Social Hero Foundation (SHF) collaborated with Flex Foundation from the United States to help provide clean water to the Orang Asli community at Kampung Orang Asli Suku Seletar Pasir Salam in Ulu Tiram, Johor.
On 25 October 2024, SHF dan Flex Senai handed over Water Filter Pumps to the 22 households at Kampung Pasir Salam.
SHF Trustee Datuk Seri Teo Shiok Fu, SHF Director of Programmes Farrah Baptist, Puan Nor Faridah Binti Padzil of Flex Senai, Ahmad Azmi Bin Othman of Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli Negeri Johor (JAKOA), Tok Batin Penduduk Kampung Orang Asli Suku Seletar, Lailie Bin Lie and volunteers from Pertubuhan Ihsan Johor were present at the handover ceremony.
The provision of the Water Filter Pumps is very important as Kampung Pasir Salam does not have any piped clean water supply.
The 35 households and 144 villagers rely on bottled mineral water for their daily clean water consumption and collected rainwater for their water supply. The villagers have to buy mineral water bottles, and several NGOs also sponsor mineral water supplies each month.
In December last year, a company donated several 3-gallon water tanks to collect rainwater due to a SHF initiative.
The Water Pump filters, which utilise Ultrafiltration (UF) technology will help provide a clean water supply for the villagers for their consumption and household usage.
With these Water Pump Filters, they can reduce or stop buying mineral water bottles, and the collected rainwater can be filtered as clean water supply for their households’ usage. This will save them money and also reduce the use of plastic mineral bottles. The reduced usage of single-use plastic bottles will help reduce pollution and minimise the environmental impact.
SHF Trustee Datuk Seri Teo added that the provision of clean water is very important for the health, well-being, and safety of the villagers, and SHF is grateful for the sponsorship and support from Flex Foundation and Flex Senai for this meaningful community service initiative.
Flex Senai’s Nor Faridah Binti Padzil and her team were touched by this meaningful project, and she added that they plan to return to help the residents of Kampung Orang Asli Pasir Salam in the future.
SHF received a USD10,000.00 grant from Flex Foundation to provide this community service initiative, with the support of Flex Senai, a company of FLEX Ltd. in Malaysia.
Flex Foundation is the philanthropic arm of FLEX Ltd, an international business group with more than 140,000 employees in more than 30 countries. Flex Foundation’s donations support community projects that meet the 4 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) namely, SDG #3 Good Health and Well-Being, SDG #8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production, and SDG #13 Climate Action.
Flex Foundation’s community service project partners included Red Cross and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), and SHF is honoured to be part of this esteemed group.
Flex Senai also donated food items such as rice and cooking oil to the 35 households.
In August, SHF collaborated with Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli Negeri Johor (JAKOA) and Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (APM) Johor Bahru to carry out the SHF Environment and Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) project to help improve the well-being, health, and safety of the Orang Asli community in Kampung Orang Asli Suku Seletar Pasir Salam.
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