It’s been a year since we began working with the Ibanese community in Kampung Sion, Sarawak. We started Communities Unite for Purewater (CUP) in this village of 44 families that struggle with water scarcity, providing each family with a filtration and rainwater harvesting system to ease their burden. While the CUP project will draw to…
Malaysia went through a heatwave from February to March with temperatures soaring to a sweltering 40°C in certain states. The hot weather caused dam levels in Johor and Kedah to dip to critical levels, with the possibility of water rationing sparking concerns. While we urban folk are able to make it through the hot weather…
World Water Day falls on Mar 22 every year and is internationally observed by the United Nations (UN). In line with UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”, World Water Day also serves to highlight the plight of the 2.1 billion people in…
A slight figure emerges from the doorway at the sound of our approaching vehicle. We hear his booming welcome even before our car engine dies down. “Apa khabar semua? Lama tak jumpa!” (How is everyone doing? Long time no see!) Pak Long walks over to us and shakes each of our hands. Despite being 70…
Rita, 50, walks home after a long day spent at the market 3km away selling her small harvest of vegetables. She carries a woven basket on her back filled with a heavy but precious load, water.
https://globalpeace.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/GHD.mp4 Global Handwashing Day is observed every year on October 15th to spread awareness “about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.” This year’s theme “Clean Hands – a recipe for health” seeks to remind everyone to practice washing hands before eating, meal…
![Ms. Nirmalah Thurai, Executive Director of Group Corporate Affairs, Nestlé Malaysia [left] with Dr Teh Su Thye, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Peace Foundation during the launch of the Safe Water, Safe Communities project, aimed at providing clean water to deserving communities.](https://globalpeace.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DSC_5459-min-e1536895917349-625x416.jpg "Safe Water, Safe Communities Launch")
PETALING JAYA, 7 September 2018 – Global Peace Foundation Malaysia (Global Peace) and Nestlé Malaysia today joined hands to launch the Safe Water, Safe Communities project, aimed at providing clean water to underserved orang asli communities. The initiative will engage five villages in Tasik Chini, Pahang, to install water filtration systems that will provide clean water…
In the deep jungles of Pahang, the orang asli live a life deprived of basic needs like clean water. Water poverty is an everyday peril to the community but for the women tasked with fetching water, it is a threat that is slowly eroding their identity as an orang asli, a mother, and a woman.…