Equipping special needs folk with farming skills


Lee Win Ler (left) and Eugene Tan harvesting okras for lunch and to sell under the agricultural project.

THE Selangor and Federal Territory Association for the Mentally Handicapped (SAMH) has empowered 50 special needs youths and adults under its agricultural project.

The RM50,000 grant from Star Foundation’s annual Star Social Impact Grant (SSIG) was used to support the “SAMH Agriculture Project to Empower the Mentally Handicapped through Farming Skills”.

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