Period poverty refers to women and girls not having adequate access to education about menstruation and sanitary pads, clean water, pain medications, and sanitary products during their period (menstrual cycle). Despite the lack of appropriate data on period poverty in Malaysia to identify the extent of period poverty, the issue is prevalent among rural dwellers. […]
Sondang Erika, 27, is a mother of two. Together with her husband, Ayen, the couple are farmers with OA Organik in Kampung OA Melai, Pahang. Sondang worked as a small-scale rubber tapper before becoming a full-time farmer, and at one point, both husband and wife worked as security guards in an oil palm plantation. After […]
The efforts and achievements of Yayasan Kajian dan Pembangunan Masyarakat (YKPM) and the Jakun community at Kg Ulu Gumum and Kg Melai have recently received international recognition. On May 12, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bestowed YKPM the ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ award through a virtual award-giving ceremony. โI was so […]
FLOOD RELIEF TO KAMPUNG OA TEMELONG, KARAK, PAHANG(TEMELONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ VILLAGE) 10th January 2022 The recent flood has been devastating to the OA Temuan (Temuan indigenous peoples) in Kampung Telemong (Temelong Village) near Karak, Pahang with their houses being destroyed by the unleashed forces of nature. With rapidly rising waters in the early morning hours, […]
Bern got involved with OA Organik when his dad asked him to come home to help at the farm. Dad Ali was one of the pioneering farmers. Bern found farming interesting, so he quit his job at Kg Sungai Soi. That was in 2017, soon after the OA Organik farm started in Kg Ulu Gumum […]
Zariu and Nor, husband-wife team, have been with the OA Organik farm at Kg Ulu Gumum right from the beginning โ December 2015. They are the new generation of Orang Asli with determination and vision to take on the challenges of globalisation and the market economy. In February 2020, Zariu and Nor invested a huge […]
Currently, there are 48 Orang Asli (OA) farmers at the OA Organik farm, an increase from 36 farmers (at the end of 2019). And the number is growing! In the past, each household earned an average total income of RM500 per month from combined income sources of rubber-tapping, palm oil/forest produce collection, or contract work. […]