Committed to Brightening Young Minds

KOMPAS/ZULKARNAINI

Sahidin

Sahidin, 53, is persistent in his efforts to reduce the school dropout rate in his area. He works hard to find foster parents for underprivileged local students, setting aside a portion of his salary and using the money made from his harvests to do so. He has also established schools for poor children. His goal is to ensure that the schools he founds remain committed to educating local youths.

Students of the Manba’el Huda junior high school entered their classroom quickly one day in early August, when the bell rang at 4:15 p.m. at the end of the one-hour recess period. They stood in line to shake their teacher’s hand and went into the classroom.