Borneo Child Aid Society
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Borneo Child Aid Society/Humana is an independent Not-for-Profit NGO based in Sabah
, Malaysia on the island of Borneo
. It is locally known and registered as "Humana Child Aid Society Sabah".
The society is presently operating more than 116 plantation schools for over 9000 children.
Thousands of children of mainly Indonesian and Philippine plantation workers in remote areas of Sabah are still without access to school because of poverty, distance or legal status.
The aims of Borneo Child Aid Society is to provide education by opening Learning Centres for these children, and thereby helping to fulfill the UN's millennium goals of basic education for all children. This also will give an opportunity to study further and to participate in the society they live in.
The society is depending on support from socially responsible companies or individuals to be able to continue education for thousands of children. The project has been operated mainly on donations from corporations, individuals and substantial contributions from the Embassy of Finland.
Since 2010 the projects have had support from UNICEF Malaysia as well as a Human Rights Grant from the Europena Union.
Director: Torben Venning
Chairman of board: John Madsen, Kuala Lumpur
Plantation Child Transportation from their Labour Line Homes to the Learning Centre.
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...
, Malaysia on the island of Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
. It is locally known and registered as "Humana Child Aid Society Sabah".
The society is presently operating more than 116 plantation schools for over 9000 children.
Thousands of children of mainly Indonesian and Philippine plantation workers in remote areas of Sabah are still without access to school because of poverty, distance or legal status.
The aims of Borneo Child Aid Society is to provide education by opening Learning Centres for these children, and thereby helping to fulfill the UN's millennium goals of basic education for all children. This also will give an opportunity to study further and to participate in the society they live in.
The society is depending on support from socially responsible companies or individuals to be able to continue education for thousands of children. The project has been operated mainly on donations from corporations, individuals and substantial contributions from the Embassy of Finland.
Since 2010 the projects have had support from UNICEF Malaysia as well as a Human Rights Grant from the Europena Union.
Director: Torben Venning
Chairman of board: John Madsen, Kuala Lumpur
Plantation Child Transportation from their Labour Line Homes to the Learning Centre.