Protect Coral Reefs in Malaysia

From January until now, our team on Mantanani Island has successfully prevented more than 70,000 plastic bottles from ending up polluting the island and its surrounding environments. With the recycling collection centre (Mantanani Plastic Recycling Centre) on the island, which was established in 2018 and run by our team together with members of the local community, recyclable materials such as plastic bottles were compacted before being packed and sent out of the island to recycling centre on mainland. Every month, our team collected around 7,000 plastic bottles, especially PET bottles. Other recyclable materials such as glass bottles, cans, metals and electrical wastes were also sent out of the island.

Our team is also looking at upcycling some of the plastic wastes and turning them into something new such as PP plastic wastes which were shredded into small pieces using machine and used as pillow fillings, HDPE plastic wastes were turned into fridge magnets and single-use sachets were turned into purses. These products are still in their experimental phase.

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Kampung Song-Song located in Kota Belud, Sabah has been identified as one of the poorest village around the area.

With our team's experience in working on alternative livelihood programmes on various islands, several workshops on economic activities for the community such as sewing, traditional handicraft, the building of a Community Learn Centre, and establishment of a women's association has been conducted from June to November this year.

Just last week, 20 women & girls from the Kg. Song-Song community joined a 6-day handicraft training to learn how to weave different handicrafts using Serdang leaves. The handicrafts made will be sold to help community earn some money for themselves and their family.

Improving the livelihoods and education for rural or small communities is an effective way to lift them out of poverty. We hope this programme will serve as a first step in providing them with necessary skills to generate sustainable income, and ultimately uplifting the lives of the Song-Song village community. 

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