Home away from home for poor students

Brother Sevelinus (back row with blue shirt in the centre) with Kulai (back row right) and students in a group photo. (Right) Form 5 student of SMK Nabawan in interior Sabah - Ambiki (orange shirt) and her hostel mates of La Salle Hostel Butitin praising the La Salle Brothers for being their mentor. — Photos: STEPHEN THEN/The Star

NABAWAN: Students of La Salle Hostel Butitin deep in the rural Nabawan district in Sabah have praises for the De La Salle Brothers – past and present for being educators, mentors, friends and disciplinarians who shaped their lives.

The hostel is a place for poor rural students to live, study and learn to be good citizens of Sabah and Malaysia, said student Magdelena Palang, 19.