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Pulau Banggi in Sabah is Malaysia’s largest island.
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16 April 2016
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Capt Charlie Capt Charlie Retweeted Beyond Pitas
Thank you . You know who you are #BanggiWaterCrisis
Capt Charlie added,
saroki saroki Retweeted Beyond Pitas
Well done team. Just doing it, no ceremony etc. Thanks anonymous donor #BanggiWaterCrisis
saroki added,
Beyond Pitas 350 cartons of bottled water from a group of anonymous donors are on the way to #BanggiWaterCrisis now. Thank you! 
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Note the hanging bridge at the background. That was a river. Now villagers have to dig a well #BanggiWaterCrisis
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saroki Retweeted Masidi Manjun
Well said if only more YBs r like you. Some want publicity regard less of t suffering of rakyat #BanggiWaterCrisis
saroki added,
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Sending more to #BanggiWaterCrisis Safe clean drinking water is a human rights , especially for child! @beyondpitas
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Philip Golingai Collecting water from a drain where animals come to drink at Banggi, Malaysia’s largest island #BanggiWaterCrisis
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Water crisis in Banggi.. Pls help spread the words out! @MasidiM @MusaHjAman @MatUMNO @MyKinabatangan
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adella It seems that the response to the Banggi water crisis is very slow. Unprepared? No preparation?
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unɥsʞunɟlɐɯ unɥsʞunɟlɐɯ Retweeted JPAM Sabah
Gatal2 air dia skrg. Rasanya yg dasar sudah tu RT @MrTandaha: Banggi water crisis.
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JPAM Sabah Info # JPAMKudat @shahidan_kassim @kpjpam @TKPOjpam @mulliadi @JPAMtwiter @JPAMKUDAT
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Star
24 March 2016
Sabah island in dire straits
PETALING JAYA: Villagers on Sabah’s Pulau Banggi, the largest island in Malaysia, are facing a water crisis that has stretched on for three weeks.
Among the most affected on the island, which is the size of Singapore, are the elderly, the disabled, children and dozens of primary school students
The children have to walk over a kilometre to and from their classes in sweltering weather on an island made worse by a lack of basic amenities.
Water is already expensive at RM20 per 1,000 litres. In comparison, the price in the peninsula for 1,000 litres is less than RM1.
Showers and washing are also deemed luxuries and many villagers opt to use unclean water from wells and ponds instead.
Desonny Tuzan, co-founder of the Beyond Pitas non-government organisation, has highlighted the villagers’ plight through a series of tweets using the hashtag #BanggiWaterCrisis.
“The wells in Kg Palak in Pulau Banggi, Sabah, are drying up. There are three wells. One has a dead rat,” he tweeted yesterday.
For some, the nearest well can be up to a kilometre away.
Among those helping on the ground is Pastor Albert Adampai, 43, who has served the area under the Sidang Injil Borneo Church for over two years.
He said Felcra was supplying water to its workers in the area but the island’s main water tank has run dry, leaving villagers in dire need of clean treated water.
“The last two weeks were the worst. Whatever little water there was evaporated quickly because of the scorching sun,” he told The Star.
Without Good Samaritans like Albert, some elderly folk have to endure a 2km walk home daily under the weight of a 25-litre container.
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weehingthong 
Plenty of sun therefore plenty of energy. A DIY solar distiller is in order for those near the sea. For the well water, a few layers of used saree cloth will filter sediment and pathogens then a session of SODIS will render the water safe. There is also Lifestraw and its equivalents.
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