IPOH: The Health Ministry has been carrying out programmes to improve nutrition among orang asli children at Pos Kemar near Gerik since 2010.
In a statement issued by Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu’s office, it stated that the initiative under the Community Feeding Programme had been expanded to seven settlements from the initial four.According to the information gathered by the Mentri Besar’s office from the state Health Department, local volunteers provide children there with milk, biscuits and vitamins once a week.
It added that the remaining children failed to get the vaccinations as their parents moved deeper into the jungles. The Mentri Besar's office also said that logging activities are carried out through a selective logging method where only trees which meet standard requirements are allowed to be logged after the tagging process.
The orang asli had also claimed that there is little left of their food bank, the jungle due to rampant deforestation.
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