Project in Pictures

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Year End Celebration 2008.
Construction of learning centre for bajau laut on BumBum Island off Semporna.
Learning Centres with PPB Oil Palms/Wilmar in Sapi and Sugut area under construction.
Official opening of learning centre in Gedau with Lai Fook Kim.
Sports in Labuk Estate IOI.
Sports in Bombalai SimeDarby.
Visit by Sime Darby Plantations CEO Datuk Azhar and Mr. Bill Wiggin to new Learning Centre in Mostyn.
Wonderful Teachers' Day/Night and Farewell to 49 Indonesian teachers returning to Indonesia after 2 years in Sabah.

What is a Learning Centre

Borneo Child Aid Society is presently opening and operating these Learning Centres approved with permits from the Ministry of Education, Kuala Lumpur and the Department of Education in Sabah providing education and care for primarily children of plantation workers and other children without other access to education. We are presently running more than 100 Learning [...]

List of Learning Centres

    House 9 Sebatik  Division 3 ( Teck Guan ) House 11 Taliwas Estate ( Teck Guan ) House 17 Tas plantation ( IOI ) House 23 Baturong  1 ( IOI ) House 28 Andum Estate ( Teck Guan ) House 36 Pontian Malacca ( Pontian ) House 37 Baturong 2 ( IOI ) [...]

Funding

Funding is still mainly from the plantation companies with about 70 % of our expenses. The rest comes from donations from companies and notably from the Embassy of Finland, which has been happy about our project as it is in line with the Child Rights Convention. The Embassy has not in any way put conditions, [...]

Effects of Our Programme

We presently have 3 major focus areas. Preschool and primary level education for 1. Children in remote plantations without other access to school. 2. Children from underprivileged homes in towns in Sabah. 3. Children of the bajau laut ethnic group in Semporna and Lahad Datu areas and other local groups lacking proper education. The children [...]