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Project 1: My Community

My Commitment ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

BLD60203

Group Members Student ID

Adrian Seow Chen Wah 0314331

Ho Tze Hooi 0314179

Ling Siaw Zu 0313593

Soo Xiao Wen 0314130

Chan boon Haw 0313667

Lai Sze Chun 0313797

Hooi Wei Xing 0318523

Chang Wei Jian 0318252

rahmat Aidil Maula 0311462

Pua Zhi Qin 0314073 Pua Kai jin 0313995

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Content

1. Introduction..................................................................pg 3

2. Problem statement & objective....................................pg 8

3. Life Cycle Analysis........................................................pg 17

4. Work Progress.................. ......... ......... .......................pg21

5. Budget & Expenses... ......... ......... ......... ......... ...........pg26

6. Community Contribution... ......... ......... ...................pg29

7. Outcome & Result.... ......... ......... ......... ......... ...........pg32

8. Reflection........... . ......... ......... ................. .......... .......pg41

9. Reference…................................................................…pg43

10. Attachment…………………………………………..............…….pg45

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INTRODUCTION

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“My Community My Commitment” Project Proposal

Photo 1.1: The facade of the orphanage

The concept of environmental-community service is important and has

developed in the past few years. There are thousands of organizations all over the

world that engage and hold millions of young people all through the world. People of

all age groups, with a maximum number of youth are involved in the process of

community service.Environmental-community-based organizations include; social

service organizations, non-profit providers and associations that engage both young

people as well adults as volunteers. The process is beneficial both for the individuals as

well as the society. Environmental-Community service can be defined as a service that

is performed for the benefit of the public. Environmental-Community service is a

commitment. Basically, community service is a way for a person to give back to a

community and help them to have a happy life which they live. There are many ways

of giving back to the community.

“My Community My Commitment” is a project that aims to instil and expose

the young members of society with a strong sense of communal responsibility,

engagement and skills. The project’s target is to develop the young generation into

morally and ethically strengthened leaders who will bring about change utilizing

creative and sustainable approaches.

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1.1 OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT

1. To show that recyclable materials is best used to conserve the environment.

2. To help the one who is in need desperate need.

3. Showing things learnt and used in reality.

4. To design an eco-friendly usable furniture.

1.2 ORGANIZATION

Many research were performed in order to pinpoint particular organizations

that truly were in need of assistance. In conclusion, the organization found and

deemed most suitable is an orphanage located in Klang Utama called Klang Utama

Caring Center.

Most of the children there were abandon by their parents and fortunately it was

due to Mrs Maha who is the person in charge that care was able to be provided to the

young children such as shelter, protection, love, everyday necessity and a place to call

home.

Even with our help and assistance, it was lucky that they are others who

contributed by donating funds to them regardless of their financial ability, sex, age

and status quo. There are still a lot of people who stayed neared the area and even

those who lived much further provided their help in different forms. Some gave the

orphanage food, some gave drinks, some gave items that were useful and some even

gave a helping hand due to the kids being too young to do the various house chores.

Besides all this kindness received, Ms Maha's family as helped these poor kids

by cooking their meals, washing their clothes and even providing financial aid to buy

toys for the children to shower with love, happiness and most importantly,

companionship, which is one of the most crucial needs of the children

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1.3 REASON WHY WE ENGAGED THE SITE

A few months ago, near the end of august. One of the houses used as a shelter

for the children in Klang Utama Caring home has burned down leaving 41 children

between the age of 8 - 21 years old homeless.

Because of this unforeseen incident, these poor kids were forced to cram into

two small bedrooms as they standby whole a new shelter to be found. On the other

hand, the damaged house will need to secure people to help covering the money used

for rental and the bills that are projected for the next 12 months.

We were motivated emotionally to provide help after hearing the unfortunate

news and so we immediately contacted with the home's caretakers (Ms. Maha) to

discuss on how we were able to offer assistance to them.

With the new information obtained after discussing, we knew that they are

going to move into a temporary rental house near the current main house. Because the

newly rented house is still new and empty, hence it lacks furniture. So, we provide.

