporates and NGOs

Ts. Dr. Noorsaidi Mahat (Coordinator Lestari)

Sr. Dr. Ahmad Faiz Abd. Rashid(Senior Lecturer)
Workshop & Forum Committee

Ts. Hemyza Budin(Senior Lecturer)

Cik Geraldine Chan Sue Ching(Lecturer)
Video and Photo Committee (National)

En. Mohd Zul Aswad Zulkifli (Secretary Lestari III)
Press Committee/MC & Well Being Management (National)

En Yaziz Kasim (Corporate Coordinator)
Protocol & Corporate Committee

En Mohammad Bin Abang
Logistics & F&B Committee

Dr. Malyana Samsuddin Stia (Committee Member Lestari)
Student Leader Committee (National)

Dr Nor Diana Abdul Halim(Senior Lecturer)
Cleanup WCD & Tree Planting Committee

Ts. Millaa-Armilla binti Asli (Senior Lecturer)

ChM Dr Rabuyah Ni(Senior Lecturer)
Digital Marketing Committee

Dr Yong Yueh Tiam(Senior Lecturer)
Government/Local Government Committee

Cik Janet Victoria Ak Stia (Committee Member Lestari)
University Committee

Pn Nur Afisha Yusuf (Lecturer)
NGO Committee

Hjh Hartini Mahidin(Senior Lecturer)
ESG Award Committee

Dr Mohd Afiq Mohd Fauzi (Senior Lecturer)

Mohd Iqbal Bin Hashim (Lecturer)
Real Time Digital Showcase Committee

En Mohd Yazid bin Mohd Anas Khan(Lecturer)
Fashion Show Committee

Ts. Siti Hamidah Binti Abdul Hamid (Lecturer)
Promoters







Important Notice
Corporate Visual Identity
Info Kit 2024
World Cleanup Guidelines
World Cleanup Day Video
Earth Day Video
What is World Cleanup Day?
This one day event is important as we can then share global best practices (dos and don’ts) to help one another with clean ups that can be related to training, waste management, job creations, business opportunities while making new friends and partners. Having interest in our environment is important as it effects us daily as it is also our responsibility to pass the earth to the next generation well too. We need to make the needed selfless sacrifices together as oppose to taking on selfish actions. Without judging, we will always encourage volunteers to find time that they may not have to help with this caring cause where possible. It may give you a different and fresh understanding and perspective on the issues of the environment should you not be familiar with it as of now.
Cleanups are good for individuals as they are for corporates and governments. It is also good for human interaction and human resource management. Cleanups can be a positive movement for everyone to own by themselves and to do at their own time.
Get Involved
On September 20, 2024, World Cleanup Day, people in 190 countries are standing up against the global trash problem and clean up waste, making it the biggest positive civic action the world has seen. Over 50 MILLION Volunteers since the inaugural event in 2018. Engage your community and join the World for World CleanUp Day 2024.
Imagine a powerful “green wave” starting in Japan and ending in Hawaii, with hundreds of millions of people taking positive action together on the very same day. We aim to unite the global community, raise awareness, and implement true change to achieve our final goal – a clean and healthy planet.
Join us on September 20, 2024 for a combined cleanup that will include 190 countries and thousands of partners. Earth Day’s Great Global CleanUp has partnered with World CleanUp Day for one gigantic celebration.
FAQs
1. What is http://www.voltech.ai?
Voltech is part of Digiland Pte Ltd that wishes to provide for a platform and with solutions that can help to unify and to energize users and partners so that a caring culture can be achieved by some mean by 2030 and beyond.
2. What is the full name of http://www.voltech.ai?
Voltech is a short name for the long name that is called volunteer technology. It works with artificial intelligence (AI) as it wishes to find more and better ways to create positive changes and improvements to a work that is seen to be concerned about AI. Many feel that AI is taking away jobs and businesses while we need to see how to balance the fears and concerns with opportunities with AI while respecting integrity, governance and dynamism.
3. Who is the founder for http://www.voltech.ai?
This is a project that Henry Kok-Kheng Teh (HT) started after he left the Malaysian Humanitarian Foundation (MHF) that HT co-founded in 1995. He was then the probono Executive Director and President of MHF until the end of July 2024. HT since 2020 is the Country Leader for World Cleanup Day (WCD) that is by Let’s Do It World (LDIW) till present times. You can see WCD Global portal at http://www.worldcleanupday.org and also find HT as the Country Leader with WCD at the WCD Global portal.
WCD is in more than 190 plus countries and is recognized by the United Nations. WCD core purpose involves community-led litter picking, waste mapping, and promoting sustainable habits like reducing single-use plastics and digital waste, aiming for a cleaner and healthier planet.
HT also works closely and in partnership with Earth Day via www.earthday.org.
4. Is it a company or a non government organisation (NGO) or a social enterprise?
After working with the NGO workings for more than 30 years, it is felt that it is better to do this http://www.voltech.ai using a full commercial modelling as it is not easy and not sustainable to deploy impactful and auditable work purely from an NGO and/or a social enterprise point of view.
We need quality and dynamic team for us to deliver meaning outcomes, impacts, results and profits that can be measured and audited. This is the approach that http://www.voltech.ai decides to take on for now as it will provide NGO and/or consultants to deploy measurable impact works where needed while enhancing, energizing and complimenting the existing and new community service providers.
5. Where is the company based at and what is its coverage?
The company is based in Singapore as it will de-centralize its workings to respective countries as it goes on.
6. What is the track record of the founder of http://www.voltech.ai?
http://www.voltech.ai was founded by Henry Kok-Kheng Teh where he was the former co-founder of the Malaysian Humanitarian Foundation since 1995. He was then the probono Executive Director/President of MHF till end of July 2024. You can see his works in the website of http://www.voltech.ai as well as in http://www.mhfhuman.org too.
7. What is the mission and vision of http://www.voltech.ai?
The mission and vision of http://www.voltech.ai in simplicity is to help create an open movement for volunteers to care for the planet via people, animal and the environment while seeing if it can also be linked to volunteerism with jobs and businesses. The human eco system needs to be at play so that individuals can benefit from volunteerism as it can help the self, help their families and also help the neighbors while building soft and hard skills in doing volunteer work which is important for jobs and businesses today for the youths, working class and senior citizens.
8. What is the goal of http://www.voltech.ai?
It wishes to be a neutral and professional platform that can united marketplace players to come together to serve each other better and made easy and simple for use.
9. Are we building a digital platform to support the intents of http://www.voltech.ai?
Yes, we are and doing it in phases and working with prototypes and tests. This is to ensure that what we do is what the marketplace wants and needs.
10. Are they opportunities for collaboration and partnerships?
There are plenty of opportunities for collaboration and partnership while it is also important to build genuine win – win workings where parties trust and respect each other.
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