VOCR
August 8, 2009
Kuala Lumpur
By Salai C C,
Zotung Refugee Committee has established a private school at Sungai Besi, KL. They have four volunteer teachers who are qualified and able to teach at high school level. The opening ceremony was held on August 2nd, and more than 20 people from the Australian High Commission in Malaysia and some parents were present.
According to the ZCR chairman, “the school is open to all Chin refugee children in Malaysia. We have divided the school into four classes in order for the teachers to teach the students at their own levels. We established this school not only for the children’s education, but also for their safety. Their parents go to work every day and they cannot take care of their own children. It has retarded the growth of the children, so we decided to set up this school. We hope that it would give us good results and improvement as well. We are all responsible for our children.”
Concerning the safety of the school for the children, the chairman said that they have not yet received the recommendation letter from the Community Development Unit (CDU) of the UNHCR office but they hope to receive it soon. “When we get this recommendation letter from the CDU department, our school will be a safer place for the children to be in than their own homes.”
The school is now looking for volunteer part-time teachers who can offer their time and skills to teach the English language as well as Bible lessons in English.
Any person who wants to volunteer may call the following numbers for more information:
ZCR contact nos.
012- 3439973
012- 7046 348
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