Barriers in the way of a better future

Poverty eradication entails the inculcation of a progressive, hardworking and independent mindset among the affected communities. But what happens when there are restrictions along the way? K. S. USHA DEVI looks at the case of the orang asli. 

GETTING to the orang asli settlement in Kampung Sandin in Bidor, Perak is not easy. From the Bidor trunk road, it is a 3km journey on a dirt road that can be traversed only by motorcycles, and there are only two serving the whole village. Then there is a five-minute trek across a stream and up a hill.