WOMEN for Refugees, a non-profit, is tackling the problem of illiteracy among the Rohingya by offering English and Bahasa Malaysia classes in the Selayang area.
Students like Halimah, a refugee in Malaysia for 10 years, feels happier and more positive these days. She has a modest goal of not wanting to ask people’s help to read or write something.
WFR was founded a month ago by two law students, Arissa Jemaima and Davina Devajaran, with the help of a refugee community leader, Abdul Razak Jalal.
WFR conducts English and BM lessons at a flat in Selayang, Selangor with about 20 students and nine teachers.
Most of the students are Rohingya or Muslim refugees from Myanmar. – October 6, 2020.
A boy holding on to his mother during classes for Women for Refugees (WFR), a initiative to empower refugee women by teaching them to read and write. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.A boy running around a class for refugee women in Selayang, Selangor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.A volunteer teacher conducting Bahasa Malaysia classes at a Women for Refugees programme for Rohingya and Myanmar Muslims by in Selayang, Selangor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.A volunteer teaching the alphabet to the refugee women in Selayang, Selangor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.A volunteer helping the children while their mothers focus on the class in Selayang. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.A Rohingya woman learning Bahasa Malaysia during a Women for Refugees initiative at Selayang, Selangor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.A teacher interacting with students in a classroom in Selayang, Selangor. Most of the students are Rohingya or Muslim refugees from Myanmar. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.A mother trying to comfort her daughter during classes in Selayang, Selangor. One of the challenges these women face is caring for their kids during lessons. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.Parents waiting outside the class for their children in Selayang, Selangor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.Shoes outside the classroom where women refugees are learning to read and write. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.A student hugging a teacher after the class offered by Women for Refugees (WFR), a recent initiative to empower refugee women by teaching them to read and write. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.Teachers posing for a photograph after their classes in Selayang, Selangor. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 6, 2020.
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