As global statistics show, the population of the world is turning into an aged population. Due to this, elderly health has become a top priority in most countries. By 2050, it is estimated that 20% of the world population will be 60-years or older. As a result of this demographic trend, there will be an increase in the need for older adult services, including the need to meaningfully attend to this burgeoning population during the end of life period. Research has shown that music impacts brain function and human behavior, including by reducing stress, pain and symptoms of depression. Music is proven to be helpful in improving cognitive and motor skills, spatial temporal learning and neurogenesis, which is the brain’s ability to produce neurons. Some studies have also shown that actively and passively engaging with music can improve working memory and recognition memory. As older adults are more at risk of neurodegeneration, music is a sort-of way to reduce the risk of disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons and improve mental and physical well being.  Therefore, this project aims to engage with senior citizens through music learning and music activities by publishing suitable learning materials and facilitating a music learning programme that caters to their needs. 

Overview The proposed project is to enable underprivileged children in Kampung Bukit Tiu, Machang, and nearby areas to experience the joy of riding and improving their health and fitness. Donating a bike to 100 children from underprivileged families will encourage them to be more active in outdoor activities. Children who cycle can develop a healthy positive habit that is beneficial for children who are not very active and those who cannot sit still. These bicycles are collected from contributors who would like to give away their kids' bike for charity that is still in good condition and reusable. Issue Encouraging children to ride is one way to get kids to be more active. However, not all families can afford to purchase a bike for their kids. Meanwhile, those who can afford to purchase a bike will mostly abandon it when their kids get older, and these bikes will be unused and rusty. Bicycles serve as a valuable means of transportation and empowerment, particularly for individuals and communities facing socioeconomic challenges. This proposal outlines our plan to organize a recycled bicycle donation campaign to aid those in need and positively impact their lives.

Malaysia generates almost 38,000 metric tons of solid waste per day and 45 percent of it is food waste. This is the issue that need to be focus on for a better solution. Based on statistic from Sabah Government show that the cost of waste management at Kundasang, Ranau is RM 68,349.02 per month that include food waste. Imagine that we can convert food waste by producing compose fertilizer, we can reduce the cost and  pollution. As we know that method of disposal at Ranau is open dumping that can cause pollution.The Food Waste Revolution seeks to promote a circular economy approach, where waste is minimized, resources are conserved, and materials are continually reused, recycled, or repurposed.The project takes inspiration from the concept of technopreneurship, which combines technology and entrepreneurship to create innovative and sustainable solutions. It recognizes that technological advancements, coupled with entrepreneurial thinking, can drive transformative changes in waste management, resource utilization, and the overall sustainability landscape. By using a discarded container, food waste will be thrown into the container. Then, the compost material is mixed for several months and the food waste will decompose into organic fertilizer that can be used for agricultural activities. This can reduce the cost of purchasing fertilizers, avoid the use of synthetic fertilizers and increase agricultural activities with quality production and low cost.As we know that convert food waste into compose fertilizer have been widely known at peninsular Malaysia rather that at Sabah & Sarawak especially in Kundasang, Sabah. The community at Kundasang did not aware about this method and this is one of the opportunity to them gain new knowledge.

This proposal focused on TikTok marketing as a means to support income for rural entrepreneurs. As the digital landscape continues to evolve, it is crucial for rural businesses to leverage social media platforms to reach a wider audience, increase brand visibility, and generate revenue. TikTok, a rapidly growing social media platform, offers a unique opportunity to engage with a large user base and create impactful marketing campaigns. This proposal outlines our strategy and implementation plan to empower rural entrepreneurs through TikTok marketing.

One of life's essentials is water. Humans use water in their daily activities. It is quite challenging if there is no access to clean water. Imagine needing to start the generator every time you wanted to use the water pump in order to receive clean water. They undoubtedly struggle to obtain clean water, and purchasing oil to run the generator costs a lot of money.More than 20 homes in Kampung Pulau Sepanggar experienced this. Our goal is to make reclamation easier by incorporating solar technology to power water pumps. In order to make it simpler for people to go about their everyday lives, our goal also involves providing every home with a source of clean water. 

