KiTA
KiTA BRINGS BACK THE GREEN IN KINABATANGAN
On the morning of 10th June 2021, members of KiTA (Kinabatangan-Corridor of Life Tourism Operators Association) brought together 50 village folks of Kampung Abai, Kinabatangan to gather at the Dewan Abai to receive their vaccination as part of the prevention measure towards curbing of Covid-19. The recipients included Abai village folks and staff of KiTA member lodges who are from that village.
As Malaysia enters into yet another Movement Control Order (i.e. MCO) the executive members of KiTA are concerned with the low registration and vaccination rate at Sabah. As of 10th June 2021, the registration rate of Sabah (from www.vaksincovid.gov.my) stood at 20.66% and vaccination rate stood at 7.29%. Kinabatangan area only achieved 6.03% of registration rate. The target need to achieve herd immunity is 80%!
Executive members of KiTA therefore contacted the Kinabatangan hospital and together, rolled out a registration and vaccination exercise.
It started on 9th June, at Kampung Sukau where 86 village folks together with some staff of Kita member lodges were vaccinated before moving to Kampung Abai. It is of hope that those who have been vaccinated will pass on by word of mouth, the need for vaccination in order to achieve herd immunity.
Ms. Amy Chin of SI Tours Sdn Bhd who has a tourism lodge at Kampung Abai helped to co-ordinate the vaccination exercise. “It is important to all work together during this time’ said Amy. “I am especially glad that KiTA led this initiative and show to the Kampung Abai folks that KiTA is very much concern of their well-being and part of the community’ added Amy.
“We hope that the folks who have taken the vaccination will help to pass on the news to the others through word of mouth and speed up the process of vaccination” said Alexander Yee, president of KiTA. And he went on to say “At this moment, the only hope to curb and fight Covid-19 is by achieving 80% vaccinations for our population. The sooner we can achieve this, the faster we can get back on our feet and resume daily lives. We have to chase time as we have been under several forms of lock down for over a year now.”
As part of KiTA’s effort to encourage the village folks to be vaccinated, the Association has set aside 500 bags of 5kg rice packs to gift to the first 500 village folks who have taken the vaccination on 30th June 2021 at the Kinabatangan hospital. We will be conducting the vaccination exercise on a weekly basis. For more information, please contact kitaborneo@gmail.com
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