Broadening Horizons

Nasrah, 38, an Indonesian migrant living in Sabah, Malaysia, dreamed of putting her kids through school. With her salary as an oil palm plantation workers, she could have sent them home to Polewali Mandar in West Sulawesi, to study. But she could not bear the thought of having her family living away from her.

With the founding of three schools a few years ago, Nasrah was able to keep her family together and get her children educated. While it's not free, the school is affordable; she pays just Rp45,000 in tuition fees a month. "Before, the other migrants and I were worried that our children would remain illiterate," Nasrah told Tempo English, two weeks ago.

June 7, 2016

Nasrah, 38, an Indonesian migrant living in Sabah, Malaysia, dreamed of putting her kids through school. With her salary as an oil palm plantation workers, she could have sent them home to Polewali Mandar in West Sulawesi, to study. But she could not bear the thought of having her family living away from her.

With the founding of three schools a few years ago, Nasrah was able to keep her family together and get her children educated. While it's

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