Dignity For Children Foundation

Dignity for Children Foundation aims to empower underprivileged urban poor children to break the cycle of poverty through quality education, positively transforming their lives and the lives of the community around them. Dignity achieves this by establishing high quality learning centres; implementing specialised learning environments to develop children academically and socially thus empowering them to become productive members of society. Started in 1998 in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur with only 20 students Dignity is now one of the largest comprehensive learning centre for marginalised and vulnerable children ranging from 2-19 years old. Over annual enrolment with children and youth from 29 different nationalities. It provides quality education and care in a secure environment for pre-school to Secondary, with Montessori method of teaching, Cambridge syllabus, IGCSE program. Together with the academic components, Dignity teaches vocational skills in the Upper Secondary program. Dignity operates 5 Transformational Enterprises: eat X dignity (cafe), cut X dignity (hair salon), sew X dignity (sewn products), shop X dignity and make X dignity (woodwork). Dignity also has a Farm Academy in Bentong, Pahang.