Our Sabah Goducate literacy centers have produced over 2000 literate young people in the past 3 years. Many of our graduates have gone on to get jobs as waitresses, shop-assistants, receptionists, etc. These are jobs that were out of reach for them before Goducate came and taught them how to read, write, count, and speak English.
Last year, we started a livelihood center in our main schoolhouse. A sewing machine was bought, and girls were taught how to sew school satchels, pillow-cases, curtains, and a local dress (baju kurong). The project was a success from the very beginning.
Today, the center has 3 sewing-machines and an embroidery machine (that can do hemming and embroidery) and produces school-satchels for sale to our students, pillow-cases to the villages we serve, etc.
In a few weeks time, we will start teaching our students hair-cutting and other hair-dressing skills, One of our former teachers, who now works in a beauty saloon, will return as our instructress.
Next on the drawing-board is a welding workshop to teach young boys. This is a skill in high demand in the construction sties and the palm-oil plantations.