Gotong Royong With RT OUG - Dangue Awareness Campaign

A Gotong Royong was jointly organized by RT OUG and RC Sri Petaling on the  29 August 2010, with the assistance from the Health Department of DBKL. A total of 10 Rotarian and Anns from RC Sri Petaling, 20 Interactors from SM Sri Saujana Sri Petaling and about 10 members from Rukun Tetangga OUG Zone E and G participated in this project.  It started at about 9:30am and everything came to a happy ending at about 12:00 noon.

Due to the recent outbreak of the Dengue fever in OUG (11 reported cases ) , DBKL and the
residents in OUG are very concerned and worried about the situation and therefore Gotong Royong was suggested. 

The main aim of the Gotong Royong is to distribute the flyers(checklist of the possible water log areas in the house) from door to door in order to inform and educate the residentson the great importance of eradicating the breeding grounds of the mosquitoes. During the exercise, any unwanted containers could be placed outside of the house for the DBKL trucks to collect.

The selected roads (hot spots) for the Gotong Royong were Jalan Gerimis, Jalan Hujan 8, Jalan Gerimis 1 and Jalan Gerimis 2. The participants were divided into 5 groups, and every group was headed by the members of OUG RT. 

The briefing for the Gotong Royong was conducted by Dr. Umi from the Health Department of DBKL. The briefing and gathering point was in the Pondok of Rukun Tetangga OUG.

President BC Khoo and PP Kum Sing were enjoying the walk. Beside them is RTN Chan, as usual busying taking the best shot. PP Kum Sing walked the first time here even though staying few blocks away in the Taman.

Not only the compound of the houses need to be cleaned, but the drains outside also need to be
looked after as well. This drain is clogged in front of a row of houses and the water is not flowing: the best place for mosquitoes to breed. This problem was highlighted to Dr Umi of DBKL and she promised to do something on it. She will call the drainage department to clean up the clogged drain.

Interactors were the helpful lots. After finishing the walk, they wasted no time to clean up the compound of the Rukun Tetangga. A BIG Thank You Interactors for the job well done.

Hopefully with this tiny effort, we may achieved something to struck the heart of the people living in this vicinity to be aware of the seriousness of the Dengue epidemic they are facing now. We must not be disappointed by a few of the residents who gave us the cold shoulder and not responding to our call. We should be proud of ourselves by sacrificing our Sunday morning, standing in the heat of the blazing sun, just for a good deed.

For more photographs of the event, please click HERE!

Article contributed by PP Foo SJ