Deuteronomy 10:18-19 “He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.” When I read Deuteronomy 10:18-19, I wondered who these foreigners
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
In collaboration with several NGOs, including Mercy Malaysia and a dental team from Taiwan, a new healthcare initiative has been launched to address the urgent medical needs of the stateless people in Sabah, Malaysia. The initiative includes a free dental clinic and essential medical services to help treat conditions such
My name is Gilang Ramadhan from Indonesia and I am 19 years old. This is my story and learning experience in the air-cond program at ElShaddai. I joined ElShaddai in Year 1 as a new student and was ignorant of many things. I was bullied but acted as if nothing
Andrew Ng, the founder of ElShaddai Centre and Life2Life, has been named one of the three finalists for the Societal Leaders category at the Iclif Leadership Energy Awards (ILEA Awards) at the Leadership for Enterprise Sustainability Asia 2023 conference, organized by the Asia School of Business. The ILEA Awards recognize
Our in-house teacher trainer, Teacher Chan Bee Leng, has provided extensive training sessions throughout the year for teachers in Sabah, Kelantan and the Klang Valley. These sessions are available in both one-on-one and physical formats and have been designed to ensure that teachers are equipped with the essential skills and
On August 20, 2022, we took the students to participate in an event held outside the centre in conjunction with World Play Day. ElShaddai Sabah carried out this event in collaboration with Malaysian Care and Hands Print. The event took place at Hands Print Basel in Likas. Various activities are
ElShaddai Sabah is dedicated to providing quality education to the stateless communities in Sabah, and we are making strides in transforming education in hard-to-reach, remote locations. Teachers from ElShaddai Sabah have set up several learning centres, ranging from small classrooms next to rivers to open-air structures in the middle of
When we first entered 2022, we were still recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and no one could fully imagine what would happen next. As we moved forward from 2021, we set our foundation on Hopeful Uncertainty. We restructured and repositioned some services and launched a few new
On October 13, 2022, a child protection training session was held at the Elshaddai Jalan Pasar Learning Center under the direction of Anabella and Sofia, our own social workers. 72 of the 81 students who are enrolled at the centre participated in the training. It was the pupils’ first training
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.
