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Alternative learning system (ALS)

Many people have asked me “After your students graduate from your Goducate literacy program, where do they go?” This is a very needful question to ask, seeing that we presently have almost 1000 undocumented alien children (ie, illegal immigrants) in our Goducate literacy programs in East Malaysia. As almost … … Read More

I'm afraid they won't enrol me; I want to go to school

In the village there was a story of this young fellow. The trained parents and teachers were collecting a contribution for the school house to be built in that particular place.

They went to the house of this 8 year old child and asked “where are your parents?” The … … Read More

Jean’s diary – a new village

I was in a bit of fear. I don’t know this man, I am alone, I need to ride in a boat to reach their khampung and the water is so black in all sense of the color wherein it was the drainage of all the waste of the … … Read More

Jean’s diary – a new literacy center

Wed, February 10,2010 – And so we went in again the next day, the school supplies that the sponsors gave to these children brought a smile on their faces. These children now had a hope to go to school and learn.. We were just near the new constructed building … … Read More

Jean's diary - the poor children in Sabah

Tuesday noon, February 9, 2010 – We walked a kilometer to reach our destination in the hot afternoon sun. It was another adventure for me and my team we stepped into mud and it covered all our toes but it is nothing compared how my heart breaks. As we … … Read More

Hard to keep mums from starting literacy centers

It’s hard to keep eager mums from starting a literacy center!

Part of my schedule during my recent Sabah (East Malaysia) trip was to plan the start-up of more literacy centers. Our team had already seen the success of the first two literacy centers and were excited with the … … Read More

Literacy centers for hundreds in Sabah

What is the distance between Sandakan, a city in Sabah on the north-eastern coast of Borneo, and southern Philippines? Doubtless the answer can be expressed in a certain number of kilometres. But for about a million people, the most pertinent answer is – or rather, was – a night’s … … Read More

Vision to educate 1 million poor Asian children

We finally made the long awaited trip to visit the two Kampong learning centres established by Goducate in Sandakan (Sabah)

I made this trip with my daughter, her friends and our MHC team comprising of our chairman Mrs Cecilia Tan, our Chief Operation Officer, Dr Benjamin Kuan and two … … Read More