COVID-19 RESPOND
Misi bantu oa
#MisiBantuOA is a disaster response intervention run by youth groups; Shaq Koyok, Gerimis Project, KUASA, Diri Bumi Ecological Practice and KAMY specifically to coordinate and centralise the efforts for immediate relief to Orang Asli communities in Peninsular Malaysia
Our targets are the Orang Asli communities located in the interiors and communities living by the fringes of degraded forests - all now facing a severe economic and health crisis, as well shortage of supplies due to CMO amid COVID19.
Communities facing decades of environmental injustice and human rights violations will be disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and other future shocks including climate impacts. The loss of these crucial communities will not only cost us the fight for forest protection for climate mitigation & adaptation.
Often understated, ethnobotany and irreplaceable indigenous knowledge aids in our understanding of the forest health and composition among many others— including our relationship with the earth.
Based on the principles of #ClimateJustice, KAMY through #MisiBantuOA will refocus on how to increase Orang Asli community resilience.
Throughout the 1st phase of #MisiBantuOA, we collected a lot of information and identified gaps in food sufficiency within the indigenous community. We also realized that women, especially young women with the child are disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Covid19 coupled with forest degradation and systematic genocide of the indigenous culture in peninsular Malaysia have eroded the food sovereignty of indigenous communities.
PROTECT OUR FUTURE
Seek for a GREEN and JUST transition to our post COVID-19 future!
Read #MisiBantuOA public document here bit.ly/MB-OA
We are now planning the 2nd phase : post COVID-19 recovery, pilot project in Pos Lanai villages, Pahang
Phase 1 | Misi Bantu OA
Disaster respond during Covid19 by sending aid to Orang Asli in the peninsula of Malaysia. We send supplies, food, Cov19 sanitary kits, dignity kits for young women, children, and OKU
Phase 2 | Kebun Mandiri OA
Establishing cash crop and food garden (2 acres) in Pos Lanai villages in the interior of Pahang using the funds from #MisiBantuOA. We call this project Kebun Mandiri OA with the aim to increase food sufficiency within the indigenous community by empowering their youth and women. We collect dan document traditional knowledge and Semai relationship with food, land, forest management, and how these have been impacted by climate change.
Phase 3 | CAK Art Project
HOW YOU CAN HELP ?
Volunteer for us !
Work together with us for Kebun Mandiri OA & CAK Art Project
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