When volunteers help villages shine


Lighting up a community: Ong and a volunteer checking the voltage of a micro-hydro power system. — KAMARUL ARIFFIN/The Star

RANAU: In a hill village outside Ranau, the first flicker from a micro-hydro switch turned darkness into possibility and a community into its own power station.

It didn’t start with a grand plan. In 2011, a plea came from Sarawak – could someone help a village with no electricity?

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