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PROJECT

STATEMENT

&

OBJECTIVE

2.1 IDENTIFIED ISSUES ON SITE

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A. Kitchen Cabinet

Photo 2.1: Boy’s dormitory Photo 2.2: Kitchen at the newly rental house

Due to the burnt down boys’ dormitory, they have rented a house temporary for the accommodation of the boys. As everything was burnt down, no furniture was left and thus they need sponsors for furniture.

B. Cabinet under the sink

Photo 2.3: Kitchen basin area

The newly rental house’s kitchen does not provide the cabinet covering the piping. Without covering it, the kitchen does not look nice and it is also very dangerous; children will be running around and might go inside and play. Thus, a cabinet under the sink is needed before they move in.

C. Vinyl Banner Awning

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Photo 2.4: Our group mate trying to fix the problem

The built roof was not sufficient to shelter the kitchen from rain pour as the opening of the kitchen outer façade for ventilation purpose is very huge.

2.2 PROPOSED SOLUTION

A. Kitchen Cabinet

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Photo 2.5: Our proposed design for the cabinet

A series of kitchen cabinet were actually proposed. We have chosen the best design with the consideration of availability of materials, sustainability, saving cost etc.

At the end, we decided to use wine box which can be found from the wine factory and connect it together with plywood as the base. By using wine boxes and plywood we could save cost because it is free, we are reusing the material transforming it from a useless box into a cabinet which can place stuff in it.

B. Cabinet under the Sink

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Photo 2.6: Cloth design covering Photo 2.7: Wooden cabinet idea

We proposed two designs, which are cloth covering and wooden cabinet. After

discussing with the care taker and due to sustainability and safety issue we decided to

use the wooden cabinet idea.

C. Vinyl Banner Awning

Photo 2.8: Banners awning which we can find all around

By using Banners as awning we can solve the water splashing in problem. Vinyl

banners are made out of PVC and foam coat, which are like plastic; will not

decompose itself easily. Therefore we decided to reuse banners for the awning.

2.2PROBLEM SOLVING

A.Kitchen Cabinet

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We got wine boxes from factory and we are trying to improvise it into a readymade

kitchen cabinet. Before stacking the boxes we designed and made a base using cut

pallets as well as plywood. We gone through a period of brain-storming and designing

to make sure the base is stable and strong.

1. Wine boxes that we bought back. 2. We shellac the surface of the box and sand it.

3. Nailing a cute wooden pallet with plywood. 4. Doing a structure to make sure it is stable.

5. Arranging the boxes in different ways. 6. Nailing the wine boxes to the base we did.

B. Cabinet under the sink

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We are just students and we do not have the skill to build the cabinet in a

correct way so we decided to find technician. We raise fund to pay the technician.

1. Putting the structure in first. 2. Measuring the length

3. Cutting board and screwing in hinges. 4. Screwing hinge to place opening in.

5. Ready to be use.

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Fund Raising

In order to pay the technician for the cabinet, we have chosen to sell goodie bags to

raise funds. We managed to reach our target and the extra fund we raised was given to

them.

Photo 2.9: Goodie bags with snacks for fund raising

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C. Vinyl Banner Awning

We got banners from Taylor’s and we hang the banners using ropes in order to

prevent the water from going in.

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LIFE CYCLE

ANALYSIS

MATERIAL USED

A. Wooden Crates and Pallets

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As can be seen from the table, natural wood has negative CO2 emission

per meter square of product. This is due to plants take in CO2 during

photosynthesis and therefore CO2 is trapped in the material, which would

contribute to green house gases. Moreover it actually reverses global warming

by taking in green house gases and releases breathable oxygen.

The timber cycle shows that wood itself, a raw material is already the

product of itself , without much processing or engineering, therefore having low

embodied energy which is environmental friendly and contribute to sustainable

build and design.

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In the “Current end-of-life scenarios for three common construction

materials” showed that only 13% of timber are actually being reused and more

than half of it are left in the landfill to decay or burnt, releasing the trapped

carbon dioxide and other green house gases into the atmosphere.

