Youngsters teach Bajau Laut kids 3R, reduce illiteracy

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Three Bajau Laut teens make it their responsibility to teach children in their community so they can have a brighter future.

Most of the Bajau Laut people are fishermen and lead nomadic lives and as a result have little access to services like healthcare and education. Filepic

Pulau Omadal has a makeshift school, named Iskul Sama Dilaut Omadal and supported by various charitable institutions, where the three mastal arikik and two other volunteers teachers teach 33"pupils” aged between six and 15 to read, write and do simple mathematics. Then, there is also the perceived stigma attached to their community: That they are oppressed and prone to social ills.

They also hold sessions outside the classroom as they believe that outdoor classes will create awareness about the environment. Among the subjects they are taught outdoors are life sciences, agriculture and even marine science. The school is also involved in a hydroponic agricultural project - complete with a pump powered by solar energy - carried out in collaboration with Universiti Putra Malaysia’s University Community Transformation Centre and Faculty of Agriculture as well as Maybank.

"Previously, their nearest clinic was in Pulau Bum-Bum which is a 20-minute boat ride from Pulau Omadal, or Semporna which is 30 minutes away.

 

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