UNIARMNEWS: January 2007

Information / report on Bukit Ibam villages affected by floods

Location: Asrama Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Ibam
Guru Besar : Loefi Mohd
Students: All Orang Asli children between the ages of 7 to 17 years old.
Donations delivered: Toiletries (soaps, shampoo etc), school clothes, stationeries as well as blankets and towels.
Comments: Need more school stuff (read: textbooks, exercise books, papers, etc) urgently due to floods.

Location : Kg Buluh Nipis
Tok Batin: Hassan Bin Maidin / Mat bin Tengek (80 yrs old)
Village population: 200 families
Flood Victims: 16 families
Donations delivered: 16 packages of mixed foodstuff, 16 x 10kg rice, mineral water and used clothings.
Comments : Houses with visible watermarks between 4 to 6 ft. We were informed that 2 houses were totally submerged i.e. under 10 ft of water.

Location: Kg Aur
Ketua Kampung: Abidin Mat Isar / Mohd Nor bin Mat Lasu (AJK)
Population: 300
Flood Victims: 38 families.
Donations delivered: 38 packages mixed foodstuff, 38 x 10 kg rice bags, mineral water and used clothings.
Comments: 2 houses totally demolished by the flood. Walking bridge damaged. Water marks of 2 ft to 6 ft visible from houses situated nearby the river. Trees and plants with floodwater marks.

Location: Kg Kemara.- Village further upriver.
Ketua: Not available.
Population: 30
Flood victims: 6 families
Donations delivered: 6 bags of mix foodstuff, 6 x 10kg rice and used clothings.
Comments : Dropped off foodstuff at Kedai Runcit Aziz by the river where villagers can collect foodstuff when they come by boat.

Location : Kg Plum
Tok Batin: Husain Dagang
Population: 41 Families
Flood victims: 31 Families
Donations delivered: 31 packages of mixed foodstuff, 31 x 10kg rice and used clothings.
Comments: Houses flooded with water level between 4 ft to rooftops.

Location : Kg Aur Keladang
Tok Batin: Pandak bin Aloi
Flood Victims: 15 families
Donations delivered: 15 packages of mixed foodstuff, 15 x 10kg rice and used clothings.
Comments: This village was totally cut off during the floods.

Location : Kg Ganum
Ketua: Amir bin Sidin – Pengurus Ketua Cawangan UMNO.
Tok Batin: Yusoh bin Peggy
(Note Tok Batin has been hospitalized)
Population: 100 families
Flood Victims: 20 families
Donations delivered: 20 package of mixed foodstuff, 20 x 10kg rice and used clothings.
Comments: 5 houses badly damaged by the floods.

Location : Kg Langkap Lama
Ketua: Roma Bin Ali – Wakil Ketua Kampung.
Population: 15 families
Flood Victims: 15 families
Donations delivered: 15 packages of mixed foodstuff, 15 x 10kg rice, used clothings.
Comments : This village was also totally cut off by the floods.

Location : Kg Jubar
Tok Batin: Kachin Bin Jinal
Population: 37 families
Flood Victims: 37 families
Donations delivered: 40 packages of mixed foodstuff, 40 x 10kg rice and used clothings.
Comments : The villagers were cut off for 2 weeks due to floods. Some parts of roads were submerged under 12 ft of water. Children could not go to school. Amongst all the villagers, this is by far the most remote village. An hour’s drive through dirt road tracks, mud pools and steep slopes.