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Scant survival among the Temiar After weeks trapped without food due to massive flooding in Malaysian East Coast, the Temiar Orang Asli were barely surviving until NGOs spearheaded flood relief efforts to send them aid and supplies. Video by The Star Online: http://youtu.be/tPf5kjSjpcw

JOAS Press Release | 31 January 2015 The disastrous damage to houses, sources of clean water and access roads in the recent flooding has been felt most strongly by the Orang Asli of Kelantan. It is estimated that about 30 villages remain as “difficult to reach” areas due to collapsed bridges, landslides, and alarmingly cracked

It was another round of heli-drops for the interior villages of Kuala Betis in Gua Musang, Kelantan on 25-26 January. DAP’s Tabung Dana Kecemasan made this possible, together with additional support from UNITED SIKHS. A total of 13 sorties were made (a sortie behind a journey beginning and ending at the landing base), with each sortie

Temiar villagers in the process of building temporary shelters after recent floods in Kuala Betis.   Timothy Achariam | Photos by Asyraf Rasid The Sun | 27 January 2015 The recent floods that hit remote villages near Kuala Betis has left Temiar tribe villagers in the area in dire straits. Although relief provisions sent by government

The life-risking stretch of road from Kampung Bawik to Pos Tohoi in the Kuala Betis regroupment scheme described in the article below (“In the interiors, abandoned by all”), is now passable to most sturdy vehicles. In fact, when we visited the area last week, some likened the road to a highway in the forest! Indeed,

Anjulie Ngan Malaysiakini.com | 20 January 2015 In entering the interiors of Kelantan that were most ravaged by recent floods, we found abandoned Orang Asli communities waiting for food for days, fuming at the state and federal governments ­ which come a calling to their areas only during elections. Malaysiakini joined an elite team that moved into

The Jahut communities of Paya Mendoi and Kampung Seboi (Kuala Krau, Pahang) were directly affected by the floods. Funds from the JOAS Flood Relief Fund were transferred to our local contact, Shafie Dris, who together with the villagers organized the purchase and delivery of some supplies on 31st December 2014.   JOAS Media Release |

Two more days of heli-visits were done by the UNITED SIKHS group with collaboration and coordination with JOAS-COAC and the local ground committee. For these two days (15-16 January), 8 teams of doctors and volunteers were also helicoptered in to the interior settlements of Gua Musang to provide medical aid and supplies. The doctors were

Another six isolated Temiar villages in the interior of the Betis and Nenggiri Rivers in Kelantan were served by helicopter aid drops on Wednesday, 7 January. This was again made possible as a result of UNITED SIKHS working with the local JOAS committee based at Kampung Parik in Kuala Betis, Gua Musang. The six villages were

Effects from the flood can be seen on the river banks where water came flowing down so fast that it shocked the villagers. Report by Koong Hui Yein  & Nikke Uda 6 January 2015 With last-minute arrangement and a team of dedicated volunteers, two truck loads of goods were managed to be sent to Kampung Chedau