Maxis volunteers build homes for Orang Asli from the ground up

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Maxis volunteers, together with the Orang Asli families, in front of their brand new home

During the month of August, Maxis and its media agencies built a brand new home for two Orang Asli families each at Perkampungan Orang Asli Serendah, Rawang, Selangor. Held in two separate sessions from 19-21 August and 26-28 August, more than 60 volunteers completed building the homes from the ground up, with guidance from building specialists provided by EPIC Homes.

Called the Maxis Kongsi Home project, the company teamed up with Malaysia’s top online shopping destinations and EPIC Homes to create an innovative new way to give back to the local community by crowdfunding homes for families who has no safe place to live. Online shoppers simply needed to visit these shopping sites to purchase building materials for community home-building projects by EPIC Homes.

It was an unforgettable experience for these passionate volunteers to say the least. Here’s what some of the Maxis volunteers had to say:

“It was an amazing experience to be part of a team doing something that is not only fun and educational, but one that actually made a huge change in someone’s life. It shows what creativity and passion can do when blended with energy and enthusiasm.” said Adzhar Ibrahim who is also Maxis’ Head of People & Organisation.

“I think this is one of the most emotionally connected volunteering programmes I’ve ever been part of. Building this with friends from Maxis was so engaging and the sense of fulfillment is not something that we can get easily in any other CR programs. I definitely look forward to participating in more of this type of initiatives.” said Thum Wei Wen.

“It was truly a humbling experience, to see the children smiling and playing around their new home and tears of joy coming from their parents.. I’m just glad to be able to be a part of this new start in their life.” said a humbled Shazmin Ghazali.

“Little did I know I would be venturing into one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The camaraderie, enthusiasm passion and dedication to build a new home for a family made the journey an exhilarating and memorable one.” said Kunal Gupta.

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are few thousands worth of pure dedication and passion:

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Our videographer helping out!

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Even the ladies were there too

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Construction complete!

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