Family struggles to stay afloat

Helping out: Ambrose and Luvita (both painting), as well as others helping the family of 12 beautify and clean their basic house in Penampang, Sabah while (right) Guiyat and Lukoin’s disabled son, 45, looks on.

KOTA KINABALU: Not only are they poor, illiterate and jobless, but members of this unfortunate family in Penampang are also sickly or disabled.

For decades, they lived in a hut on the fringes of a jungle. For food, they hunted wild animals and sourced local herbs and vegetables.