This organisation has been in operation for 13 years, and the majority of the staff are senior citizens and retirees. Most of them had long-standing careers in corporate sectors and found a calling to work in the social impact and non-profit organisations in their retirement years. In the last two Read more…
The theme for ElShaddai Centre’s 2022 celebration of World Refugee Day is “Displaced but Belong”. As I reflect on the words ‘displaced’ and ‘belong’, I realise that the meaning of these two words could not be more opposing and contradictory to each other, yet it is a reality lived by Read more…
World Refugee Day is a call for inclusiveness. Not the external part of us, but from deep inside us. Our hearts and attitude toward the refugees are most important. We are all human beings that come from God. Segregation and separation only weaken us. – Dr. Ng Oi Leng, Executive Read more…
Ikram came to Malaysia from Myanmar with his mother under the UNHCR’s program to await resettlement in another country. Initially, he had intended to work to earn some money. He was then 17 years old. As a teenager living in a foreign country amidst other teenagers, Ikram envied their carefree Read more…
Dr Ng Oi Leng is the Executive Director & Education Director of ElShaddai Centre, a registered NGO which is an implementing partner of UNHCR. Established in 2008, ElShaddai Centre strives to serve the displaced refugees, stateless people, asylum seekers and even the irregular migrant communities. In a simple phrase, a Read more…
After finishing my IGCSE in the year 2020 I was trying to look to look for a college or a university to continue my tertiary education but I couldn’t manage to get any positive response from any of these institutions. I was very tensed then as I wanted to continue Read more…
When school reopened in January 2021, parents of diverse nationalities flocked to our centre to enroll their children. Ten months of the covid-19 pandemic had robbed these kids of a normal childhood, a normal school life. In walked 7-year old Danny with his mother, Nina, and his little brother. Nina Read more…
There are some 45,650 children below the age of 18 who came to Malaysia due to displacement by conflict and natural disasters, and many of them are not able to attend school. You can change that today for as little as RM300 a month by sponsoring a marginalised diaspora child’s Read more…
“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 Read more…
During the second week of March, we (communications team) had the privilege to visit Sharifa at her home, along with Jenny (social work team) and Dr. Ng (director). What was so special about this was that Sharifa is the first person ever who managed to pay back the money she Read more…
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.
