EMPOWERMENT THROUGH COLLABORATION: MIGRANT WORKERS IN ALTERNATIVE NONFORMAL EDUCATION
在互助中培力：移工的非正式教育参与

Linda A. Lumayag
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
E-mail: [email protected]

马来西亚华人研究学刊，第20期，2017年，页1-18
Journal of Malaysian Chinese Studies, Volume 20, 2017: 1-18

Abstract

Migrant workers are often negatively stereotyped by the media and Malaysian public. They are seen as pendatang pekerja or sometimes called pendatang haram who take away jobs intended for local people. And because they come from less developed economies in the region, they are seen as poor and marginalized. Using this as a backdrop, this article examines how the so-called marginalized group of people is able to negotiate their position in the community through the formation of a Migrants’ Capability Enhancement Program (CAPe). Practices like self-sufficiency, volunteerism and empowerment are key points in how migrants provide a model for collaboration at the level of the local community. This particular study pertains to the community-based or faith-based organization whose members are active volunteers of the CAPe program in Kuala Lumpur. Both qualitative using participant observation and quantitative method using survey were adopted. This study observes that marginalization and discrimination has in effect emboldened certain groups of migrants to help each other and maintain a very high degree of self-sufficiency and volunteerism. In return, they empower other migrants by sharing their knowledge and skills by organizing a non-formal type of education to enhance their skills, build small communities and strengthen their collaborative effort in the local church and the wider Malaysian society.

Keywords: Empowerment, Collaboration, Migrant workers, Nonformal Education

摘要

媒体与民众经常对移工存有着负面印象，视他们为抢走原属本地人工作的外来劳动者（pendatang pekerja），或非法外来者（pendatang haram）。由于他们多来自经济发展迟缓的后进区域，因此也常被视为是贫穷、被边缘化。以此为背景，本文试图探讨这些所谓的边缘化群体如何透过“移民能力提升计划”（CAPe）来转换他们在社区中的地位。自力救济、志愿服务以及培力训练等，是移民群体得以为在地社群提供协力的关键。本研究涉及以社区为基础或以信念为基础的组织，其成员是吉隆坡CAPe计划的积极志愿者，并结合参与观察及定量的调查。本文将指出，主流社会对移民的边缘化与歧视，实际上强化了部分移工社群之间的互助，令他们高度参与自力救济与志愿服务。受到培力的移工又对其他移工进行培力，这包括透过组织非正式的教育来传授知识与技术、建立小型社群，在当地教会以至马来西亚社会中，深化这种协同式合作。

关键词：培力、合作、移工、非正式教育

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