A Small Team with a Single Purpose
Linkfolk was set up to help families in Sabah think more carefully about how they store, label, and share their personal records. Nothing more complicated than that.
Back to HomeWhere Linkfolk Came From
Linkfolk began in 2019 when a small group of people in Kota Kinabalu noticed a quiet, recurring difficulty among the families they worked alongside. Boxes of old letters, photographs bundled in rubber bands, folders of documents that nobody could quite decipher — households carrying years of personal correspondence with no clear way to bring it into order.
The founding idea was straightforward: offer structured, gentle sessions where a family could sit down with their records and come away with a system that actually worked for them. Not a digital product, not a piece of software — just a quiet room, a thoughtful process, and a set of practical tools to take home.
We are not archivists, and we are not legal advisers. We are a small team of educators and administrative facilitators who find value in the work of helping families preserve what matters to them — names, dates, correspondence, photographs, and the small records that otherwise get lost in a move or a house clearing.
Our sessions are run from Jalan Gaya in the centre of Kota Kinabalu. We serve families across Sabah, and we are careful to keep our scope clear: everything we do is educational and organisational. We do not interpret documents, offer opinions on legal matters, or handle records outside of the session room.
Our Mission
To help households across Sabah bring their personal records into a clear, workable order — quietly, carefully, and at a pace that suits the family.
Our Values
- Patience. Good organisation takes time. We do not rush households through their records.
- Discretion. What families bring to a session stays within the household.
- Clarity. We speak plainly and produce outputs that families can use without further explanation.
- Scope. We stay within our lane — education and administration only, nothing more.
Who Runs the Sessions
Roslan Saidin
Roslan has spent over a decade working with community education programmes across Sabah. He leads the Family Records Programme and coordinates multi-session households.
Lim Kar Wei
Kar Wei facilitates the Household Records Workshops and brings a background in library science and document cataloguing to the sessions.
Nadia Azreen
Nadia handles the scheduling and materials preparation for all sessions, and is the first point of contact for families enquiring about the Conversation service.
Standards We Hold to in Every Session
Document Privacy
All records remain under the household's control throughout a session. We do not photograph, copy, or retain any family documents.
Clear Scope
We are explicit with families from the first contact: our work is educational and administrative. We do not advise on legal or financial matters.
Practical Materials
Every session produces a tangible output — a labelling guide, a folder kit, or a finished handbook — so families leave with a working system.
Trained Facilitators
Each member of our team has completed facilitation and document-management training. Sessions are led consistently by the same facilitator where possible.
Unhurried Pacing
We plan session durations around what households realistically need — not around filling a time slot. If more time is needed, we schedule it.
Follow-Up Access
Families who complete a session can contact us with questions about their labelling system for up to six months at no additional charge.
Document Organisation as a Family Practice
Most families accumulate records over many years without a clear system for finding them again. Letters from relatives, old photographs, household correspondence, contracts for services, and reference documents all tend to end up in the same drawer or box. When a family needs to find something specific — a date, a name, a record of a particular event — the search can take hours.
At Linkfolk, our work starts from a simple premise: good organisation is something a family can learn together. It does not require specialist software or significant time investments. It requires a clear labelling approach, a consistent folder structure, and the patience to work through existing records in a focused way.
Our sessions are designed around Sabah households, which often include multiple generations with different relationships to paperwork. Some family members are comfortable with folders and files; others find the process daunting. We structure sessions so that both kinds of participants can contribute in a way that suits them.
The materials we produce — labelling guides, folder kits, printed handbooks — are designed to stay useful for years. They are plain, clear, and reference-friendly. A family who completed a session with us in 2022 can still use the same folder structure and labels without needing to start over.
We are based at 15 Jalan Gaya in central Kota Kinabalu, within easy reach of most parts of the city. Families from further afield in Sabah are welcome to arrange sessions, and we can discuss travel logistics for households in outlying areas when the programme scope justifies it.
Arrange a Session with Linkfolk
If you have a household's worth of letters and records that need sorting, we are a straightforward starting point. Get in touch and we will talk through which session fits your situation.
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