B. Shellac

Shellac is a natural product made from mixture of secretion from the female lac

bug with a solvent such as alcohol, it is very safe once dried and hardened. Based on

the life cycle assessment of shellac, although having low environment impact, it can’t

be reuse nor recycle. Fortunately it is able to protect and prolong the lifespan of the

wooden cabinet which in fact decrease our carbon footprint.

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C. Steel Nails

As can see from the table, manufacturing of steel required massive

amount of energy and the energy used would be redundant when left unused as

it is often extra nails and screws are given for DIY furniture. Therefore, we

collected unused nails and screw to be used in this project, saving the

embodied energy used for the old nails as well as the one we intended to buy.

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WORK PROGRESS

4.1 WORK DISTRIBUTION

Name Before During After

Hooi Wei Site Visit Site Visit Collecting

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Xing Proposal

Selection of Site

Transporting

Construction of the cabinet

Awning Installation

Applying Shellac

Sanding the wood

donation

Report

Pua Zhi Qin

Site Visit

Designing of cabinet

Request for Professional help

Site Visit

Photo taking

Construction of the cabinet

Awning installation

Sanding the wood

Collecting donation

Report

Video editing

Pua Kai Jing

Site Visit

Designing of cabinet

Provide Materials (Wood Pallet)

Site Visit

Video taking

Construction of the cabinet

Sanding the wood

Installing the cabinet

Collecting donation

Report

Video editing

Ling Siaw Zu

Site Visit

Designing of cabinet

Site Visit

Construction of the cabinet

Sanding the wood

Collecting donation

Report

Buying

Packing

Colby Ho Site Visit

Fund Raising ideas

Provide Materials

Site Visit

Construction of the cabinet

Awning installation

Sanding the wood

Collecting donation

Report

Kenneth Chang

Site Visit

Fund raising ideas

Site Visit

Transportation

Construction of the cabinet

Awning installation

Collecting donation

Report

Chan Boon Hiaw

Site Visit

Selection of Site

Request of

Site Visit

Construction of the cabinet

Collecting donation

Report

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permission Applying Shellac

Sanding the wood

Installing the Cabinet

Adrian Seow

Site Visit

Proposal

Request of permission

Site Visit

Construction of the cabinet

Applying Shellac

Sanding the wood

Installing the cabinet

Collecting donation

Report

Buying

Packing

Rahmat Aidil Maula

Site Visit

Fund raising ideas

Awning installation

Site Visit

Installing the Cabinet

Collecting donation

Report

Lai Sze Chun

Site Visit

Designing of the awning

Site Visit

Construction of the cabinet

Awning installation

Sanding the wood

Installing the Cabinet

Collecting donation

Report

Buying

Packing

Soo Xiao Wen

Site Visit

Selection of Site

Designing of cabinet

Site Visit

Construction of the cabinet

Applying Shellac

Sanding the wood

Collecting donation

Report

Buying

Packing

4.2 MONTHLY SCHEDULE

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SEPTEMBER2014 SUBJECT ESD PERIOD

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN

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- went to KlangUtama Caring home to have a look at the condition of the burnt down house - We are requested to build a simple kitchen cabinet to exchange with their burnt down cabinets

Site Visit

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12 - started designing the cabinet

13/14

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Proposal

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- measured the kitchen area - the caretaker also requested an awning for kitchen

Measurements

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23 - Designs are finalize after we confirmed the materials.

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26 - A improvise cabinet had been install in the rental house.

27/28 - Cabinet component has been built and was assembled on site - Done the awning

4

Finalize Design

Opening Ceremony

Cabinet & Awning

W

29 - Beautify the cabinet & Awning

30

5

Paint

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OCTOBER2014 SUBJECT ESD PERIOD

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN

1

2

3 - Job has been assigned among the group members. - Report started

4/5

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Report

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- Buying snacks for fund raising - Packing

- started selling snacks and collect donation

- started selling snacks and collect donation

- started selling snacks and collect donation

NO

V Fund Raising Fund Raising Fund Raising Fund Raising

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BUDGET

&

EXPENSES

5.1 EXPENSES USED

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5.2 MONEY EARNED

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COMMUNITY

CONTRIBUTION

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6.1 SPONSORS

Mr. Song Peng Wei - RM 50

Chinese Society - A box of snacks

6.2 VOLUNTEER

Mr. Hooi Soon Mee

Contribution: Advisor of kitchen cabinet

Mr. Tan (Carpenter)

