Noah’s
Ark Natural Animal Sanctuary (NANAS) was the overall winner of the Tun Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi award in the second Iskandar Malaysia Social Hero Awards (IMSHA)
2015 Gala Banquet recently.
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| Datuk Nur Jazlan and Mrs Thanam Visvanathan Suresh [Centre] with the IMSHA 2015 social heroes |
NANAS,
which also won the Animal & Wildlife organization category, was represented
by NANAS founder and president, Raymund Wee.
The
premier community service award event in the Iskandar Malaysia region was
graced by guest-of-honour, deputy home minister and MP for Pulai, Datuk Nur
Jazlan Mohamed, who represented IMSHA patron and the fifth Prime Minister of
Malaysia, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
“It’s
encouraging to see that Iskandar Malaysia recognises the need to build the
Johor Baru community into the pride of Malaysia,” said Nur Jazlan who expressed
his full support to what IMSHA was doing to develop a more inclusive,
compassionate and effective society.
“This
year, we received close to 200 nominations compared to 170 nominations last
year,” said IMSHA committee chairman, Mrs Thanam Visvanathan Suresh, who congratulated
the individuals and organisations who were awarded for their selfless
contribution to the community.
Among
the nominated organisations that won in their respective categories were the Soroptimists
International JB in Education Advancement for their work in providing basic
education to Rohingya refugee children, the Malaysian Red Crescent Community
Services for their contribution in Disaster Relief and the Befrienders in
Health Services.
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| Raymund Wee of NANAS, being congratulated by Datuk Nur Jazlan and Mrs Thanam Visvanathan Suresh |
Reconstructive
and plastic surgeon, Dr Angamuthu Rajoo, was honoured for his Smiles Project
with children who can smile again after his reconstruction surgery on their
cleft lips, while active environmentalist and nature-lover, Vincent Chow, was
recognised for his commitment towards Environmental Preservation and
Protection.
The
Social Innovator award went to Kilang Bateri, a hip and happening destination
created within a former battery manufacturing plant at Jalan Tampoi, while UEM
Sunrise Berhad was recognised for their Corporate Social Responsibility
contributions.
Organized
by the Iskandar Malaysia Sustainable Committee Network (IMSC), an informal
network of local people in pursuit of enhancing social capital value in
Iskandar Malaysia, IMSHA aims to identify, recognise and celebrate individuals,
organisations and social movements which have made a significant contribution
to society through impactful and meaningful community service.
Also
present at the event were Iskandar Regional Development Authority Chief
Executive, Prof Datuk Ismail Ibrahim and members of the Leadership Council who
reviewed the results of the Social Impact Rating system by Frost &
Sullivan, for the final verdict.
The
IMSHA event was supported by sponsors, UM Land, I & P Group, Maslee Express
and Forest City. A complete list of the
IMSHA 2015 winners is available on: www.theiskandarian.com
A version of this was published in The Malaysian Insider on 23 Dec 2015
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