Last week Goducate opened another literacy center in a swamp in Sabah for poor kids who cannot go to school. Because of the dampness of the swampy soil, the school-house had to be built on stilits.
Goducate provided 500 Malaysian Ringgit (about US$150) for some building material and the community chipped in to build their very own school-house.
On the opening day, 240 students and their parents filled the school house patiently waiting for the Opening Program to begin.
Suddenly there was a loud cracking sound! There was panic as students scrambled to flee from the cracking floor planks. Thankfully no one was hurt and no one fell into the swampy soil below!
When all the kids were safely out of the building, one of the village elders said in the native language “The show must go on! We must persevere!”
