Food aid air flown to Orang Asli villages ahead of monsoon


Here you go: Firemen and Civil Defence Force personnel making a human chain to load up a helicopter with the food items meant for the Orang Asli villages in Kelantan. — Bernama

GUA MUSANG: The Fire and Rescue Department’s Air Unit has sent 6,255kg of food aid to four Orang Asli villages in this district in preparation for the north-east monsoon.

The aid was sent via a Mi-17-IV helicopter to 417 families in Kampung Gob, Kampung Simpor, Kampung Gawin and Kampung Jader on Thursday and yesterday, Bernama reported.

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