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Getting stateless kids off the streets and into school

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A letter from DR SYED ALWEE ALSAGOFF, Fellow, National Council of Professors

Mission to mend: DFC chairperson Grace Yii, Lau and Jaban in one of the classrooms for stateless children.

As for the parents, DFC advises and counsels them on the importance of obtaining a birth certificate, returning to their home country or getting the child’s citizenship settled.The late Chris Tang felt he had to do something to help stateless kids and school dropouts. From the initial 20 pupils, the centre’s student body has swelled to 123 currently, making up a melting pot of closely-knit students aged between seven and 16 from various races, religions and nationalities.

Every classroom is made up of children of mixed ages. Many of them now know how to read, write and count when they previously could not.

 

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