Committed to bringing clean water to Orang Asli villages


An Orang Asli villager showing the before and after results of water being filtered.

SURAYATI and her mother, Norisah used to walk three hours and carry 16 buckets of water daily from their village well for the family’s use.

The groundwater reeked with an unbearable odour. Yet, the family had no choice but to drink the well water — their only source of water.

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