Tang wants to encourage disabled communities to contribute to nation-building by going into farming. Photo: Tony Wong
When Stanley Yap Wei Lun, 37, needs leafy greens, he just walks out to the backyard to harvest them.
The founder of Persatuan Kebajikan Orang-orang Tua Bahagia Selangor (En Yuan Old Folks Home) in Petaling Jaya has 33 vegetable containers – called Hope Boxes – which use a terrarium system that self-regenerates for months without fertilisers.
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Tang wants to encourage disabled communities to contribute to nation-building by going into farming. Photo: Tony Wong
Tang wants to help NGOs achieve financial independence with his satellite farming project. Photo: Dr Billy Tang
Ong Hong Ming, a resident at Persatuan Kebajikan Orang-orang Tua Bahagia Selangor, enjoys harvesting vegetables from his terrarium box. Photo: Stanley Yap
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