Not a day goes by in Sarawak without an announcement about huge plans for expenditure on “cutting edge” enterprises. They have the money, thanks to a beautiful country busting with natural resources which have been ruthlessly exploited for decades with little care given for the destructive consequences or impact on communities. Yet, it seems, when it comes to adequate basic health care for ordinary people, as with housing and social security, Sarawak’s budget is simply failing to provide. “His spirit is what has kept us going and his example will keep us going”one fellow community activist told Sarawak Report. Dennis Along was also a key activist in the Baram Dam protests, which prevented that destructive plan in 2016.