5.1 IntroductionThe ' Solar-PV Powered Mini Aquaponics with IoT Monitoring System for STEM’ project addresses crucial aspects related to education, sustainability, and community development. Its goal is to create a portable, affordable, and user-friendly DIY aquaponics system that incorporates solar energy. The project targets 120 students, including those with special needs and students from the Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PKKI), at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Timbul, Senggarang, Batu Pahat. It aims to provide practical application of theoretical knowledge aligned with the Reka Bentuk dan Teknologi (RBT) curriculum.        Through collaboration with volunteers, teachers, environmental activists, and the local community, the project strives to establish a sustainable and successful entrepreneurial endeavor. It recognizes the significant gap in Sains, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, particularly the lack of experiential learning opportunities for students. Traditional classroom teaching often fails to effectively engage students and provide real-world applications of theoretical concepts. By designing and implementing a functional aquaponics system, the project aims to bridge this gap by offering students an interactive and practical learning experience. Through building, operating, and maintaining the aquaponics system, students will gain a deeper understanding of renewable energy, sustainable farming practices, and IoT technology. 5.2 ObjectiveThe objectives for this project are: Developing a portable and user-friendly DIY aquaponics kit powered by solar PV.Providing interactive and hands-on learning experiences for school students to understand the principles of aquaponics, renewable energy and data analysis.Promoting environmental sustainability through a real-life aquaponics model, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between fish farming and hydroponics, and highlighting resource efficiency and sustainable agricultural practices.Nurturing STEM education by fostering creativity, problem-solving skills, and teamwork among students.Encouraging collaboration among volunteers, teachers, environmental activists, and the local community to ensure the success and sustainability of the project.  5.3  My Starfish Foundation and Public SupportThe support from My Starfish Foundation and the public is crucial for the project's success. Financial assistance from My Starfish Foundation and public contributions is essential to fund the development of the Solar-PV Powered Mini Aquaponics System and IoT monitoring system, covering expenses related to materials, equipment, research, development, and production of the aquaponics kits.      Furthermore, community engagement is vital for the project's success. By gathering volunteers, teachers, environmental activists, and the local community, the project can establish a support network, foster collaboration, and ensure long-term sustainability. My Starfish Foundation and public support will help promote sustainable farming, STEM education, and community development, establishing aquaponics learning centers in schools and communities. These centers can serve as models for other nearby schools, potentially transforming existing schools into specialized aquaponics learning centers, benefiting future generations and preventing the neglect of similar projects in the future. 

Project Background and IssuePangkor Island is an island located on the west coast of Malaysia, with its local residents having strong relations as a whole. This is due to its common industrial heritage in fishery. However, with the ever expanding growth in tourism, the local residents may struggle in maintaining a good balance of their own locality and the tourist commercial activities.Our project concern lies within the mushrooming growth of Pangkor’s island tourism development, which can potentially deteriorate the local culture and heritages over time. This has already been in effect and can be seen throughout the fishery industry. An example of such effect would be the tug of war relationship between the existing fishery areas and duty-free centres. To counter this problem, we propose keeping and cultivating the local culture, which includes sharing the local knowledge of the heritages and cultural views. This project aims to raise awareness towards the Pangkor island’s cultural identity, which will ultimately result in a vast appreciation of its history and culture. Our primary goal is to strengthen the Pangkor island’s integrity by reminding the community of its significant values. This process will forge a strong foundation for a sustainable tourism future, which will be done by collecting, preserving and contributing to these declining industries, as well as the island’s heritage.  Project purposes:Preserve Industrial Heritage: Document and preserve Pangkor Island's fishery legacy by sharing local knowledge and cultural perspectives.Empower Local Community: Strengthen the island's communal identity amidst the fast pace tourism growth by emphasising its significance.Promote Sustainable Tourism: Create a healthy appreciation for Pangkor Island's heritage to maintain and improve a balanced tourism development that respects local culture.Preserve Sunset Industries: Keeping and preserving historical and cultural values, to protect Pangkor Island's assets, particularly its fading industries, from modernization impacts

