The on-going Movement Control Order (MCO) has acutely affected the livelihood of Orang Asli (OA) communities. Relying on ad-hoc work such as rubber tapping and working for daily wages such as by selling their produces, many OA villagers have lost their source of income and are struggling to put food on the table for their families.
These OA families earn as little as RM300-600/month, and therefore have little to no savings.
As the MCO prolongs, their conditions worsen with some surviving merely on tapioca (ubi kayu).
Thus, we are looking to
fundraise
RM50,000
to provide food relief for
1000 OA families
across Pahang.
Each family will receive RM50 worth of essential food items including rice, flour, sugar, cooking oil, bihun, biscuits and salt. These will ensure OA families are provided with adequate nutrition, especially their children.
Complying with MCO
In order to avoid any social contact and risk of infection,
we will
not
be traveling to OA villages.
Using our OA village database and contact with local community organizers, we have identified villages that are in dire need of assistance. We will then make orders to the closest or most frequented grocery store by the villagers. A village representative will then pick up the groceries from the store and distribute them in the village.
Our work with the Orang Asli
Global Peace Foundation Malaysia has been working with underserved OA communities in Pahang and Perak since 2016. We have worked with over 70 villages on projects related to access to clean water, energy and education.
Transparency is of utmost importance to Global Peace Foundation Malaysia.
100%
of the funds raised will be channeled as food relief for our beneficiaries. At the end of the campaign, an account will be reported to the public to show how the fund has been spent.
Let not any Orang Asli family starve during this trying time. You can make a difference by
donating
a
nd/or
sharing
this plea to help our fellow Malaysian brothers and sisters.
