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IMAM Response & Relief Team (Imaret) To learn more, click here Founded by the Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM) in 1990 to create ad hoc relief teams during natural disasters, Imaret now has well over 2,500 members in its team. They will be working with the SoundsGood concert to gather more volunteers to help build permanent flood-resistant homes in Kelantan this March as part of their post-flood relief projects. The Nasi Lemak Project (TNLP) To learn more, click here TNLP is a young independent movement that aims to tackle poverty in Malaysia. They take pride in feeding up to 300 homeless people three times a week, and they don’t just feed them nasi lemak. They also

provide tuition for urban poor students, indigenous people and refugees. They also do house repairs and provide medical services for poor families. Change Your World (CYW) To learn more, click here Founded in 2009, Change Your World is a social enterprise that aims to create awareness among young people on social justice issues by using “creative tools” such as music and art. They have created programmes to get young people involved in helping refugees and victims of human trafficking. Small Changes To learn more, click here Small Changes was formed in 2011 by a group of young adults based on a simple motto: “Small changes, big difference”. Their first programme, a motivational camp, was launched to reach out to underprivileged students. They have worked to reduce the education gap between urban and rural students.

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Championing children’s education

Education director-general Datuk Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim speaks on the importance of empathy-based education, the challenges of adapting education policies in light of the Covid-19 situation, and her “dream” education system.

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I lost my mother to the Japanese war

 Whenever Allied planes bombed Sandakan town as part of its campaign to liberate Borneo, Daniel Chin Tung Foh’s grandfather would rush the whole family into a bomb shelter behind their house.  During its heyday, the British North Borneo Company had developed Sandakan into a major commercial and trading hub for timber, as well as […]

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A witness to the Double Tenth revolt

 Chua Hock Yong was born in Singapore, but his grandfather moved the family to British North Borneo (now Sabah) to establish their business in 1939 when he was a year old.  The Japanese invaded Borneo shortly after, but the family continued living in their shophouse in Gaya Street, Jesselton, now known as Kota Kinabalu.  […]

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An encounter with victims of the Sandakan Death Marches

 When the Second World War came to Borneo, Pelabiu Akai’s mother moved the family back to their village in Nalapak, Ranau.  Although the Japanese were known to be ruthless and brutal conquerors, they left the villagers to their own devices and Pelabiu had a largely uneventful life – until she came across gaunt-looking Allied […]

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Sarawak’s only living child prisoner of war

 Jeli Abdullah’s mother died from labour complications after giving birth to him and his twin brother. To his Bisaya tribe, this was seen as a bad omen, and his father did not know what to do with the twins.  Fortunately, an Australian missionary couple decided to adopt the newborns. But misfortunate fell upon the […]

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Lest we forget

AFIO Rudi, 21, had never thought much about his grandfather Jeli Abdullah’s life story until an Australian TV programme interviewed the 79-year-old about being Sarawak’s last surviving World War II child prisoner of war (POW). The engineering student then realised that despite living in Sarawak all his life, he also didn’t know very much of […]

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A native uprising against Japanese forces

 Basar Paru, 95, was only a teenager when his village in the central highlands of Borneo was invaded by the Japanese Imperial army.  “The Japanese told us not to help the British. They said Asians should help each other because we have the same skin, same hair,” Basar recalled. “But we, the Lun Bawang […]

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Left behind in wartime chaos

 Kadazan native Anthony Labangka was 10 years old when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded Borneo during World War II.  Sitting in the verandah of a modern kampung house on a hot afternoon in Kampung Penampang Proper, where he has lived his whole life, Anthony recalls the hardships of the Japanese Occupation.  The villagers were […]

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R.AGE Audience Survey 2019 + Office Tour contest

Want to be in the running to meet R.AGE producers and journalists? Take part in our R.AGE Audience Survey 2019 by Feb 17, 2019!

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BRATs Goes to Genting!

The final BRATs camp of the year promises to be the coolest – literally!

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The Hidden Cut

Female circumcision is a very common practice in Malaysia, but the procedure is still almost completely unregulated.

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#TeamSatpal: Turtle-y in Trouble

The 21st century brings unseen threats to local turtle conservation efforts.

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