My mission to Kampung Gana Kota Marudu.

Visit to Kg Gana, which is a resettlement village in Kota Marudu.
The dates are as follows:-
01 May to 03May (Thursday - Saturday)

That us....

It was quite a tough destination for us. But with the helped of the 4 wheels drive we managed to reach Kg Gana. We were also helped by the dentist doctor and her group from Kota Marudu Hospital.
I could say, Kampung Gana is located in the isolated place. The houses there looks bad. Some are abandon. It was a waste to build the house without someone living there. The soil are not fertile. That's the reason the communities living in Kg Gana are not into farming. There were no development in that area.

The crowds waiting for their turns...

Anyway, the medical screening had a good response. Everybody was attended except that the medicine we brought was not enough.
Our foods was taken care by the people there, but unfortunately was charged too expensive though we brought our own foods and they just had to cook for us....but anyway that was a lesson for us.

I liked the little house where we ate. We had a good sleep at the Kindergarten. It was quite cold at night and especially early morning. I am not sure if Mercy would come back to this place...maybe... :p

MY 3RD MERCY MISSION TO INARAD, KINABATANGAN

We met up at Q.E.H parking at 7.00AM. Adrain was our team leader. 2 female doctors were with us. We travel by road via Tambunan- Keningau road. We reached Keningau town and had our breakfast. We stop at Sook Keningau to have our lunch. From Sook Keningau we passed by Nabawan then went through the logging road to Inarad Kinabatangan. The road was bad.

We reached Inarad at 4.30 pm. The Kampung Chief and and the people welcome us.

The medicine was carried to the Kampung Chief's long house where the medical clinic was held there. Talk on general hygiene by volunteer Quin from Kuala Lumpur and Medical care was contributed to each members of the family that was presence that night. After the talk everybody started to leave for home suddenly the veranda of the long house collapsed.

Luckily I was quick for a sec....or else I would had fell too. Thanks God! nobody hurt. We spent our night in one of the empty house. I could hear dogs howling that night. In this village there was no power supply. Drinking water is from rain, river water is use for washing and bathing.

The next morning we woke up early and we started the clinic at 8.00 AM. I couldn't remember anymore how many patients we had. We finished in the evening and started packing the left over medications. Anyway it was a long day for us and we were so tired.

Before night we had a walked to the river. The river was not deep, lots of small and big stones. We saw people taking their bath and washing their cloths. That night the Kampung Chief invited us to his brother's house. There were having a feast in that long house too. I saw few jugs with rice wine and tapioca wine. They were beating gongs and we were asked to do the sumazau ( Murut style ) ohh.... I liked the way they waved their hands. I felt enjoy.

We left Kg. Inarad early morning after our breakfast. We say good bye to the Kampung Chief and thanks them for their hospitality. The foods was good. I hope to visit Inarad again in the next mission.

My Mission to Paitan 23-25 June, 2007

Mercy Boleh !!! we made it for Paitan Dr. Carol was our team leader.
To reach this place was an opportunity to render service to those who are really in need.

Look at the smile of all those Mercy Mission Members with Sr. Dorothy.

The villagers were waiting for their turn to get a check up.

This building is very simple but at least they have a place to gather for this Mercy Mission to do the work.

Kampung Delamas, Paitanis about 4 hours from Kota Kinabalu by road and another 45 minutes by boat to its jetty. No electricity supply there. Some houses have Solar Source. Drinking water is from rain water collected during raining, river water is use for washing and bathing. Villagers there are Orang Sungai about 300 -350 people, doing own farming and some working with Oil Plant Plantation.

Nearest health clinic is about 40 minutes by boat at Kg. Simpagan. Medical needs - deworming for children, treatment for scabies, Pap smear, skin disease & health talks.From Kg Delamas, the nearby was Kg Tagawi, Kg.Lubang Buaya, Kg Simpangan and Kg Bukit Tuhan. Total population of these 5 villages is estimated at 2,000.We were welcome by Sr.Dorothy, we spent the nights at the Sr. house.

Thanks to all the nice people. Many thanks to the person who had been taking care of our foods, drinks and the hospitality..I think if there is another medical camp in Paitan in the near future, I would like to volunteer. It’s really a nice place.

Oh yes.... I would not forget this..... That first night I saw a snake crawling in the house near the wall. That make me scream I was going to the toilet and I saw that black snake. The screaming scared the snake away that he vanished very fast.Oh...my...!! Luckily I didn't step that snake or else ...I don't know what would had happened to me, because I am really scared with that little creature.

Service to these villagers generated JOY

We continue to reach out to villages that are in need. There are many unfortunate villagers that are still waiting for help especially "Medical Needs".

Villagers too, need some good facilities to be used such as this building.

My First mission is to Tongod 20-24 April 2007

The Mercy Mission members, we are on our way home at Kg. Sinaron.
We stay united to bring support to the villagers.














With the big smile, here we see the future generation of Tongod.
See how happy are these children, may they continue to stay healthy and gain proper education for their future.






Medical Mission to 9 Villages in Tongod namely, the villages are Kampung Minusoh, Napagang, Mananam, Maliau , Namkon, Liupampang, Tampasak, Lanung and Kampung Saguon.

The nearest town is Telupid, It took us about five to six hours to reach our destination because of the road condition was very bad. It was like the porridge. The road was going up and down hill. If you had a pain on your shoulder or back you don't need someone to massage you.....because it will be done automatically.....when you were moved left and right every minute. We reached the village almost sunset. We had to sleep at the Village Clinic new and very big but unfortunately no water supply so we had to take our bath in the river. The water was so cold. Luckily we brought our sarung so we could float in the river. :))

The communities, from the nearby village turned up for the medical screening. Old, young and babies came. Everybody was given the medication they needed.
It ended up in the evening. It was a tiring day for everyone. We went to the river for our bath then later we had our dinner at the Chief house. We had to go to bed earlier that night.

Oh yes! Mercy baby was given birth that night. We called her the Mercy baby because she was attended by our 2 Mercy Nurse.

Hope to come back here for the next mission.