This is one of the significant first steps in the effort to register the stateless people in Malaysia, as we fully recognise the restrictions and challenges of the people without any legal identification in Malaysia. In 2023, we registered more than 130 Indonesian students with their embassy through an educational
Author, Aime Marisa, “Documenting the Undocumented: The Struggle for a Legal Identity.” NewNaratif, 12 April 2023, https://newnaratif.com/documenting-the-undocumented/ , Illustrator Alanis Mah One out of three people in Sabah is struggling for a legal identity, fundamentally affecting their access to various rights and opportunities. This is the personal story of three stateless
Looking for some exciting mission adventures? Welcome to Sabah, The Land below the Wind – a beautiful state blessed with the highest mountain in Malaysia and many unspoiled islands. My two-months stay took me to places which are both beautiful and off the beaten track. What stood out in
A Long Search for Belonging 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.
“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.
