2006

 

December 2006:

• Donations of books for the centres from Karen Farmer and others using "BookCrossing".

• Thanks a lot. Our children and teachers enjoy the books.

 

• Visit from Jakarta by delegations of 10 Members of Parliament of the Republic of Indonesia to Baturong 3 and to Bagahak Estate’s learning centres.

Baturong 3 children welcoming the delegation

One week Course for all 51 Indonesian teachers sponsored by Ministry of Education in Jakarta.

 

 

 

 

Teachers Day in Balung Eco Resort a good and uplifting experience for all our 120 teachers.

• Graduations and Exams. Beautiful ceremonies in all of the centres, which we presently operate.
• Donation from CANON Malaysia of 30 printers and 300 good schoolbags. Thank You for the wonderful donation. Now all centres are complete with printer and PC.

• Donation from General Consulate of Republic of Indonesia of 6 printers. Thank You very much.

November 2006:

• Visit by Delegations from the Indonesian Vice Presidents Office officials from several ministries of the Republic of Indonesia. Tour to witness education in many of our 59 learning centres.

 

Talking about the programme. Drs. Yusuf Asry (center) , Deputy Secretary for Peoples Welfare, Office of Vice President of Indonesia with BCAS Acting Director Torben Venning and Consul Dr. Azhari Kasim(right) and Consul Iskandar Abdullah (second fr. left).

• Opening of 2 new centres in Asia 2 under JC Chang Plantations and in Sekong Plantation under Asiatic Development Berhad.

• RSPO: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RT4 in Singapore gave us a very good opportunity to present our work to companies involved in palm oil production as well as processing.
• RSPO member BioX Malaysia is pledging to sponsor one new centre

• . Thanks for showing good corporate citizenship.

October 2006:

·         Jebsen & Jessen (SEA) has given an important donation for 120 children at 2 centres. Thank you very much for the noble help for the underprivileged children in Sabah.

·         Melangking Oil Palm Plantations Regional Manager Mr. Chee Yun Fah shows us the almost finished construction of new school building in Melangking Oil Palm Plantation. A computer room is scheduled, using computers from the Maersk Donation. 

 September 2006:

·         Program of opening new centres with participation of Indonesian Government sponsored teachers in remote areas going well. This month 5 new Learning Centres have been started:  Labuk Estate, Laukin Estate, Permodalan Estate, IOI, Balung Eco Resort under Datuk Harris, Nam Hing Estate under Nam Hing Sdn Bhd.

New opened Learning Centre in Balung Eco Resort

                   Nam Hing Estate.

·         Another Fantastic Support: 76 good Second Hand Computers for our centres have just been donated by Maersk Malaysia! Now each centre can get at least one PC. Thanks also for donating again this year RM 15,000 for 50 children's education. 

·         Generous Donation of Danish Kroner 100,000 (RM 65,000) from Poul Due Jensen's Foundation, Grundfos. Warm Thanks for this very important contribution and for the strong showing of Corporate Citizenship!

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·         5 good Second Hand Computer sets donated by HSBC Kota Kinabalu! Thanks again HSBC!

·         Donation of books for RM 5000 from Ronald Mcdonalds Children's Charities Fund. Thank You Mcdonald's. Books have been delivered to the centres already.

·         51 Indonesian Teachers well arrived and already teaching.

 

·         Within less than one month, 51 well educated teachers from all parts of Indonesia have already arrived to our society in Sabah and they are presently teaching in the plantations. Great Joy among parents and Children for this important step from the Indonesian Government.

 

Children from Andum Plantation, Teck Guan, with our new Indonesian Colleagues. Notice the Indonesian colours in the dresses of the children.

 

• Pleasant visit by Representatives from UNICEF Malaysia and the Ministry of Education, Kuala Lumpur.  They came to see our Learning Centres in Lahad Datu and Semporna area. There was also time for a boat trip to Kampung Tandoan on Timbun Mata Island. The representatives were happy to witness our efforts for the children and we keep our fingers crossed for UNICEF's future support.

• A much needed Donation of RM 30,000 from East Asiatic Company, covering the costs of two of our Learning Centres, Copenhagen. Warm Thanks to EAC!

EAC

• Donation of RM 15,000 from DT Group Denmark to the learning centre in Fordeco Sawmill, Lahad Datu. Thank You. We have already started teaching our kids about the rainforest surrounding us and about sustainable forestry. 

     

• Fabrikant Kaj E. Nielsen og Gudrun E Nielsens Fond (Donation for 20 children's Education). Thank You Very Much!

Ministry of Education Visit

• High Profile Visit to Tawau and Semporna centres by the Ministry of Education, Kuala Lumpur and Department of Education officers, Kota Kinabalu and Tawau, Headed by Dr. Mohd. Nor bin Mohd. Taib and Mr. Suratno bin Haji Parmin as well as Mr. Mohamad Azman from Kota Kinabalu. Here in Sebatik Plantation under Teck Guan.

 

April 2006:

• Continued support from the Embassy of Finland with RM 100,000 this year! Thank You again Finland. That will keep 330 children in school.

• Donation of RM 15,000 from Carlsberg Classic Golf Tournament handed over by Mr. Chin Voon Loong  in Kota Kinabalu for Tabin Estate Learning Centre. Thank You very much to Carlsberg Malaysia.

