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Discover the transformative impact we've made in rural Sabah through our sustainable initiatives
View a brief of our charitable work impact and project footprint, showcasing our rural project beneficiaries, initiative progress, and key impact data across our various sustainable efforts.
GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM IMPACT FOR CLEAN WATER
More than 200 km of HDPE pipeline installed
Solved water issues for 50,000 population since 2016
Families in rural Sabah highly rely on natural hill water sources due to limited public water access. In Kadamaian, Kota Belud, 74 poverty-stricken villages face growing populations and worsening water scarcity.
An average family of four needs 3,000 gallons of water monthly for basic needs. During droughts, families must buy mineral water from distant towns, spending up to 50% of their savings. This financial strain deepens poverty, making improved water access crucial to easing economic hardship and enhancing rural livelihoods.
SUSTAINABLE FARMING IMPACT FOR FOOD SECURITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC
Empowered over 900 families to begin farming
Harvested over 50,000 kg for self consumption and sale for income
With reliable water access, our charity empowers rural families to start sustainable farming, cultivating high-yield leafy greens, longer-term fruit crops, and tilapia fish. These fresh food sources became vital during the pandemic, as families faced severe food and income crises, heavily relying on unsustainable aid.
To tackle this, we launched community farming workshops to equip families with the materials, skills, and guidance for sustainable farming. By growing food for their needs and selling surplus harvest, families can break the cycle of dependency and build lasting resilience. This initiative fosters self-reliance, sustainability, and transforms rural livelihoods.
REBUILDING RURAL BRIDGE IMPACT
Rebuilt 75,000 meters of total bridge length
Resolved 4,500 villagers accessibility and safety issues
For years, poor rural infrastructure (suspension bridges) has been a concern for families, especially when their children rely on these bridges every day to get across rivers and dangerous terrain.
Many rural bridges are decades-old and are constructed from aging wooden planks and weak, basic materials. Over time, severe weather deteriorates these simple structures to become safety hazards for their users. This poses great risks to the daily users lives, especially for children walking to-and-fro school and farmers traveling to their fields.
Our NGO identifies unsafe rural bridges and restores their safety with the communities, having improved accessibility for 4,500 rural Sabahans. Using recycled tires as a sustainable alternative to wooden planks, we reinforce the structures for greater durability and long-term reliability, ensuring safer access for villagers while promoting lasting sustainability and reducing waste.
RURAL EDUCATION IMPACT
Improved English reading proficency in 20 rural children
75% improved proficiency in 20 weeks of tuition
Hopes Malaysia launched a 20-week English reading program for 20 rural students in 2024, pairing each child with a trained tutor for weekly lessons of at least an hour. Our pre-program diagnostics showed all students were below their proficiency year-level and struggled to communicate in English, a widespread issue for children in Sabahs rural community.
Upon completion, all students demonstrated reading growth; 75% advancing their English proficiency year-level (such as from Year 1 to Year 3) and 25% improving essential skills, such as word recognition and fluency. We aim to expand this program promptly as many rural students still struggle in learning English.
REPURPOSING ORGANIC WASTE FOR SUSTAINABLE FEED IMPACT
Repurposing 100kg of organic waste monthly from urban stores
Reducing farming cost by 50% monthly from sustainable feed
Expired dry food waste is often discarded commercially, contributing to greater wastage and higher local landfill levels. Rising inflation has also limited rural families in accessing consistent protein sources for their daily dietary needs.
Our in-house initiative focuses on collecting over 100 kg of dry food waste from urban Sabah stores and repurposing it to benefit the rural communities. The collected expired food waste is sustainably transformed into supplementary feed pellets for livestock, used by our rural project farmers to nutritiously feed their fish and chickens with reduced farming costs.
This proves to be a sustainable solution for both rural villagers and the local environment.
Installed more than
200 KM
of HDPE Pipeline
Solved water issues for
50,000 population
since 2016
Families in rural Sabah highly rely on natural hill water sources due to limited public water access. In Kadamaian, Kota Belud, 74 poverty-stricken villages face growing populations and worsening water scarcity.
An average family of four needs 3,000 gallons of water monthly for basic needs. During droughts, families must buy mineral water from distant towns, spending up to 50% of their savings. This financial strain deepens poverty, making improved water access crucial to easing economic hardship and enhancing rural livelihoods.
Empowered over
900 families
to begin farming
Harvested over
50,000kg of crops
for self-consumption and sale for income
With reliable water access, our charity empowers rural families to start sustainable farming, cultivating high-yield leafy greens, longer-term fruit crops, and tilapia fish. These fresh food sources became vital during the pandemic, as families faced severe food and income crises, heavily relying on unsustainable aid.
To tackle this, we launched community farming workshops to equip families with the materials, skills, and guidance for sustainable farming. By growing food for their needs and selling surplus harvest, families can break the cycle of dependency and build lasting resilience. This initiative fosters self-reliance, sustainability, and transforms rural livelihoods.
Rebuilt and Upgraded
75,000 Meters
of total bridge length
Resolved
4,500 villagers
accessibility and safety issues
For years, poor rural infrastructure (suspension bridges) has been a concern for families, especially when their children rely on these bridges every day to get across rivers and dangerous terrain.
Many rural bridges are decades-old and are constructed from aging wooden planks and weak, basic materials. Over time, severe weather deteriorates these simple structures to become safety hazards for their users. This poses great risks to the daily users lives, especially for children walking to-and-fro school and farmers traveling to their fields.
Our NGO identifies unsafe rural bridges and restores their safety with the communities, having improved accessibility for 4,500 rural Sabahans. Using recycled tires as a sustainable alternative to wooden planks, we reinforce the structures for greater durability and long-term reliability, ensuring safer access for villagers while promoting lasting sustainability and reducing waste.
Improved English
Reading Proficiency in
20 Rural Children
75% Improved
proficiency in 20-weeks of tutelage
Hopes Malaysia launched a 20-week English reading program for 20 rural students in 2024, pairing each child with a trained tutor for weekly lessons of at least an hour. Our pre-program diagnostics showed all students were below their proficiency year-level and struggled to communicate in English, a widespread issue for children in Sabahs rural community.
Upon completion, all students demonstrated reading growth; 75% advancing their English proficiency year-level (such as from Year 1 to Year 3) and 25% improving essential skills, such as word recognition and fluency. We aim to expand this program promptly as many rural students still struggle in learning English.
Repurposing
100 KG of waste
monthly from local urban stores
Reducing farming costs by
50% monthly
from sustainable feed
Expired dry food waste is often discarded commercially, contributing to greater wastage and higher local landfill levels. Rising inflation has also limited rural families in accessing consistent protein sources for their daily dietary needs.
Our in-house initiative focuses on collecting over 100 kg of dry food waste from urban Sabah stores and repurposing it to benefit the rural communities. The collected expired food waste is sustainably transformed into supplementary feed pellets for livestock, used by our rural project farmers to nutritiously feed their fish and chickens with reduced farming costs.
This proves to be a sustainable solution for both rural villagers and the local environment.
Our impactful campaigns addresses pressing community and societal issues while delivering lasting benefits to Sabah's rural communities. These empowerment initiatives focus on addressing urgent basic needs, including access to clean water, sustainable farming for food security, and environmental sustainability — all of which need your support to thrive. Together, we can create lasting change and improve the lives of those who need it most.
