PACOS Trust is a community-based organisation dedicated to supporting indigenous communities in Sabah. The organisation strives to empower indigenous communities through systematic building and strengthening of community organisations, which can act collectively on its own. They also support networking among organisations struggling to assert rights over community resources and revitalising indigenous systems.
TObpinai NIngkokoton koBUruon kampuNG (Friends of Village Development) is an indigenous-lead organisation that develops sustainable alternatives for rural electrification while advocating for native rights and supporting local entrepreneurship and innovation around Southeast Asia.
Green Empowerment works with rural communities and partners around the world to improve access to affordable and renewable energy, safe drinking water, sanitation systems, fuel efficient cook stoves and more. With GE support, systems are designed, constructed and maintained by the communities that benefit from them to ensure long-term economic and environmental sustainability.
Training modules in this category will focus on conveying strategies and protocols for sustainable community-based watershed management and monitoring. The initial focus will be on creating a bottom up approach towards identifying and monitoring the conservation value of watersheds in micro-hydro system related areas over time, but will eventually incorporate advanced mapping tools.
The Sabah RE2 Training Curricula is a culmination of our past two years down the roadmap combined with decades of technical and field experience. Refer here for all instructions and guidelines needed to facilitate this training programme.
These course materials were used in the training and engagement of the local community in various rural regions of Sabah. Refer here for presentation slides, training exercises, spreadsheets, and more.