2009

Borneo Child Aid Society

Borneo Child Aid presently operate more than 100 Learning Centres in cooperation with major plantation companies with free daily education for over 8000 children of plantation workers and other underprivileged children in remote areas of Sabah, Malaysia.

We are providing a basic primary education for these children, who would otherwise be deprived of education, so that they may grow up to be fully participating citizens.

Help us to give the children an education and a chance for a better future.

Plantation Kids at our learning centres enjoy a good primary education. Newly built Learning Centre at PPB/Wilmar

We need support for this pressing social obligation towards the children growing up oil palm plantations and other remote areas.

Thousands of children live in remote areas of Sabah without access to education for reasons of poverty, distance and legal status.

Borneo Child Aid Society aim at providing these children with the basic primary education, which all children according to the UNs Child Rights Convention have an unquestionable right to.

Providing education for these children is also an important contribution to social sustainability in production of palm oil.

Contact: Lot 37, MDLD 6057, Lorong Perdana 3, Bandar Sri Perdana, 91100 Lahad Datu/ P. O. Box 61850 91127 Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia Office Tel: (+60) 089-862600 Fax: 03-21784113 Email: info@borneochildaid.org www.borneochildaid.org (Humana Child Aid Society Sabah - Reg. of Soc. 123/96)

Plantation kids happy about their school life. Many children still have no access to schools.

Borneo Child Aid Society is operating Learning Centres with permits from the Ministry of Education, Kuala Lumpur and with assistance from the Indonesian Government in the form of teachers to help our programme. Funding is primarily from socially responsible companies and donations from the Embassies of Finland and the Netherlands as well as private persons.

Malaysia is a fast progressing nation with big improvements of living conditions and better education for its people. The palm oil industry is a major part of this development in Sabah. But the children of mostly Indonesian and Philippine immigrant workers do not have the access to education, which all children are supposed to according to the UN's Convention “The Rights of the Child”.

Our project is purely humanitarian and with focus on education. We aim at reaching the most needing children with our learning centres and thereby help to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN’s child rights convention.

An effective Education Program for underprivileged Children funded mainly by Corporate Social Responsibility and other Donations: The basic cost of running a Humana Learning Centre with 50 children is 1500 M$ (400 US$) per month or 18000 M$ per year. This is a cost of 30 M$ (8 US$) per child per month for providing these children with a basic education. We need sponsorships for many children, and with more funds we will be able to provide better materials and education for the children. If you or your company or association would like to sponsor a learning centre or a number of children please contact us. Any donation or contribution is welcome. One years sponsorship covering 50 children’s education is M$18,000.00

One year complete schooling per child costs M$ 360 (96 US$)

Support from Finland and from Indonesia Our projects are receiving important support from the Embassies of Finland and the Netherlands as well as important help in form of teachers sent by the government of Indonesia.

We Need Your Support! Donations: Our needs of assistance are first of all funding to provide better materials and to improve the conditions of the children and our 250 dedicated teachers. We use the money donated to us to provide education for children without any unnecessary administration expenses. For each M$ 360 donated we will provide a child one full year of quality education. A donation by cheque should be issued to our society’s locally registered name: “Humana Child Aid Society Sabah”

Courier or registered mail to: Humana Child Aid Society Sabah, The Project Manager, Lot 37, MDLD 6057, Lorong Perdana 3, Sri Perdana, 91100 Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia

Donations by Bank transfer: AmBank Malaysia Account Holder: "Humana Child Aid Society Sabah" Acc No. 060-2012000092 Address: AmBank Lahad Datu: MDLD A154 & 155, Block 24, Sedco Shophouse, 91100 Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia Swift Code: ARBKMYKL

Please inform of your donation by phone to +60 89-862600 or fax to +60 321784113 or by email to info@borneochildaid.org so that we can identify your donation and send you an official receipt and thank you letter.

Other Items on our Wish List

School Materials and Books We need truckloads of schoolmaterials and paper. We aim to put up a library in each centre, so we need lots of good books and education materials in English or Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia. Computers We ask companies to donate their used PC sets for our learning centres for educating and printing purposes. Also donations of low cost laptops are wanted for our more than 200 teachers. Multipurpose printers for every learning centre. Bicycles for our more than 200 teachers Vitamines and Medicines We are looking for donations of First Aid kits for all centres and multivitamin pills for all our children. Of medicines we need cough and fever medicine as well as anti-worm tablets.

Any Support for the Education of Sabah’s underprivileged children is highly appreciated.

A kind letter from Henrik Nordentoft, UNHCR Deputy Representative Malaysia

Dedicated teachers from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines provide daily education for 8000 children at our projects.

Contact: Borneo Child Aid/Humana Child Aid Society Sabah Office: Lot 37, MDLD 6057, Lorong Perdana 3, Sri Perdana, P.O. Box 61850, 91127 Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia Tel: (+60) 089-862600 Fax: (+60) 03-21784113 Email: info@borneochildaid.org

Project Manager/CEO: Torben Venning H/P (+60) 019-8084402 tvenning@gmail.com Honorary Advisor and Contributor: Danish Consul John Madsen, KL jm@mma.com.my

See our website for more information: www.borneochildaid.org

Most important support for our projects has come from: Republic of Indonesia

Embassy of Finland Embassy of The Netherlands The EAC Foundation

Important private donations have come from among others:

- Ms Irene Dorner, CEO HSBC - Anders Møller, CEO Carl Ronnow (M) S/B and wife Silvia - Datuk Leslie Davidson - Mr. MH Wong - Mr. CK Tan - Long time contributor and honorary advisor: Mr. John Madsen and wife Marianne Rehn

Our warm thanks for all your support

Our present Malaysian plantation partners:

IOI Wilmar Sime Darby Hap Seng

Asiatic IJM J C Chang Borneo Samudra

Teck Guan Kwantas Pontian United

Kebun Rimau Melangking Oil Palm Plantations Trusjadi Plantations Lai Fook Kim Plantations Malsa Plantations Nam Hing Estate

The display of corporate social responsibility towards the children is recommendable.

Teachers and children at Learning Center in Tomanggong Estate.

Opening of beautiful new built Learning Centre 2009. Torben Venning with Pak Martua Sitorus COO of Wilmar and Mr. Khoo Hong Lian, Head of plantations.

Active children during class.

Combining syllables in a word puzzle.

Three very happy boys in our learning centre.

Visual aids are essential in making learning interesting.

A very proud girl graduate from kindergarden to primary.

Performing with class mates trains both motorics and cooperation.

Borneo Child Aid receives donation from one of our corporate sponsors.