Ayu A/P Majid, 25 years old was born in Kampung Chengkelik, R.P.S. Kuala Betis, Gua Musang, Kelantan. Gua Musang is home to a sizable community of Orang Asli’s of which Ayu is one of them. As a young girl, Ayu had very noble aspirations of becoming a teacher. She had pretend play sessions with her friends where she taught them under a tree and her ‘students’ would listen attentively.
Kita semua tahu bahawa air adalah salah satu sumber kehidupan yang penting sebagai keperluan asas untuk setiap manusia. Malah, ia sangat mudah untuk mengambil air
Sejak kecil lagi, gadis orang asli Ayumajid yang berasal dari Kelantan bercita-cita untuk menjadi seorang guru kepada generasi yang akan datang.
The Orang Asli still live in extreme poverty in Malaysia. This short video depicts living conditions of the Temiar tribe of Orang Asli in Kelantan and Perak.
We all know that water is vitally important for survival and it is a basic human need. It’s easy to take granted clean water when we can have it at a turn of the tap. However, clean water is still a luxury for some Malaysians, namely the Orang Asli.
In Malaysia, the education of future generations is always held at a high priority. Yet, not everyone is given equal opportunity. The ‘Orang Asli’ (OA) community is an overlooked minority with 83% of the population still living in poverty[1]. Their lack of advancement can be partly attributed to the fact that opportunities for development and education are not readily available or accessible to many of them.
The aboriginal people of Malaysia, also known as Orang Asli’s makeup 178,197 of our population. As the first people group of the land, they should be far more progressive, if not, economically on par with the rest of Malaysian society. However, in 2000, they were identified as a vulnerable population with 83% of the population still living in poverty.
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