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• LAND
• HUMAN RIGHTS
• CULTURE
• LINGUISTICS
IDENTITY MARKERS OF IPs
• Kadazandusun Language
Foundation (KLF), four
programme areas:
* Linguistics and Anthropology
* Literacy and Literature,
* Translation and Community
Service
* Training and Development.
What are the Key Results?
• PACOS Trust
established 22 CLC
(Community Learning
Center) in the
villages throughout
Sabah to promote
and teach pre-school
children using
mother tongue.
Key Activities – Language Training
• Sabah Education Department called
upon KLF to provide technical advice
and consultancy.
• Began to provide this service in 1995 to
key personnel from the Department in
the first national- level meeting to
draft the Kadazandusun language
curriculum and give consultancy on a
needs basis.
• Assisted the University of Malaysia
Sabah in the preparation of their
Kadazandusun language classes, which
they offered as an elective since 1998.
Key Activities – Writers Training
Workshops
•Training and workshops have been
highly useful in mobilising more
community involvement in mother
tongue preservation and to provide them
with skills in literature production.
• It is up to us IPs; we must be
available for the work
because we are the once
wanting it because it is our
identity.
• Language is the embodiment
of our identity and culture.
Recognition & Special Thanks
Rita Lasimbang
~ CEO of KLF, KadazanDusun
Language Foundation
Anne Lasimbang
~ Executive Director of PACOS Trust
“POUNSIKOU – Thank You”