The volunteers load the goods into a pick-up truck.
BINTULU: More than RM60,000 worth of items will be transported by 84 four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicles to three Penan villages in Ulu Tinjar under the Charity Without Borders No 7 (CWB7) programme.
Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan said about 200 volunteers from throughout Sarawak would be driving for 10 hours to reach the villages.
“The last village, Long Liaw, will take us another two and a half hours via long boat,” he said during the official launching of the programme here yesterday.
The convoy will be leaving for Ulu Tinjar at 4am today (Dec 6).
Among the items to be distributed are rice, cooking oil, salt, sugar, Milo, milk powder, noodles, biscuits, stationery for the children, toys and tables for learning class.
Bintulu 4×4 Club is also sponsoring RM10,000 worth of water pipes to one of the villages.
The CWB programme was started by Wan in 2013 together with Bintulu 4×4 Club to help the needy people in Sarawak’s remote areas.
Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau and Bintulu 4×4 Club president Tie Sing Ung were among those present at the launching ceremony yesterday.