Long-term initiatives transforming Malaysia's water villages into thriving, sustainable communities.
"Long After We Leave"
Every project we run begins in the same place: a water village, and the people who call it home. Rather than deliver one-off aid, we build lasting local solutions — turning waste into opportunity, walls into canvases, and communities into stewards of their own coastline.
Each initiative is one step toward the same goal: villages that are cleaner, prouder, and able to sustain themselves.
We transform village houses into vibrant murals that build community pride and draw visitors — turning a neglected water village on Pulau Gaya into a living, walkable canvas.
1st Ocean Debris Pathway in Malaysia
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The programme that pays for the rest. Visitors clear the reef, press the plastic they collect into eco-bricks, and spend the afternoon with the Bajau Laut — turning tourism into conservation funding that stays on the island.
UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge recognised
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A schools programme that ends with something students can hold. We teach plastic pollution, let teams solve it for their own school or kampung, then sew shopping bags from used clothes — each tagged and traceable.
3 schools across Kedah, Penang and Sabah
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A collaboration with the US Embassy in KL and DBKK under the Clean KK committee. Launched in mid-October 2022 and completed in May 2023, we educated school children from 5 schools and adults in 2 water villages around Kota Kinabalu.
UNDP Island Innovation Challenge Winner
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Large-scale clean-up drives that mobilise volunteers to remove plastic waste from Sabah's island shores — restoring coastlines and protecting the marine life villages depend on.
20.13t of waste collected
See DetailsWe're always dreaming up what's next for Malaysia's water villages. If you have a bold idea, a cause you care about, or a way we could work together — we want to hear it. Our next project might just start with you.