00:005e siblings can now step into 2026 with hope,
00:09clutching their very own identity cards which officially recognize them as citizens of Malaysia.
00:15Although they were born and raised here, they were stateless for years,
00:20as their father had not registered their births.
00:23Without documents, they lacked a sense of belonging.
00:27So for me, I feel so happy because before this, we don't have ICs,
00:32so I'm afraid whenever I see the police, I'm afraid later they'll ask for ICs and all,
00:38and then if we don't have, they'll bring us again.
00:41We are born here. We should have the courage in Malaysia.
00:45We should have the things that we should do, for example travel, taking lessons, open back a car.
00:52Procuring their ICs was made possible by concerned neighbours
00:55who banded together to help the siblings.
00:58At its centre was Sheila Rahman Natarajan, whom the siblings lovingly call Aunty Sheila.
01:04Sheila and her husband Abdul Rahman Ishaq opened their home and hearts to the siblings.
01:10There, the children found safety while Sheila navigated years of bureaucracy
01:16so the children could one day be recognised as Malaysian citizens.
01:21Sheila even created her own version of an identification card for them.
01:26This was card pengenalan anak here, I put here.
01:31That means information for my children so that they, to make them brave
01:38because they need to know to find the way back home if they are in any danger.
01:44Okay, they don't remember dad's phone number.
01:47They didn't even know where they stayed.
01:49They didn't know what an address was.
01:52All children born here deserve to have, you know, a life.
01:59Whether or not it is not a full citizenship, at least the opportunity to go and have an education
02:08so that they will be alright in, you know, for their future.
02:15Besides Sheila, neighbours, regardless of race,
02:18stepped in to help the children find a path towards stability.
02:22And thanks to the Dignity for Children Foundation, education became possible for them.
02:28Ting Choi, the youngest, found school intimidating at first.
02:32And he did not have a single friend there.
02:35But one teacher made a difference.
02:37My teacher never gave up on me.
02:39She kept on teaching me until I can speak proper English.
02:43Today, the siblings speak of the future with confidence,
02:47envisioning their lives shaped by choice rather than fear.
02:52For me, I feel grateful because, like, like, for Aunty Silah and Uncle Mark,
02:57like, they're pushing us also to get our IC.
03:01And then also, like, they never give up to us.
03:04The most I'm thankful for this community, especially my neighbours and Aunty Silah and Uncle Mark,
03:10because if not because of them, I wouldn't know who am I, and I wouldn't have my own IC.
03:16The siblings can now step into 2026 not with grand declarations,
03:22but with something far more powerful.
03:24Certainty of a brighter future.
03:26Brighter future.
03:28Divya Ragu and Sheila Vijayan, FMT
03:32entirely with close relationships.
03:34So gegenüber some people I'm what wasn't for it all.
03:36I hope you enjoyed War of the Lord and Cynthia was the greatest.
03:37I hope you enjoyed the fact that you Romania Christ had been at the sightest withmu that we love
03:38through this in the world.
03:39But I like when Natomiastكم and different times we've learned far more powerful things,
03:42we've learned the fact that you canover the world on just a few years ago.
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