In my home country Malaysia, stateless people are one of the most discriminated groups. Despite being born here, they are denied access to basic needs including education and healthcare leading to many socio-economic problems such as homelessness, illiteracy and drug abuse. Nevertheless, their resilience has been a great of source of inspiration and awe. For almost 3 years, I have been working as a volunteer teacher in literacy, art and photography for an NGO that provides free education to stateless children in Sabah, Malaysia. I was based in Semporna which has the largest enclave of stateless community particularly amongst the Bajau Laut people, an indigenous group known for being sea nomads. My teaching activity went in parallel with the traditional documentary photographic work as I wanted to document my students in a more nuanced manner. Over time, it progressed to become more collaborative with my students actively engaging with me in the image production process. Each submitted work here is a union of the student’s own works and my photography. I wanted it to resemble their village community posters and contents of a scrap book compiled by the children in my class. Despite the injustice they experience, it is hoped that the outcome encapsulates the spirit of these children; resilient, colourful, full of hope and pride