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Hamsilran's story

Hamsilran came up to Teacher B and said, Teacher so sorry I cannot be here on day of the guests’ visit. Why? Teacher B asked, she was banking on Hamsilran to be there – their group of young teens, mostly boys always give a very good dance number in … … Read More

Ronnie's story (3)

A mother, not related to Ronnie told me the day she saw Ronnie and her sister waiting by the roadside for the bus to attend school in town, she could not stop the tears in her own eyes. She said, I feel so proud of them. I know what … … Read More

Ronnie's story (2)

Later that afternoon I was told by our teacher that they tried telling Ronnie to go home first to get a change of clothes but he wouldn’t. I came in late already, he said. I don’t want to miss the whole lesson altogether. The teacher took a few pieces … … Read More

Ronnie's story

Two years ago, a certain boy caught my attention when we started a literacy class. It was raining one afternoon but we were unsuccessful in telling the kids to go home. We thought it was best not to hold class. Since it was raining, we all had to stay … … Read More

Visitors to the Sabah Goducate Learning Centers

I heard one of the most beautiful lines for the day. A new friend, after visiting a Goducate Center asked over lunch, ”Let’s get you the stationery that you need later.”

I have always had reservations about taking in visitors to our centers. One, they could be too fuzzy … … Read More

The poor children at the Sabah Goducate Learning Center

Three hundred and ten children! Where did they all come from? Good question. How did they find their way to the Goducate Learning Center? Better question.

I was sitting on one of the front row of chairs reserved for our special visitors that morning. This is the year’s school … … Read More

Sabah volunteer teachers must first be purveyor of dreams

During our meeting with the Sabah volunteer teachers, I shared with them the importance of dreaming big. These people had been so down-trodden by their circumstances, so stuck in their little villages and so busy just surviving that they had given up hope of ever getting out of their … … Read More

Sabah volunteer teachers - seeing a dream fulfilled

Last week I had the opportunity to meet most of the 40 Sabah teachers that Goducate had trained.

Firstly, it was a joy for me to see how many had been trained. When we first started recruiting teachers for training, we had few trainees because these mothers did … … Read More