{"id":10395,"date":"2020-11-27T08:41:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T00:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/?p=10395"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:06:45","slug":"in-creating-a-sense-of-unity-among-the-women-of-kampung-munggu-kopi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/2020\/11\/27\/in-creating-a-sense-of-unity-among-the-women-of-kampung-munggu-kopi\/","title":{"rendered":"In creating a sense of unity among the women of Kampung Munggu Kopi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Kampung Munggu Kopi Women\u2019s Bureau in Serian was established in 2014 with about 80 active members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere, we highly encouraged married women in our village to join the women\u2019s bureau so that their welfare and wellbeing will be taken care of,\u201d said Chairman of Kampung Munggu Kopi Women\u2019s Bureau, Angela Anak Peter Sundang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the women\u2019s bureau was established, Angela noted that the women in the village do not exhibit any spirit of unity as they are not involved in any activities together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chairman of Kampung Munggu Kopi Women\u2019s Bureau, Angela Anak Peter Sundang, 44<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In taking care of the women\u2019s welfare, Angela said that that they would give the money to new mothers who have just gave birth to help them into entering motherhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA week after any of our members give birth, we will visit her to give her the money and for those who are sick and got admitted to the hospital, we will also visit her,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explained that they would use money from the annual membership fee of RM15 per person to generate funds that will then be used to organise various activities for the women\u2019s bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As most of the members of the women\u2019s bureau are housewives and farmers, Angela hopes that through the activities organised by the women\u2019s bureau will give them more exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Member of the Kampung Munggu Kopi Women\u2019s Bureau, Rosy Anak Peter Sundang, 47<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Kampung Munggu Kopi Women\u2019s Bureau, Rosy Anak Peter Sundang said that among the main activity is cooking demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs of now, we mostly organised a cooking demonstration making kuih<\/em> (cakes) at the community hall,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes, when we have guests coming over to our village, the members will get together to cook,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from that, an allocation was given last year to the women\u2019s bureau to build a store along with purchasing cooking equipment for the women to conduct their cooking activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Member of the Kampung Munggu Kopi Women\u2019s Bureau, Ronie Anak Ganot, 52<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another member, Ronie Anak Ganot then added that the women\u2019s bureau is hoping of inviting someone to their village for a cooking demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the near future, we hope to invite someone over to show these women how to cook some dishes that we do not get to cook often,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from cooking demonstration, Angela said that she hopes the women will be involved in entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of the women here are weavers and among the crafts they produce includes bemban<\/em> mats and tambuk <\/em>(bag),\u201d said Angela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kampung Munggu Kopi was formerly known to produce coffee beans where the local community is now trying to revive it back again<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, she lamented that while they do have the weaving skills, they women struggles in marketing their products to potential customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hope that the women can sell their products at the nearest town, but one of our problems now is that most of us do not have transportation,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon, Angela added that perhaps the women through the Kampung Munggu Kopi Women\u2019s Bureau can market their products using online marketing to generate extra income and be financially independent.<\/p>\n

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