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16 July 2008 No Comment

There is now opportunity for Baha’is to pioneer to Mukah. There, the believers are mainly from Mukah Town, Kampung Tellian Ulu and Longhouses along Mukah Beach. The believers are of Melanau and Iban backgrounds. The Chandrans (originally from Malacca) have been home-front pioneering here since 1986.

Children’s Classes are conducted at the Baha’i Centre, Kampung Tellian Ulu, Mukah. It is normally held on Sundays for a period of 1 hour. About 30 non-Baha’i (Melanau) children from Kampung Tellian Ulu attend the class. It is taught in Malay by both Mr. & Mrs. Chandran based on Ruhi Book 3. There is potential for this class to flourish. The children have been showing great interest. However the local Baha’i community does not seem to generate enough human resource in terms of trained teachers to sustain it.

Evening Baha’i Classes for students in secondary schools are again supported single-handedly by the Chandrans and recently a young adult volunteered himself to help organize the class for a few months. All three secondary schools in Mukah have more than 15 Baha’i students in each of the schools.