Last year he mentioned the dire need for a kindergarten school in Upper Limbang where the last of the nomadic Penan are living.  Currently there is no preschool/kindergarten in the area, especially for the villages of Long Gita, Ba Peresek, Long Pusit and Ba Nyakit.  Over 100 preschool/kindergarten children are living in camp situations with no schooling at all.

We have laid the foundation to meet these needs by developing partnerships and securing preliminary funding.  Our partners in this project are Keruan and PACOS, two local organisations working hard to improve living conditions for the people of Sarawak.  As well, a group of international teachers, churches and organisations working in this area have agreed to provide teacher training, salaries and ongoing support for the teachers and school.

The cost of building this school is $8000 US Dollars.  The amount raised to date is $3000 US Dollars.

So we still need to raise an additional $5000. All donations to this project greatfully appreciated.

110% of all money raised will go towards building supplies and all work will be done by the local population, who will take ownership of the school once it is built.  Hopefully construction will start in April 2010 with the goal of having the school built by July.

pictures by Bintulu Town, onekell and voss on Flickr