A Meaningful Journey of Happy Water Project
February, 2021
The purpose of WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) trainings in Coway’s Happy Water Project is to empower underprivileged and Orang Asli communities through an understanding of the relationship between their water resources, sanitation and hygiene to health.
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Orang Asli villagers in Kampung Jong, Pahang successfully completed their filter training. The villagers learnt to install and maintain their own portable filters for sustainable access to clean water.
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Filters distribution to villagers, clean water helps to prevent diseases and elevate health.
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Water filter briefing, demonstration, distribution and installation training sessions with the villagers.
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Coway staff along with Global Peace Foundation volunteers conducting nutritional training to villagers.
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Coway Malaysia and our NGO partner - Global Peace Foundation educating the village children on the proper ways for teeth brushing under the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme.
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One of the initial implementations is to conduct a focus group session to identify the challenges and needs of the villagers. From there, a plan is framed on how to address many of these challenges and needs.
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Mr. Kyle Choi Ki Ryong, Managing Director of Coway Malaysia and Mr. Ryan Jung Tae Seung, Head of Division - Communication Division of Coway Malaysia believe that incorporating Happy Water Project will not only arouse the awareness of the public to save and protect the Orang Asli community, but to also serve as a positive impact for Coway in contributing towards a greater society.
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Not only did Coway Malaysia successfully provided water filters to 130 families across 5 villages in the state of Pahang, 30 volunteers from Coway has also come together to create a bigger impact for the community. Different roles were partaken by these compassionate individuals including assembling and distributing of the filters, educating villagers on safety hygiene when making their food, understanding and engaging the villagers in interactive social games, etc. dedicated towards the development of the Orang Asli community and their living conditions.
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Armed with its strong commitment, Coway Malaysia continued to collaborate with the Global Peace Foundation (GPF) in 2019 to aid the Orang Asli community in Pahang with access to clean water supply.
Coway Malaysia started its efforts in November 2018 evaluating the supplies and assistance needed to be given to the villagers - from planning, research of water access, visiting and surveying, to implementing the basic hygiene training such as hand-washing and teeth-brushing needed by the villagers to lead a clean and safe lifestyle.
June 28, 2019
Mr. Kyle was checking the condition of water channeled from water pond to house of Orang Asli friend
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Mr. James was turning on the power system of solar water pump placed in water pond.
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A group photo of Coway staff, GPF staff and Orang Asli friends in front of Community Hall built by Coway at Kg. Batu Putih.
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Orang Asli friend in Kg. Batu Putih was teaching Mr. Kyle on making traditional handicrafts.
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Mr. Kyle was checking the progress of water pond building.
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A group photo of Coway staff, GPF staff and Orang Asli friends at Kg. Batu Putih
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30 Coway staff volunteered themselves to participate in Happy Water Project activities
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Mr.Kyle assembled the water filter for Orang Asli villagers. The water filter functions at filtering the impurities and substances in water for the villagers to enjoy clean water.
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Mr. Kyle & Mr. Ryan visited Kg. Sega to inspect the condition of water source in order to identify the most suitable water solution for the villagers.
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The bottles feature in this picture are usually used by Orang Asli women to collect and fetch water for their families.
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To better understand the living conditions of the Orang Asli in Muadzam, Pahang, Coway conducted focus groups to learn more about the electricity supply, water source and sanitation facility at the village. These sessions found that the residents were using either river water or water from the well for drinking, cooking and showering.
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Apart from the water crisis, the villagers of Muadzam, Pahang lack exposure to common sanitation and hygiene, poor trash and latrine management and have poor knowledge on animal care, leaving them prone to animal-related diseases such as scabies and impetigo.
Adding to this, records show that the highest education level within the community is only at primary school level.
September 05, 2018
The primary water source of the Orang Asli community of Muadzam, Pahang is a self-dug well and rainwater catchment. The villagers use the water collected to drink and bathe. Villagers, especially women have to walk about 1-3km at least 3 times a day, which takes up to 3 hours a day to fetch water. Unfortunately, the water they fetch is highly contaminated due to the logging activities, plantation and soil erosion in the area.
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In 2018, Coway Malaysia continued its journey in aiding more people to access clean water through a collaboration with the Global Peace Foundation (GPF).
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Due to the limited and polluted water supply in Kampung Sungai Tiang, Coway introduced and installed the rainwater harvesting system, allowing residents to gain access to abundant filtered rainwater collected in a sizable tank.
The rainwater harvesting system comes with a pump that accommodates the water usage from its source to the villagers – a manageable and reliable solution designed as such due to its convenience in maintenance and usage. That way, the Orang Asli can easily maintain the rainwater harvesting system without having to be a skilled labour.
September 05, 2017
For the residents in Kampung Sungai Tiang, the only water source for the residents is spring water. Their water supply is limited as the residents have to share the water source with the plantation-watering agencies in Cameron Highlands. The unfiltered water supply contains sand, sediments and other impurities. Furthermore, the heavy plantation in Cameron Highlands releases chemicals into the river, causing the river water to be hazardous for consumption.
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Coway Malaysia collaborated with the Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA) to carry out its first instalment of Happy Water Project. The collaboration successfully reached out to help 327 residents from 73 Orang Asli families living in the remote area of Kampung Sungai Tiang, Cameron Highlands.
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Kg. Sungai Tiang
Number of Families: 73
Kg. Melai
Number of Families: 30
Kg. Riang
Number of Families: 14
Kg. Sega B
Number of Families: 8
Kg. Sega C
Number of Families: 9
Kg. Sega A
Number of Families: 6
Kg. Batu Putih
Number of Families: 36
Kg. Kantan
Number of Families: 12
Kg. Bukit Biru
Number of Families: 22
Kg. Bahu C
Number of Families: 4
Kg. Jenit
Number of Families: 22
Kg. Terubing 2A
Number of Families: 12
Kg. Bahu B
Number of Families: 4
Kg. Bahu A
Number of Families: 3
Kg. Cenodong
Number of Families: 30
Kg. Ulu Belat, Gambang
Number of Families: 20
Kg. Timpa Paha, Chini
Number of Families: 17
Kg. Batu Gong, Muadzam
Number of Families: 3
Kg. Kaya, Rompin
Number of Families: 16
Kg. Jemeri, Rompin
Number of Families: 18
Kg. Belbas, Rompin
Number of Families: 19
Kg. Gayung, Rompin
Number of Families: 17
*as of December 2019