Welcome to my blog again guys. How are you guys doing? Currently, I am writing my blog again to share with you guys on the contents from the InSAF-OIL Webinar Series that my classmates and I attend through Zoom platform last week with the present of one of the community volunteer from Kebun-Kebun Bangsar, Ms Joanne Mun. It has been one of the most inspiring and interesting webinar i guess because my mind got opened up very wide on the existence of the Kebun-Kebun Bangsar. So, before this, i got zero knowledge about this thing. I never knew that there is Kebun-Kebun Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur. Maybe there is also some of you who did not realize on the existence of the Kebun-Kebun Bangsar, so let me share with you a bit of my knowledge that i gain in the previous webinar. Hoping that it will be useful for you guys now and in the future.
What is actually Kebun-Kebun Bangsar? It is actually an urban community vegetable farm spanning 2.5 acres that sits on a hill in a residential area where you will see a significant views of KL's skyline from here. Entrance fees? Do not worry because it is free to enter whenever u want to and it is kind of home to live animals, flowers and sprouting vegetables which is very suitable for those who are looking for a family-friendly and beautiful spots to enjoy. They also have around 50++ active volunteers who work on daily and weekly basis who also do have knowledge ground on the ecosystem and biophilia in order to co-exist with animals and nature.
Actually, before you enter Kebun-Kebun Bangsar, you will see a board written "10 Principles" exactly at the entrance for you to take note of. It contains some good points such as to tread lightly on the land and respecting the neighbours and give consciousness. Not to forget, it also encourage participation from all of us, which means that if you want to volunteer yourself to help in the garden, then you are most welcome. as you could also get to experience and learn lots of new things here.
So, the existence of Kebun-Kebun Bangsar is mainly focusing on cultivating a social ecosystem and the spirit of Gotong-Royong among all Malaysians. It is also to encourage more and more people out there to contribute in changing our country to become a better place to live.
I still have lots of interesting knowledge to share with you guys. So, do you guys know the initiatives of doing this project? Perhaps you do not know it. But no worries, let me share it. This impressive project is a not-for-profit community farm which would benefits the communities that need food the most where the needy people who could not afford to buy vegetables in the market could get their fresh vegetables from this Kebun-Kebun Bangsar. From my own perspectives, the existence of Kebun-Kebun Bangsar does really helps lots of needy people out there in terms of food because they could get it just for free.
As we can see in the above picture, you guys could also have a great time spent with your families as you will get the chance to let your children to play and feed the animals on their own. Parents who already get bored bringing their children playing at the theme parks, you guys could bring your children to play here once in a while because i guaranteed that it will be one of an unforgettable memories to them as they could get closer to the nature and animals and eventually would instill a sense of love in them towards animals and nature.
If by chance we could relate the initiatives of Kebun-Kebun Bangsar with SDG, we could say that by having this Kebun-Kebun Bangsar, we could provide sustainable food system to needy people in order to achieve the Zero Hunger in Malaysia. Other than that, we could also add some greeneries to city, help restore biodiversity and provide refuge to fauna.
One more thing that i would like to share with you guys is regarding on the existence of Kebun-Kebun Kerinchi where they introduce permaculture urban farming to urbanites & supply healthy food to B40 community at nearby PPR flats. What can i say about this Kebun-Kebun Kerinchi is that it focuses on providing healthy food to children from B40 families due to survey being taken from PPR Pantai and PPR Pantai Ria in Lembah Pantai. According to their survey, is stated that 3 in 2 families do not have an adequate money to buy food in recent months.
Before I end my blog, I would like to encourage all of us to take some actions to make a change for our world. Instead of volunteering yourself in this program, you could also donate some money or dispose your own organic waste and turn it into compost to fertilise the plants in Kebun-Kebun Bangsar. Hoping that this short blog of mine will open your mind to be aware of this project and i do hope thati could give a visit to Kebun-Kebun Bangsar one day.
Bye guys.... See you in my next blog.
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