This is a little bit of the Jahai community background. The Sungai Rual Orang Asli Village is located about 22 kilometers from the Jeli Town. It was established around 1972 with 7 chiefs (Tok Batin). Nowadays there are only 4 chiefs (Tok Batin). The area of the village is about 659 hectares. The Orang Asli are from the Jahai community and there are 516 people of 108 families stay in this village. The majority of Orang Asli in this village are muslims. The main occupations of the villagers are in the palm oil and rubber plantation. The development of the Village comes under the supervision of Department of the Orang Asli Affairs.From the Books of Tribal Communities in the Malay World by “Geoffrey Benjamin & Cynthia Chou” (2003) shows that there is society’s ancient perception towards Orang Asli. Malaysia is multi-racial country, this problem should not happen in order to meet with the Malaysia’s objective who value and practice unity. The problem is important because it affect Orang Asli Jahai interest and this has implications for the genuine livelihoods progress of Orang Asli Jahai community.  We choose to change the ancient perceptions towards 60 Orang Asli Jahai community in Sungai Rual, Jeli to strenghthening unity among 90 participants from University Malaysia Kelantan Kampus Kota, University Malaysia Kelantan Kampus Jeli and Sekolah Kebangsaan Pengkalan Chepa Kota Bharu. We aims to benefit Orang Asli Jahai community by providing them an opportunity to promote their culture and talents based on our project activities such as “Night story with traditional dancing” and more. This will lead Orang Asli Jahai community to be known among other communities by perform their traditional dancing. Additionally, we familiar that Orang Asli Jahai is creative in weaving so we provide entrepreneur innovation knowledge to benefit Orang Asli Jahai community about entrepreneur small business in collaboration with UMK EI and Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli (JAKOA)  to market Orang Asli Jahai products. We will also help in terms of creating a page related to Orang Asli Jahai in collaboration with University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), American Corner Kelantan PPI UMK and Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli (JAKOA) to provide more exposure regarding Orang Asli.It is important for My Starfish Foundation and the public to support this project in terms of below :Cultural Conservation : Change the perception of other communities towards Orang Asli Jahai by providing exposure to Orang Asli Jahai culture such as play in group of community combination, traditional games, traditional dances and how Orang Asli’s in reality. By promoting unity and understanding among different communities, we can work towards eliminating stereotypes and prejudices. Economic Growth : Enable Orang Asli Jahai community about the potential of being an entrepreneur with innovation entrepreneur knowledge. This can lead to increase revenue, job opportunities and improved living standard for the community.  Community Engagement : Supporting this project will encourages community engagement and collaboration. All the participants can enhance the unity towards Orang Asli Jahai. It can also being able to avoid negative implications for the genuine livelihoods progress of the Orang Asli Jahai community. Knowledge Sharing : Innovation entrepreneur talk for new knowledge of innovation entrepreneur. Using whatever types of products that can have innovations element. This can empower their skills and insights that can lead to sustainable economic development.    Overall, public support for this project can have a significant positive impact on the Orang Asli Jahai community such like their economy, sociality, their livelihoods progress and this will fulfill Malaysia’s objective which is create unity between all types of races by foster inclusivity, empower the orang asli Jahai community, and build more harmonious society. 

Pusat Pengajian Dan Tahfiz Anak Yatim Al Sidiqi has been established since 2021. Located in Kampung Mengabang, Kuala Nerus Terengganu. The distance of the study center is approximately 1.3 kilometers from IPG Dato’ Razali Ismail Campus. This study center comprises a total of 10 students and 5 teachers which accommodates children who have lost both parents or one of them. The students enrolled are ranging from 6 years old to 13 years old. We have obtained information saying that this school focuses on the teaching of Islam religion including Islamic practices and memorization of the Holy Quran which explains that the curriculum taught here is not the same as the government schools. That is to say, they do learn academically, but it is not properly taught with the guidance of standardized syllabi, as the core teaching is about religious practices. In addition, The students here are taught for free in which the study fee is dependent on the school's source of funding and people's donation. Some of the reasons they were being sent to this school were due to the inability to pay for proper education, and of course, to get a solid foundation of religious knowledge. However, we have concerned that there are several problems found in this school which have caused the students to face improper teaching and learning (T&L) session, unlike their other fortunate friends in the government schools. To start with, this school lacks teaching staff, especially in the academic field who teach standardized curriculum by the Ministry of Education. Also, the absence of physical education teacher has somehow led them to rarely experience sports day programs. Not only that, they do not have multimedia teaching materials (ICT) -- LCD projector, white screen to optimize the delivery of learning content and the knowledge reception.  Thus, realizing the fact that these students do not have the opportunity to experience a real school environment equipped with proper and enough teaching and learning materials, the Social and Welfare Bureau of Students' Representative Council in Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Dato' Razali Ismail ( IPGKDRI ) has planned to initiate a project called Tholib Mumtaz Tuition Academy to expose them to the same teaching and learning environment just like in the government schools. As IPG is the training center for future primary school teachers, managed by the Malaysian Teacher Education Institute of the Ministry of Education Malaysia (IPGM KPM), we have been exposed to the best teaching skills and have been trained to brush up on them. Thus, with the assistance of voluntary teachers in IPG, the Tahfiz students would be able to learn through a more balanced and comprehensive tuition education --- hands-on activities, a sports day program, and proper T&L sessions. Why is it important for the MyStarFish Foundation and the public to support this project? To begin with, we foresee the importance to help these underprivileged kids to rejuvenate their hopes by getting to learn through a more balanced and comprehensive tuition education. That means, the funds provided will be used to buy the ICT T&L materials, exercise books, a hailer (to be used for sports day program), and a notice board which will be useful for updating the current school's information. All these stuff are needed to conduct the Tholib Mumtaz Tuition Academy to open a door for the students to face the same experience as other kids in the government schools.  If the project is not supported, it would be devastating to know that these underprivileged children will be left behind to be in the same experience as other kids in the school.