Interview with Lee Ting Hwong According to the 2020 Malaysian census, the population of Sabah stands at 3,418,785, making Sabah the third most populous state in Malaysia. In addition, Sabah has the highest stateless population estimated at 810,443 or more, and at least 50,000 are children under 18 years old.
ElShaddai Centre set up a wellness centre in a lovely room provided by the St Barnabas church based in Klang. At the centre, medical aids and counselling sessions are conducted for students and their communities. Although this is a simple place, it is well-equipped with basic essentials, and it has
Since the inception of ElShaddai Refugee Learning Centre in 2008, the vision to reach out to the displaced and marginalized communities had been invariably to partner with and to empower them to get out of their seemingly hopeless predicament, to be self-sustaining and in time to help others in the
“To be stripped of citizenship is to be stripped of worldliness; it is like returning to a wilderness as cavemen or savages…. they could live and die without leaving any traces” Hannah Arendt Statelessness had received very little attention worldwide. Stateless people are “invisible” to most around them, yet the
We are endorsed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Malaysia. We provide 4 core services to the communities.
Help the marginalized and displaced families to rebuild their lives. The effect of the pandemic has been devastating for our whole society, especially to the most vulnerable among us. The families ElShaddai Centre work with are now seeking to rebuild their lives with dignity.
