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For the past decade, the Star Golden Hearts Award (SGHA) has celebrated everyday Malaysians who devote themselves to social work and fostering unity.   Their stories have inspired millions, proving that even small acts of kindness can create lasting change.   Marking its 11th anniversary on Nov 20, 2025, SGHA continued this tradition by honouring ten outstanding unsung heroes as its 2025 recipients.   The ten winners are:  1.  Upskills underprivileged youths and ex-offenders via wood waste upcycling skills | REKAYU  2.  Supports vulnerable families with basic food aid | Chew Song Kong  3.  Advocates rescue & search operations and life-saving skills | Capt.K.Bala  4.  Provides home healthcare to vulnerable patients | Adrine M K Lee  5.  Empowers children and youth via education, life skills and hope | Mohamed Nazri Bin Prem Nasir  7.  Safeguards the biodiversity of Malaysia’s endangered rainforest | Tropical Rainforest Conservation and Research Centre (TRCRC)  8.  Empowers off-grid communities via micro-hydro energy across Malaysia | Lightup Borneo PLT  9.  Champions Malaysia's Baby Hatch to prevent child abandonment | OrphanCare Foundation  10. Advocates responsible lifestyle via basic life skills of repair, reuse and sharing | Johnson Lam Hooi Liang   This year’s edition also welcomed McDonald’s Malaysia as a strategic partner, which introduced the McDonald’s Caring Hearts Award that celebrates Malaysians whose selfless efforts create meaningful impact in the lives of others, driven not by recognition but by a deep commitment to community well-­being.   The inaugural award goes to REKAYU in recog­nition of its efforts to empower underprivileged youths and ex-­offenders with carpentry skills by upcycling wood waste into ­purposeful creations.   Mark your calendar from 24 to 28 November 2025 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  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00At Rikayu, we believe every single of wood has a story and a second chance.

00:15Same goes with our B40U.

00:17We want to empower them with good working skills by using these recycled woods,

00:23not only good for our home, but for our planet.

00:30When we look at habitat degradation of the elephants, we don't think of not having a roof for the elephant.

00:41In fact, we go further than that, we think of the habitat not having food source.

00:46So we went in and planted food for the elephant through the planting of napier grass and various types of grasses.

00:53And I think that initiative or that kind of approach will be the first in Sabah,

00:58if not in Malaysia, when it comes to enhancing of habitat for the wildlife.

01:12When it comes to education, people who are actually in poverty, they have a very limited kind of resources.

01:18So we want to bring the resources to them to actually use this education as a tool

01:22to uplift their family as well.

01:25I come from a very tough kind of background.

01:28During that time, there are a lot of hands who actually helped me.

01:31And now, I'm happy that I'm helping a lot of people.

01:35In the beginning, we don't have a warehouse.

01:46I use my car boot as the store.

01:48So after work, I could buy some provisions and distribute.

01:53As cases grew, I used my house.

01:55Then it outgrew my house.

01:57When people come, they look for me there.

01:59I ask my warrantee to go and go.

02:01I don't believe in getting famous.

02:04It's not my style.

02:05When I started this, I used to know what, maybe it was a hobby.

02:07And it keeps me alive.

02:09Every day, I have something to do.

02:10Every child needs a family.

02:22You know, may it be biological, extended, or even foster family.

02:27Knowing the harms of institutionalization and separating child from mom for whatever reason,

02:34we never accept globally, universally, even poverty cannot be a good reason.

02:40To put your child in a private home or a government home or whatever.

02:53A lot of people are suffering at home after a discharge from hospital.

02:58Hospital, per se, they are doing diagnosis.

03:03They are doing all the necessary checks and procedures.

03:06But eventually, the patient needs to go back home for recovery.

03:11We will do fact-finding to find out what is the condition of the patient,

03:15what they actually need, what they actually have.

03:18It's the type of help assistance that we can give to let them go through the stress

03:24and also the difficulty in caring for a patient.

03:29Every operation, there is a very high risk, but it's very important to have members train.

03:42Training is like cycling.

03:43You stop, you fall.

03:44So, I believe that getting the members, everybody train and be prepared.

03:48Even though there's no disaster or no response to help, we'll be prepared.

03:52By providing a knowledge and skills and facilities, somebody, an ordinary people also can do something during emergencies

03:59to their neighbourhood, to their family, to their friends.

04:03And when something happens in front of them, they should be able to react and provide some help.

04:07We are a very consumer society.

04:17We use, spoil already, we just throw away why you don't repair things.

04:22People will say there's no tools, there's no space to repair, and there's no expertise.

04:27So, a session of kaki repair has all these three, so there's no more excuses for people to not repair.

04:37The next step is to take a look at the

04:42The next step is to take a look at the

04:43Up to this day, TRCRC has managed to collect around 200,000 seed lanes,

04:48and we have planted around 65,000 in our restoration sites,

04:53and we have managed to rescue 319 trees,

04:57and 17 of them are pretty clay and denser in the IUCN Red List,

05:02which is the International Union for Conservation and Nature Red List.

05:07I have a familiarity with Hydro, so I thought if I cannot help to build road and provide clinic and school and phone to them,

05:25electricity is one thing we can help.

05:27Every time we light up a village, we are very, very excited about it because for people who come from town,

05:34To turn on the light is really nothing at all, and they take it for granted that this is part of their life, their lifestyle.

05:41But for villages, this is a very significant moment, and you can see the happiness is written on their face.

05:48That you were aировать from the sky.

05:50And you can see the happiness is written on your side.

05:52You can see the happiness is written on your side, and it seems that for people who come from home.

05:54That is a very beautiful view.

06:00Being a part of your life.

06:02You can see the happiness is written on your side, and you can see the happiness.

06:06It is a beautiful view.

06:08In this place is written on your side.

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