The word “OROU”, in the Murut language means “The Sun”. “Orou Sapulot – Back In Time, Natural Village Sanctuary” program was established by Borneo Outback Tours Sdn. Bhd. with the vision to help the economic development of the villagers primarily in the Sepulot Village area and its surrounding.

Besides that, OROU Sapulot also endeavors to expose to and educate people from all around the world about the importance of Nature to mankind as well as the importance to conserve it for future generations.

The whole concept of OROU is based on providing our clients a chance to time travel back to Nature Living but with sufficient amenities. Not only is one able to indulge the beauty of Mother Nature to the fullest but also experience the other wonders and activities which are offered within the area.

OROU Sapulot is a joint program with the Villagers in Sapulot of Villagers of Sapulot which is in the interior parts of Sabah and is mainly populated by the MURUT Tribe or better known as the Fearless Head Hunter Warriors of Borneo, dedicated to the building of their economic development. One of main goals for this program is to provide the villagers of Sapulot with an opportunity for income generation which will in turn result for a greater good. Some of the growing problems which this goal would address in Sapulot are;

* To minimize of villagers to be taken advantage of irresponsible businessmen especially loggers which in the long run destroy the village’s surroundings and cause imbalance to the ecosystem.

* Minimize the amount of the young generations to be forced out from the village to find other alternatives for income generation that will in turn result to the loss of the traditional Murut Heritage and Culture.

* To educate the villagers on the importance of preserving their god given nature environment and beautiful culture for a greater good for their future and upcoming generations.

* To minimize on the poverty levels of the villagers that would cause for other relating issues from arising.

Besides all of these, the OROU Sapulot program also aims at giving it’s visitors, guests and tourist and opportunity to experience the real deal by participating themselves entirely in this program rather than having to just watch trained groups of dancers performing cultural dances or acts which are currently claimed to be preserving Sabah’s natural culture heritage when the real tribes are actually losing it as time passes.

Having all this said, your support is immensely valuable to the success of this program. As without it, the vision and mission of this project will just remain as a dream to the depriving villagers who can only mourn in silence.

Advertisement