For nine years, the Star Golden Hearts Award (SGHA) has honoured everyday Malaysians who dedicated to social work and fostering unity. Their inspiring stories have touched millions, showing how small acts of kindness can make a big impact.
This year, SGHA continued its tradition, celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 12, 2024, by recognising ten deserving unsung heroes as the 2024 winners.
The ten winners are:
1. Protects and conserves Malaysia’s marine ecosystems | Reef Check Malaysia
2. Champions equal rights for visually impaired communities | Silatul Rahim Bin Dahman
3. A food bank dedicated to combating food waste | Food Aid Foundation
4. Safeguards critically endangered Malayan Tigers | RIMAU
5. Restores wildlife habitat through community-led conservation | APE Malaysia
6. Advocates genetic equity and pioneers rare disease genomics | Prof. Dr. Thong Meow Keong
7. Safeguards Malayan Tigers through anti-poaching efforts | WWF- Malaysia Orang Asli Anti-Poaching Team
8. Protects and restores Malaysia's freshwater turtle populations | Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
9. Safeguards Sarawak's precious ecosystems | WWF-Malaysia’s Sarawak Wildlife Conservation Team
10. Deploys trained dogs for life-saving missions | Search and Rescue Dogs Malaysia
Mark your calendar from 18 to 27 November 2024 to watch all the winners' videos and be inspired.
For more details, visit https://www.sgha.com.my/
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This year, SGHA continued its tradition, celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 12, 2024, by recognising ten deserving unsung heroes as the 2024 winners.
The ten winners are:
1. Protects and conserves Malaysia’s marine ecosystems | Reef Check Malaysia
2. Champions equal rights for visually impaired communities | Silatul Rahim Bin Dahman
3. A food bank dedicated to combating food waste | Food Aid Foundation
4. Safeguards critically endangered Malayan Tigers | RIMAU
5. Restores wildlife habitat through community-led conservation | APE Malaysia
6. Advocates genetic equity and pioneers rare disease genomics | Prof. Dr. Thong Meow Keong
7. Safeguards Malayan Tigers through anti-poaching efforts | WWF- Malaysia Orang Asli Anti-Poaching Team
8. Protects and restores Malaysia's freshwater turtle populations | Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia
9. Safeguards Sarawak's precious ecosystems | WWF-Malaysia’s Sarawak Wildlife Conservation Team
10. Deploys trained dogs for life-saving missions | Search and Rescue Dogs Malaysia
Mark your calendar from 18 to 27 November 2024 to watch all the winners' videos and be inspired.
For more details, visit https://www.sgha.com.my/
WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news
SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar
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00:00Coral reefs are actually the habitats for
00:29industrial grounds for fishes, right, so it's actually a very important source of our food
00:33security in the future. If there's no more coral reefs, we might get less fish stock.
00:42We empower blind and visually impaired persons to learn technology because we believe technology
00:49can be a tool to enhance education, employment, and the day-to-day life for blind people.
00:59Welcome to Malaysian Foundation for the Blind.
01:03Because of my career, I have witnessed so much surplus food from restaurants to hotels to
01:09manufacturers being discarded and embarking on charitable work. You can actually experience
01:15instant gratitude. That motivates us to do more.
01:19What we wanted to do was to put anti-poaching efforts in the jungle
01:29to basically help the government in the efforts to save the Malayan tiger.
01:33What would it say about us as Malaysians if we lost the animal that sits on our national crest?
01:38Where we're standing right now, this is all the trees that have been planted since 2018.
01:49Pygmy elephant, sun bear, orangutan are coming back in this area.
01:59They did not bring this upon themselves. It's not that they asked to be born with a rare condition.
02:05So if we are not giving them the appropriate treatment which they need to live,
02:09then we have not been doing our duties as doctors.
02:19The following years, we started to see the number of snares we found
02:22decrease dramatically. So it showed the success of the projects, how the collaborations with
02:27the Orang Asli really bring a positive impact to reduce poaching in this landscape.
02:35We collect river terrapin eggs from nesting banks so that we can safely incubate the eggs.
02:44And when these hatchlings emerge, we raise them for a few months
02:49before we release them into the Kemaman River.
02:57Because of their population, we travel far into the forest installing camera traps,
03:04also we do madness count survey for orangutans.
03:14Our purpose in life is to be of service to the public.
03:18When the dogs go to search, they very much work on their own.
03:23So that bond between handler and dog is very important.