Pilot solar charging station project makes it more accessible to charge mobiles and electronic devices in energy-poor communities. Back in 2018, I wrote an article on “The Insanely High Price to Charge Phones in Orang Asli Villages”. The story came about after we gathered data on energy usage in rural Orang Asli villages, and discovered…
Back in February, we wrote about Pak Long, an inspiring man of mixed Asli-Chinese descent who is content living a simple life without basic needs like water and electricity despite being educated and having 28 years of working experience in Singapore in the construction field. We caught up with him almost every month whenever we…
Orang asli children playing with toys found in a landfill. An ocean of trash spills into a gaping hole in the ground, a grave of sorts where our daily waste goes to rot and decompose. Two young boys are perched on the edge of the cavity, whiling their time away as they watch their father…
This 2019, LANEIGE raises funds for its Waterful Sharing Campaign in hopes of giving better life opportunities to those in need by providing easy access to clean water. KUALA LUMPUR, 19 June 2019 – 60.7% of Orang Asli women and girls in Malaysia’s rural communities bear the burden of having to spend 6 hours a…
Intern Reshna shares her experience and thoughts on visiting an Orang Asli village for the first time. Velocity (ms−1) = Distance travelled (m) / time taken (s) Familiar? We have come across this equation a few times when we were in high school or during our pre-university education. Most of the time, we mulled over…
Surayati and her mother, Norisah, used to carry 16 buckets of water a day from the village well for their family’s use. We helped their village by building a well, pump, and piping leading to their home, improving their access to water.
10-month old baby with lung infection depends on bottled water for drinking and bathing because of contaminated village well water. 42-year old Rohana cradles her daughter, Puteri Rian, close to her. Puteri looks smaller than other 10-month olds, her skinny limbs sorely needing a healthy padding of baby fat. She has not learned to sit…
Burai stands in the doorway of her wooden hut, carrying her year-old son on one hip. She calls out to her daughter, Olivia, and a few seconds later she scurries home, sweaty from an evening spent playing in the village. Daylight is waning fast and soon it will be night. There’s a lot of things…