KUCHING, February 2, 2017 - Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) continues to work
with the resettled community in Murum to provide the necessary support to the
Penan children to attend school and get a proper education which is essential
for a brighter and more sustainable future.
SK Metalun students and teachers in high spirit to start
the school term after receiving school supplies from Sarawak Energy Berhad.
For the fourth consecutive year, its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team has
distributed schooling aid to more than 300 pupils of SK
Tegulang and SK Metalun were set up for the community resettled by the Murum
Hydroelectric Plant (HEP).
The schooling aid, which is meant to ease the financial
burden of the parents, includes uniforms, shoes, school bags, sportswear and
stationeries.
Ding Juh, SEB’s Community Relations Assistant Manager,
presented the aid to headmasters Anu Garing and Majid Aja of SK Tegulang and SK
Metalun respectively in two separately held ceremonies at the new multipurpose
halls built by the corporation at Tegulang and Metalun Resettlements.
Aisah Eden, SEB’s Executive Vice President of Corporate
Services said education and young people made up one of the CSR pillars of
Sarawak Energy.
“Education is fundamental to the development and progress
of a community and opens doors to opportunities for better livelihood. We
worked closely with the community’s representatives to identify priority areas
and education is definitely a key area. “
Aside from setting
up schools and providing other form of support, the corporation has also
recently made its second contribution to the Bakun Charitable Trust focused on
the Penans in Belaga and Murum.
Students at SK Tegulang with new school uniforms and
supplies provided by Sarawak Energy along with the corporation’s CSR team,
school teachers and parents.
Jiwari Abdullah, SEB’s head of CSR, assured that it will
continue to support the Penan community in Murum during this period of
transition following their resettlement in December 2013.
"This is to ensure that the resettled community is
able to be self-sufficient.
“This year we will continue to build on our community
engagement and develop programmes that address their needs sustainably.
"We will focus on knowledge and skills development
of the youth like providing educational support, diversifying their handicraft
making and marketing skills and arrange for a development workshop for the
community leaders,” he said.
The upcoming initiatives specifically for Metalun include
the “Youth Development” programme in partnership with the Society for the
Advancement of Women and the Family Sarawak and the extension of the “Literacy
for Social Inclusion” programme carried out together with the Dyslexia
Association of Sarawak.
The resettled community has experienced encouraging
progress through SEB’s past initiatives done in collaboration with agencies
like the Workforce Development Unit in the Chief Minister Office, Kapit Resident's
Office, Belaga District Office, Department of Agriculture, State Education
Department, Sarawak Forestry Department, Murum Penan Development Committee and
community leaders.
In addition to the schooling aid, Sarawak Energy is also
providing transportation assistance which helps to improve attendance rate at
both SK Tegulang and SK Metalun.
Aside from Murum, SEB is also implementing community
investment programmes in Baleh as part of its contribution towards creating a
sustainable livelihood for Sarawak’s rural communities affected by its
projects.
Skills training for Baleh’s youth is now progressing in
partnership with Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara and Institut Latihan
Perindustrian, Baleh Education Enhancement programme with the Institut
Pendidikan Guru Kampus Batu Lintang.-
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