Having been in the wrong place at the wrong time, June narrowly missed a death penalty and instead served a 5-year sentence in prison - a miraculous second chance at life. Since her release in 2019, we caught up with her to find out how NLS has helped her.

The story tells the tale of Papa Bear getting lost at sea while gathering food for their family dinner. During that time, Mama Bear and Teddy Bear did not give up and continued praying in the hopes that Papa Bear will one day return home.

While in prison, Salimah Sukar feared that she would remain trapped in a cycle of crime, and separated from her children.

Worse, Salimah fretted that her children would fall behind at school while she was unable to be there to motivate them.

See how we worked with Salimah to provide the support she needed.

When we first met her, she had fallen behind her classmates at school. In fact, not only couldn’t she read or write English, she couldn’t speak it either. This was essentially down to a lack of support and encouragement at home.

Grandfather, father, uncle, brother-in-law, and breadwinner. At the age of 74, Mr Jaffar bin Ibrahim takes on various roles to feed his family of 14. He works tirelessly as a cleaner at Tanjong Katong Complex, earning a monthly salary of $900 to look after his family, including his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, one of whom is an infant.

Ahmad, 7, was having trouble keeping up with the other children at school when we first met him. It was so much so that he could not read any English.

Ahmad’s problem had nothing to do with his own abilities. In fact, he is a very bright young boy. Rather, it was because he was not getting the parental support and encouragement at home that every child needs.