Contribution: Installation of Basin cabinet

Mr. Lim (Carpenter)

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Contribution: Installation of Basin Cabinet

Taylor’s community

Contribution: Donation

Wei Xing Brother

Contribution: Offer help when building cabinet

We would like to thank Ms Suja for guiding us to make the correct decisions and providing the

orphans in the orphanage clothes to wear. Besides that we would like to thank the people of Taylors

who were willing to listen and donate to the orphanage. It was very unfortunate that they’re house got

burned down but there are still lots of people out there who are willing to give a helping hand but not

sure how to help and that’s where we come to place. Nevertheless, we would like to thank everyone who

contributed to this paying it forward project for Klang Utama Caring Home.

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OUTCOME

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RESULT

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7.1 Community

When we first started this project, we didn’t know much about NGO (Non-

governmental organization). They are organizations that are neither a part of a

government nor a conventional for-profit business. Usually set up by ordinary citizens,

NGOs may be funded by governments, foundations, businesses, or private persons.

Sometimes, these organizations need desperate help in terms of funding or material

items such as food, clothing or a home, so therefore they will have to ask for help from

the public. And most of the time, nobody will be bothered to donate or help them

because of the lack of knowledge of these NGO’s.

So, it became our mission to raise awareness of the importance NGO’s the

public and also to make them realize that these organizations are not always

supported or funded by the government, so they rely heavily on donations and

goodwill from the public. We achieved this by going around campus asking for

donations of any amount and telling them about the orphanage and how we as

humans and the community can stand together to help these organizations when they

are in need. We also told them ways of helping needy organizations without chipping

in large sums of money. Even if we can’t afford to donate money, we as a community

can at least organize a project to build something out of recycled materials for them.

In our case, we used disposed coin boxes to make a kitchen cabinet It is true that to

some people, donating money to charity is counted as a waste of money, but at the

end of the day, we are actually helping them in a very big way.

Although true, those donations are the very being that keeps the organizations

running. It is very important for the community to understand why these unfortunate

children are brought in by the orphanage, also their wants and needs. Aside from food,

clothing and shelter, these children also need love and care from people which are

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usually not available. We want the people to not only donate but also to give some

love and care to these children by spending time with them.

7.2 Sustainability

Sustainability comes in many shapes and forms but ultimately, one common

ground that unites all of it which can generally be simplified as “ system and processes

that are enduring”. If the criteria is met, the form or product in question can be

classified as sustainable and hence comply with the criteria of sustainability for the

future.

In our project, many of our proposed designs were intended to fully make use of

concepts that utilizes sustainability in its design and development. With that said,

elaboration on our designs are provided below.

1. Wooden Cabinet

The wooden cabinet itself consist of multiple materials which are capable of

sustaining itself for years such as the wooden palette that was used as the base and the

wooden boxes used as the shelves. It should be known that the screws and nails used

to construct the cabinet are obtained from the property of team members

participating in the project hence cost was minimized.

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1A: Wooden palette

The wooden palette was designed to act as the base of the cabinet to provide

stability and support. Wooden palettes were obtained from a construction site that

were under a relative of one of our team members hence we had connection on our

side. The construction site itself has many unused palettes so our request to take a few

palettes of their hands were gladly complied. Once transported to our work site, the

palettes were in a condition where major alterations to make it useable were necessary.

The palette itself was sawed to remove unwanted components, sanding was done in

order to smoothen out the smooth edges and refine it and finally shellac was applied

to give a nice finishing to it in order to ensure it is long lasting. It is used and designed

into a base as the pallet itself is built to carry heavy loads therefore by using its strong

structure, we transform it into a strong cabinet base with plywood skeletal provided

for the durability as well as the safety of the children.

