Consider This: Bajau Laut (Part 1) — Homes Demolished in Controversial Eviction
More than 500 people from the Bajau Laut community in Semporna, Sabah, were evicted by the authorities last week, and their stilt houses demolished, some even burned. The plight of the Bajau Laut has since dominated national attention after several video recordings of the incident were uploaded to social media with the hashtag #PandangKeSabah. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Mukmin Nantang, founder of the Sabah-based NGO Borneo Komrad, who first uploaded the now viral videos. For almost a decade, Borneo Komrad has been running Sekolah-Sekolah Alternatif, which provides free education for stateless, undocumented, and under-served children in Sabah.
Wed Jun 12 2024
![From Kota Tinggi with love: A pre-school teacher's journey in educating Sabahans From Kota Tinggi with love: A pre-school teacher's journey in educating Sabahans](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-05/71652688332_SharinAizrulidana.jpg)
From Kota Tinggi with love: A pre-school teacher's journey in educating Sabahans
The commitment to teach children in Sabah and ensure that they are not left behind has taken Sharin Aizrulidana Samsuri, 46, thousands of kilometres away from her hometown in Kota Tinggi, Johor.
Mon May 16 2022
![Climate change increases vulnerability of children in Sabah Climate change increases vulnerability of children in Sabah](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-02/81645431471_Perubahaniklim.jpg)
Climate change increases vulnerability of children in Sabah
Children often fare the worst in climate and weather-related disasters such as floods, droughts, and forest fires.
Mon Feb 21 2022
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Parents, guardians advised to register their children for vaccination - Hajiji
Hajiji said the number is still low as it represents less than 10 per cent of the 411,400 eligible children in Sabah.
Tue Feb 15 2022
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Vaccination rate among children in Sabah still low - Masidi
Sabah recorded only 9,686, or 2.35 pct, of the 411,400 children aged five to 11, who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine under PICKids so far.
Mon Feb 14 2022
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866 teenagers, children in Sabah contract COVID-19
Masidi said from that number, 565 were aged between six and 17 years, 268 one to five years and 33 aged less than a year.
Thu Aug 26 2021
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Filmmaker Putri Purnama: Stateless Kids Plight In Her Sight
Stateless children in Sabah are deprived of proper education. Putri Purnama tells their story through film which hopefully will make a difference.
Fri Sep 28 2018
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Birth certs to Sabah's stateless children appropriate - MPSS
The government's decision to issue birth certificates without citizenship status to stateless children in Sabah is appropriate, according to a local leader.
Mon Nov 17 2014