Putting Penan kids on the ‘write’ path

Starting early: The Penan children attending preschool at Tadika Pawah in temporary premises. Barefoot Mercy wants to get them a permanent place.

KUCHING: Hoping to give Penan children a good start in education, non-profit organisation Barefoot Mercy is raising funds for a new building and boarding facilities for a kindergarten.

Tadika Pawah is now located in temporary premises in Long Lamam, a remote village in Sarawak’s Baram district. Set up in 2014, it has three teachers and 34 children.