1B: Wooden boxes

Wooden boxes used in our design were to provide a platform to hold and

support objects that the user intends to hold which essentially means a shelves. The

wooden boxes were originally wine boxes that had been discarded after fulfilling its

purposes. Request to obtain the boxes will initially met with difficulty due to the value

the boxes offer even without its original purposes being used. However, one of our

team members has successfully acquired a huge bulk of wooden wine boxes which

provided a great sense of relief to our anxiety that we could not procure a number of

this boxes. The boxes were sanded and clean thoroughly to smoothen out the rough

edges and soon after shellac was applied to give it a finishing to protect it from the

environment and allowed it to be enduring and long lasting.

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2. Awning

The awning composed of banners that were obtained from various sites that

could offer spare banners that were not in used. The banners here were just tied and

mounted on to the facade and nailed firmly down to the ground to prevent it from

loosening. The banner are water resistant and tough hence they are able to resist the

rain and any tough weather conditions that will test its endurance and thats why the

design of the awning is sustainable.

7.3 Design and Creativity

Having a place that house for approximately 15 kids and adults are of course

would cause a problem for them to place stuffs and their needs in their unit. As we

discovered more about the house, the idea of designing the cabinet came up by some

of the group members, Pua Zhi Qin and Pua Kai Jing. Diagrams below show how is it

being design to fit the kitchen area also the one that has been attached below the sink.

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Diagram above showing the process of placing the wooden boxes using paper rectangles.

Both picture above showing the hands on trial and error of wooden placement as well as final design

of wooden cabinet.

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Diagram illustrate how the three main compartments of base, skeletal and storage are made

into a cabinet. The Base is made of one quarter of pallet due to the space constraint in the kitchen.

The plywood act as a skeletal support for the cabinet to make sure it lean and stand align with the

wall as well as provide a platform for the boxes to be screwed on. The storage is made out of

wooden boxes that is arranged into an order that provide positive and negative spaces for storage.

Bigger item that cant be fitted into the boxes can be places on the negative spaces as shown in

diagram.

The cabinet that we build using the wood pallet are so convenient to be used

where it has quite a lot of spaces to place stuffs that are needed such as those kitchen

tools and others. Having such a multiple storey of compartment would be easy for the

user to reach and put their stuffs easily without any struggle.

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With the help of Mr Tan and Lim, the placement of the cabinet below the sink

is much more easier and faster that we thought it would be. With very simple and

sleek design suggested by Pua Zhi Qin and Pua Kai Jing. It is kept at a minilalist design

with just a flat surface and a round steel handle to minimize wear and tear especially

in a house full of energetic children. It took about less than an hour to install all the

separated parts and attach it to the existing sink area as many tools had been used

such as laser measuring device, electrical drill and saw as well as many years of

experience which we have no ability and resources to perform.

It is just an addition for the empty compartment spots below the kitchen table.

We design a stack to be attached as it will be more helpful to organize the placements

of stuffs below the Kitchen Table. Also a simple sleek design of the Closure for it due

to protect the things inside from dust.

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End result of the furnished Kitchen.

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REFLECTION

When we first started, we totally had no idea on what we're going to do, or who

to help. After searching on those who're needy on the internet, we've decided to help

klang utama caring home. This is a very normal orphanage, with a very unfortunate

encounter happened not long ago. One of their houses got burned down by fire, for

luckily no one was hurt during the incident. We're glad that we're approved by our

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lecturers in helping this orphanage because this shows how great people they are to

give us the approval to complete this important task.

During the project, we've realized that these poor children really need alot of

love and companionship, which we're trying to provide them. We've also learnt how to

build a shelf using recycled items, because by doing this, not only we'll save the

environment, we can also maximized our imagination by creating something

incredible.

Teamwork and friendship is also one of the lessons we've learnt while we're

building the shelf and the shelter for them. Without this important factor, none of all

this would've happened. By working as a team, we can do things faster, better, and

more effective.

When we're doing the fund raising activity, we've also gained more knowledge

and experience from it such as interaction with the public and communication with

strangers. It is such bliss to find that people around actually support us by buying our

stuff and donate money to us just to raise the fund to help the orphanage. This is the

power of love and sympathy given by them and it is very important in society

nowadays.

There is just so much things that we've gained from this type of project and we

felt touched to know that there are still so many good people that are willing to help

the needy community. As our conclusion, we would like to say that this type of

projects is a must to be given to all the younger generations, in order to show love to

everyone, and also to create a better world.

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