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One of the most common things people have said to me this year when they find out I work at Greenpeace is that, \u201cWe\u2019re an international non-profit organisation and the work we do doesn\u2019t really help our local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

For some international organisations, that distance can feel real, so I get where that question comes from. Which is why Greenpeace is so unique because although we\u2019re global, we exist as independent national organisations<\/strong>. And here in Malaysia, our work is deeply rooted in our own circles \u2013 our neighbours, our communities, our friends, even our families. The people we fight for are not abstract. They are us.<\/p>\n\n

In 2025, that truth felt clearer than ever.<\/p>\n\n

Sometimes, our work hits so close to home. <\/h3>\n\n

Fighting for clean air isn\u2019t just about policy papers or reports.<\/a> It\u2019s also about making sure our parents, grandparents, and children don\u2019t have to make repeated trips to the hospital just because their basic right to breathe clean air isn\u2019t protected.<\/p>\n\n

Sometimes, it\u2019s deeply tied to history. <\/h3>\n\n

Standing with the Temiar community of Kampung Kelaik<\/a> as they fight for their ancestral land is about justice long denied \u2013 about protecting culture, identity, and a way of life that has existed long before modern borders were drawn.<\/p>\n\n

And sometimes, it\u2019s heartbreak that stops you mid-scroll through the local news. <\/h3>\n\n

Like the story of the mother elephant and her calf lost at the strike of a truck a day after Mother\u2019s Day \u2013 a painful reminder of what\u2019s at stake when development comes at the cost of nature, and why the policy work we do in forest protection matters so deeply.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

What makes all of this possible and what gives me hope is knowing that we\u2019re not alone. We\u2019re surrounded by a growing local community of supporters and allies who believe in this work. Our donors. Our volunteers. People who choose, again and again, to show up. Your donations don\u2019t disappear into something distant or abstract. They power on-the-ground work, community partnerships, legal action, research, and advocacy that create real change here in Malaysia. <\/p>\n\n

We don\u2019t accept any funding from governments, corporations or political parties. Our work is funded by ordinary people. That means we are free to confront governments and corporations responsible for the destruction of the natural world and push for real change.<\/p>\n\n

So when people ask whether Greenpeace\u2019s work is local enough, I think about 2025. I think about the air we breathe, the forests we defend, the communities we stand with, the clean energy solutions we fight for, and the plastic pollution we push back against \u2013 all for the futures we are trying to protect. And I know the answer.<\/p>\n\n

This work is local. Because it\u2019s about all of us.<\/p>\n\n

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