Malaysia: ‘Hijrah warrior’ urban farm, new chapter for the homeless

“We want to transform the homeless group into agropreneurs.”

By Bernama
News Arawak Tribune
April 18, 2021

Excerpt:

KUALA LUMPUR: Having lost his sense of purpose, Mus (not his real name) who was rendered homeless when he came to the capital to seek employment, now has a new spirit and determination to become a successful farmer one day.

This is a result of new know-how he gained via the ‘Hijrah Warrior’ urban farm project at the Anjung Kelana Transformation Centre here since early last month which piqued his interest in planting vegetables such as cucumber, maize and ‘sawi’ (mustard greens), thus injecting a spirit to succeed like everyone else.

“I have never held a hoe back in my kampung. Everything was taught here from A to Z. It’s fun and I get excited when I see the farm, I laboured on bearing fruit. I hope I will continue to be given the opportunity to farm like now,” he told Bernama.

Mus was among 70 homeless people in the urban farming programme, a brainchild of the Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa, who was guided to venture into urban farming as an initiative to change their lifestyle and steer them away from their predicaments.

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