 

• Donation of 3000 school uniforms from Yayasan Harapan Kanak-Kanak Malysia by its patron YAB Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah, wife of Malaysias Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak April 2006. Venue: Impiala Hotel Kuala Lumpur. We were honoured by the presence of the Danish Ambassador and a representative from the Indonesian Embassy.

March 2006:

• Heartwarming and generous private donation from Anders and Silvia Møller, Danish Vice Consul to Sabah, and head of Carl Ronnow (M). Sdn. Bhd. Sponsorship of centre in Sungai Balung Estate, Tawau.

Official Opening of New School Project on island outside Semporna in cooperation with YB Datuk Mohd. Lan Alani,

February 2006:

Tragic event in Linbar 2 Estate. An eleven year old girl, who is a student at our Learning Centre gets bitten by a cobra snake inside the family's kitchen. She dies on the long way to hospital.

January 2006:

Generous Donation from HSBC of RM 30,000 for two Learning Centres. Warm Thanks to HSBC.

A good start on a new school Year. Learning Centre started in Pintasan 8, Kwantas:

2008

December 2008:

• Year end celebration for all teachers.

• Continued sponsorship for 2 centres by JJ-Lurgi/ Jebsen and Jessen SEA

• Donation from Jari Silventoinen, JEKS Engineering in support for 2 learning centres.

November 2008:

• Start construction by our 9 Swedish friends from Ankerstiftelsen of learning centre for bajau laut on BumBum Island off Semporna.

• Donation from Borneo International Marathon.

October 2008:

• Visit to 7 high standard learning centres under construction wit PPB/Wilamr in Sapi and Sugut area.

• Official opening of learning centre in Gedau with Lai Fook Kim.

• Sports in Labuk Estate IOI

• Sports in Bombalai SimeDarby

September 2008:

• Visit by Sime Darby Plantations CEO Datuk Azhar and Mr. Bill Wiggin to new Learning Centre in Mostyn. 

August 2008:

• 24/8 Wonderful Teachers' Day/Night and Farewel to 49 Indonesian teachers returning to Indonesia after 2 years in Sabah.

• 19/8 Borneo Child Aid Society is selected as beneficiary by The Edge/Bursa Malaysia during Rat Race Charity Event. 

• Sports Festivals 15/8 in Lahad Datu and 28/8 Melangking.

• 23/8 Visit by HE Tan Sri Da'i Bachtiar, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Learning Centre at Sungai Balung Estate, BSSB

• 17/8 Visit by CEO of HSBC Mrs Irene Dorner and Head of Public Affairs Elizabeth Wee.

• 6 new learning centres with Sime Darby in Kunak area already operating.  Thanks for the good showing of Corporate Social Responsibility to Sime Darby

• Visit by YB Senator A. Kohilan Pillay, Deputy Minister for Plantations and Commodities to Asiatic Mewah Estate. Thanks to the Senator and to Asiatic for generous support for the Learning Centre.

• Sports Festivals in

• Asia 2, Tomanggong, Pintasan 7 and Madai Estates. Great performances.

July 2008:

• Official opening of Merotai Learning Centre Sime Darby

• Meetings in Tabin, Haranky and Luangmanis Learning Centres.

• English Competition in Lahad Datu Library Attended by YB Datuk Nasrun, Minister in the Sabah Chief Ministers Office.

• NTV 7 Journalists report about education for our children in Lahad Datu area.

June 2008:

• Official Openings in Melewar 1 JC Chang, Bombalai Sime Darby, Bilong Sabahmas PPB OP, Desa Talisai IJM, Seri Peri Malsa Corp.

• Future First HSBC films performances of children in Sri Perdana, Damroad and Tabanac Learning Centres.

• Visit by HE the Ambassador of the Netherlands and counsellor Ms. Jacoba Bolderheij to Learning Centres Balung Eco Plantation and Bombalai.

• Start of High Standard Learning Centre at IJM Desa Talisai

  New school building for the children at IJM Desa Talisai

May 2008:

• Start of Centre at Segaliud Estate, Sime Darby.

• Fine official opening of Learning Centre at Gerola Estate.

April 2008:

• Great news: 

  5 year sponsorship from EAC Foundation (East Asiatic Company, Copenhagen) for Learning Centres for children in Tawau and Kunak Area. Two centres named "EAC Foundation Learning Centres" will be initiated shortly and will have sponsorship for 5 years from EAC Foundation. Operating costs of the new centre at Kalabakan is already sponsored from this donation.                   

         

• Our warm thanks to EAC for this show of sincere Corporate Social Involvement!

Kalabakanpics

• First Learning Centre opens with Sime Darby in Merotai. Later also in Bombalai

March 2008

• Donations of 4 motorbikes for coordinators from Gulf4Good. Thanks again for the fantastic help.

• Learning Centre at Kg. Kalabakan is completed in record 6 days by students from Richmond Secondary School, Canada under the "Global Perspectives" programme.

February 2008:

• Beatiful Graduations at a number of Centres.

January 2008:

• Twelve new Centres started in just one month.

• 4 wonderful learning centres with PPB in Sabahmas,

• 4 New Learning Centres in Sabahmas, PPB Oil Palms

• 4 New Centres with JC Chang. Melewar 1, Tye Yang, Gerola and Muis Melewar Estates.

• 3 Centres with Lai Fook Kim in Sandakan District.

• New centre at Sri Perdana in Lahad Datu for town kids.

• Continued Support for our Sungai Balung Learning Centre from Danish Vice Consul Anders Moller and wife Silvia secures the education for about 160 children.