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Interview: Selangor princess YAM Tengku Zatashah on plastics, pollution and food waste
We catch up with the Selangor princess on her passion for social work.
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Interview: Editor Shashivarmaan on giving students a voice and finding out ‘What Students Want’
We speak to the editor-in-chief of the book What Students Want, a book that takes pride in being created, curated and edited by students.
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Keeping fabric out of landfills: The Kloth Cares movement wants 188 tonnes of your used clothes
The Kloth Cares movement aims to make responsible clothes disposal and recycling the norm in Malaysia.
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Mapping the needs of the marginalised — Pathfinders on the importance of data and community engagement
Pathfinder shares how knowing the needs of a community is the important first step.
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Fighting illiteracy: How MYReaders’ intervention programmes teach kids to read in 27 weeks
Co-founder Tay Sue Yen discusses the state of literacy in Malaysia and how MYReaders is looking to intervene.
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Interview: Life coach Zhariff Afandi on disability, barriers and growing from personal failures
Zhariff shares about picking himself up after a recent divorce, failed businesses and writing the book that “could save your life” after it saved his.
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How do you report animal abuse?
Get a better understanding of animal welfare laws in Malaysia and how to report abuse.
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Learning through play with Toy Libraries Malaysia
The initiative looks to give underprivileged children access to toys.
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How Kechara Food Bank connects the underprivileged with otherwise wasted food
The programme currently feeds 12,000 people, but needs volunteers to distribute the food.
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How homemakers became the firefighters of this low-cost housing community
The Fire Squad volunteers are putting an end to the neighbourhood’s frequent fires.