by Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal | Jul 15, 2018 | Updates
The team begins preparation for Iskul 2nd Strategic Planning Meeting and Iskul’s first Annual General Meeting (AGM). We have searched for the venue, deliberated on the dates, curated the agenda, drafted the official invitation letters for the event, and finally,...
by Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal | Feb 10, 2018 | Reports
After submission of application in September, Iskul received notification of approval from Mah Sing Foundation for our application for funds to construct Pondok Iskul. Mah Sing Foundation had allocated RM 50,000 fund for the construction and basic furnishing of the...
by Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal | Aug 20, 2017 | Updates
On 11th August 2017, Iskul Sama Dilaut Omadal was invited by UNHCR to attend the Roundtable to Discuss Methodology of Participatory Assessments with Bajau Laut & Neighbouring Communities at Sandakan Styles Hotel. The objectives of this roundtable are to exchange...
by Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal | Aug 15, 2017 | Updates
The management team made the second visit for the year represented by Ee Chia. The visit while it was in conjunction with attendance to the invitation to the UNHCR Roundtable on Bajau Laut in Sabah in Sandakan. The brief 5-day visit from 5 – 9 August was also...
by Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal | Jan 8, 2017 | Reports, Stories
Year 1 has been a colourful year for Iskul. Here are some of the highlights: Our Mastal Arikik divided the school to two classes: beginner and intermediate. They created school anthems and the students sing the anthem at the beginning of every class. Some students now...
by Ee Chia | Dec 15, 2016 | Reports, Stories, Updates
The Board of Trustee (Trustees) conducted our first annual assessment visit to Iskul Sama diLaut Omadal from 14 to 30 September. Hui Ling and I flew to Semporna to meet Adzmin and Shafiyyah at our own expenses. This 17-day trip provided us better understanding of...
by Liew Hui Ling | Sep 30, 2016 | School Activity
What does Malaysia Day mean to you? It may be a question that demands only a few seconds to answer that is burning in patriotism, or it may demand reciting a definition you have learned from reading somewhere. For the stateless children – more specifically, students...
by Liew Hui Ling | Sep 30, 2016 | School Activity
Iskul Anniversary & Award Day Celebration Schools celebrate students in dozens of different ways. They celebrate students’ creativity, academics and attendance. Every student is looking forward to the day as they will have their names called and they will...
by Iskul Sama DiLaut Omadal | Sep 29, 2016 | Reports, School Activity
The above table and chart only depicts the performance of 21 Iskul students based on written examinations drafted and evaluated with designated marks conducted in September 2016. Our observations shows that our students are able to enumerate the alphabets from...
by Ee Chia | Sep 1, 2016 | Stories
I first met Ginara in July 2013 when I was in Mabul Island in Sabah. She has one of the most captivating smiles I’ve seen. She was about 8-year-old. She came to us in her little sampan (boat), begging for food, money and clothes. Later I discovered that she’s a Bajau...
