Cover image via Pusat Kreatif Kanak-Kanak Tuanku BainunThis is Firdaus Ahmad Farouk
Age 14, every Thursday night, he heads over to the Feeding the Needy soup kitchen in Chow Kit to help out the city's homeless. "It's a must in my life to help people. I want to make them feel better, to make their lives easier," he says.
Young Firdaus has been doing this since he was 12 with his mum Zarina Zainuddin.
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Earlier on Monday night, 11 January, Firdaus, clad in a blue plaid shirt and jeans, was out again with his single mother to feed the homeless and the urban poor off Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman
Image via NST
Image via NST
His leadership and commitment to the cause have awed the adults around him. Back in November 2015, Firdaus won the Young Changemakers Award for his efforts in being a young changemaker.
Making a difference: the three Young Changemakers with their cheques.
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Firdaus, who wants to be a philanthropist when he grows up, plans to give his RM2,000 prize money to Feeding the Needy. He says he always wanted to receive the award so the money could go towards buying more food and supplies for the charitable organisation.
12-year-old Loh Shi Ya is a budding environmentalist
She is the head of her school club that has a mission to raise awareness on recycling and implementing the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) concept at her school and the local community. Loh collected around 2,000kg of solid waste to be recycled.
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Apart from being one of the three recipients of the Tuanku Bainun Young Changemakers Awards, she was also the national champion at the Recycling Competition for Primary School in Rural Areas
6-year-old Leah Choy Sze Qin raised funds for Rohingya refugees. She was only 4 ½ when she started baking by watching YouTube.
The little chef from Alor Gajah Malacca started baking to raise funds for her baby sister Adele who has brain injury. Leah, who is now six years old, taught herself how to bake cupcakes by watching YouTube; and raised USD6,000 for her sister's treatment.
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