THIS SITE gives viewers a glimpse of the beautiful but unsung parts of Malaysia. As a social aid movement, fund generated from activities and adverts helps sustain OO’s operational cost and fund community projects in the Malaysian countryside.
Voluntary simplicity is living a life that is outwardly simple but inwardly rich. With less consumerism lifestyle, our ecological resource suffers less impact.
About us & contact
Combing the length and width of Malaysia for interesting outdoor tales have nudged us to some of the best vistas for nature, heritage, history, and ah yes, our favourite - food. On the flip side, it has also opened up our eyes to poverty that plague rural communities. We never get use to that part of traveling. In all honesty, they are the soul of the country and there is nothing more human than to ask “What can I do to help?”.
So, here it is, our little contribution to backwaters community: Linking urbanites to rural communities through community work, conservation drive and learning-based activities. Being a socially responsible movement, fund generated from advertisement, activities and trips help sustain our operational cost and fund community works in the countryside. We prefer to remain small, informal and low profiled as it gives us the flexibility to work.
As a spin off, our community work includes keeping this blog cranking to help viewers take a peek into the beautiful but unsung parts of Malaysia. We hope this would dispel fear for venturing into the wild interiors and encourages people to learn more about hidden communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why the name Outskirt Outreach ?
First and foremost, we are a social movement and we believe that charity begins at home. All projects, events and activities pieced together by us go to support the sole aim of highlighting and helping hidden communities that pepper the countryside of our home state Perak, Malaysia.
This blog is one of our prime projects in opening a window for urbanites to take a peek at the countryside and learn about its unsung beauty and diversity - warts and all.
2. How do OO fund itself ?
We usually kiss people who ask that question. No matter how noble, running social aid work needs money to pay for administration, utilities, transports, as well as our financial obligations to projects and people we promised to help.
But we don’t want to beg.
This sets us apart from many social movements that rely on money donation and supporters’ generosity to make ends meet. We prefer to fend for ourselves with the skills and knowledge that we possess. So, little offerings like excursions, photo field trips, giving talks and jungle-based learning programs help us raise fund. By keeping this blog well stocked with the best information on off grid travels, visitor hits also churn some income through Technorati Engage, Nuffnang and Google Adsense.
3. How do OO help hidden communities ?
Special skills offered by volunteers, fund raised and support received from our friends, guests and affiliates are channeled to rural communities in jungle fringes, most which are located off-grid and difficult to reach, via our monthly visitation and distribution trips usually done over weekends.
Contact Us
To email us, address it to Salina Idris or Helena Tang at outskirtoutreach (the account is with @gmail.com) and don’t forget to cc it to travelscenes (the account is with @yahoo.com.my).
PLEASE NOTE: Emails whizzing to and fro Asia may be filtered off as spams by mailbox servers in US/Europe; no thanks to get-rich-quick scams originating in Asia. If you do not get a reply within 2 working days, it is possible that our email has been mistakenly blocked. Kindly resend. We always reply within 24 hrs if it’s a working day.