Contribution to Orang Asli in Janda Baik

The children who are being sponsored by EM

In carrying out Elektrisola’s good corporate citizen’s vision, one of it’s agenda is to sponsor four Orang Asli children to attend school. EM has been giving a scholarship incentive to these four Orang Asli children to encourage them to go to school. If their attendance is 100% for a month, they will get RM100.00 each. If the attendance is not 100%, then the amount will be pro-rated. With this kind of incentive, it has helped them to have more interest in going to school and be successful. Normally, these children did not go to school because they have to help their parents with some work in order to earn their living. But we want to encourage the new generation of Orang Asli to be educated so that they can improve their life in the future.

The children have managed to get this sponsorship by the initiative of Puan Hajah Maria Wan Don, one of the community activists in Janda Baik. She is a Swiss, who was married to a local Malaysian, but her husband had passed away. Puan Maria has put up her continuous effort to improve the Orang Asli standard of living. Her effort means a lot to the Orang Asli in Janda Baik and we all would like to thank Puan Maria so much!

Attached is a little note of thank you from one of the four children sponsored by EM.

Tranlsation to Malay:

Dalam mencapai visi Elektrisola menjadi warga korporat terbaik, salah satu agendanya ialah menaja empat orang anak Orang Asli ke sekolah. EM telah memberi bantuan seakan biasiswa kepada empat orang anak Orang Asli untuk menggalakkan mereka ke sekolah. Sekiranya kedatangan mereka 100% sebulan, mereka akan mendapat RM100 seorang. Sekiranya kedatangan kurang dari 100%, jumlah bayaran tersebut akan dikira mengikut jumlah kedatangan mereka. Dengan adanya insentif ini, ia dapat membantu mereka untuk lebih berminat ke sekolah dan ingin berjaya. Lazimnya, kanak-kanak ini tidak ke sekolah kerana mereka terpaksa membantu ibu-bapa mereka bekerja untuk mendapat sara hidup. Tetapi kita ingin memberi galakan kepada generasi baru Orang Asli ini menjadi terpelajar supaya dapat membaiki masa depan mereka.

Kanak-kanak ini berjaya mendapat tajaan ini kerana hasil usaha Puan Hajah Maria Wan Don, salah seorang aktivis kemasyarakatan di Janda Baik. Beliau berasal dari Switzerland dan telah berkahwin dengan orang tempatan. Puan Maria tidak jemu-jemu berusaha membantu masyarakat Orang Asli di Janda Baik semata-mata untuk meningkatkan taraf hidup mereka. Usaha beliau amat bererti buat semua Orang Asli di Janda Baik dan kita semua berterima kasih yang tidak terhingga kepada Puan Maria.

Dilampirkan di atas ucapan terima kasih dari kanak-kanak Orang Asli ini kepada EM.