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. 

Pusat Jagaan Warga Istimewa Kempas is a home for the special needs community. The organisation was established in 1993. Currently, this charity home consists of two double-storey houses that accommodate 25 beneficiaries with the age range of 13 to 98 years old. It provides shelter, individual care, health well-being  and self management to the beneficiaries with multiple incurable disabilities such as autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, mentality retarded and learning difficulties.  Through the interview with the founder, we found that most of the beneficiaries are mentally challenged and face difficulties in social interaction and daily activities. These beneficiaries are lacking physical activities due to insufficient equipment and a conducive outdoor environment. They only have light exercise which might not be sufficient to improve their physical and mental health conditions. Besides that, no professional equipment or consultancy that can aid their therapy. Furthermore, the founder hopes that the beneficiaries are able to live happily with the support provided by the charity despite the harsh life they are living. Hence, we hope to transfer landscape architecture knowledge to improve their outdoor environment in solving current problems. In short, we proposed a landscape master plan for the charity home to restorate an outdoor environment by providing relative benefits of therapeutic and healing activities to the unprivileged community. 

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.

The title of this project, “The ‘WE’ Double ‘E’” is derived from the short form “WEEE” of Waste from Electrical and Electronic devices which is also known as e-waste. E-waste is any abandoned product that has a battery or socket and contains harmful and poisonous materials like mercury that can seriously endanger both human and environmental health (Geneva Environment Network, 2023). E-waste contains toxic substances, including mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium, and flame retardants, which can harm DNA, cause preterm delivery, skin disorders, hearing loss, dizziness, and shortness of breath, as well as male reproductive and genital abnormalities. The risk of cancer, liver damage, and kidney damage can increase when toxins from untreated e-waste pollute soil, water, and the atmosphere (E-Waste & its Negative Effects on the Environment, 2019). In Malaysia, a total of 280,000 tonnes, or 8.8 kg of electronic garbage per person, were created. E-waste generation in Malaysia is projected to rise as the country moves from a middle-high to high-income status, but the rate of recycling e-waste is lower than the generation of e-waste (E-Waste in Malaysia, 2023). The main idea of this project is to give back to the environment and protect natural resources. For that, the chosen community is the residents of Taman Pantai Sepang Putra, Kampung Bagan Lalang, Taman Sri Bayu and Taman Sri Sungai Pelek. The purpose is to improve their knowledge, attitude, and practice toward e-waste handling and expose them to proper e-waste disposal. The residents are unaware of proper e-waste disposal methods. My project team is initiating an awareness program to give them ideas and knowledge about the importance of the environment by collaborating with  Tan Boon Ming Sdn. Bhd. The reason for choosing residential people is that they are one of the potential contributors to e-waste;Upgrading to newer electronic devices more frequently than necessary,Disposing of old or broken electronics improperly,Not recycling electronic waste properly.

Sekolah Kebangsaan Kokol (SK Kokol) is a primary school located in the rural area of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah- namely Kampung Kokol, Menggatal. To have a better picture of Kampung Kokol’s rurality, it is located around 40 kilometres from Kota Kinabalu city centre. Based on recent interviews with the school principal, we have identified that the school is currently educating around 187 students from Year 1 to Year 6 along with 21 preschool students. Whilst we are working on another community project- service learning project with the school, the school principal has brought up other concerns with us- SK Kokol does not have a properly built and designated space for a library, and place to set up Information and Computer Technology (ICT) equipment for their students.Due to the school’s growing number of students and the implementation of distanced seats in compliance with SOP procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic, they were forced to turn their previous library (pusat sumber) into a classroom. This caused the library's space becomes tiny and only used to store limited numbers of books. Therefore, we wish to build a new building in the school to provide a designated space for students to enjoy their readings while accompanied by the school’s lush scenery. The existing library will remain used to keep the books. The new building will use as a reading space, where we plan to build a reading nook with a comfortable outdoor environment for students to enjoy reading. Initially, we plan to build a mini library which can store books and also set up Information and Computer Technology (ICT) equipment for student use. However, the construction of the library is costly and needs several clearance documents, especially the letter of approval from the Sabah Education Department (JPNS), which might take longer to be permitted. Hence, while waiting for the letter of approval, we decided to build an outdoor reading space for student use as also listed in our prior plan-build a reading hut. But, in this project, we will build proper outdoor reading nooks which are way better than huts. Accordingly, this project will not stop when project ended. The project will continue in the next phase - building a proper mini library (indoor) plus a smart classroom- as also required by the school. For this purpose, we will seek funding from other organizations such as the Sabah Credit Corporation (SCC) as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).The school principal also expressed that these problems have existed for a long time as their call for help has been ignored continuously. When we visited them, the school principal told us that they would love to receive assistance for their school to become a better place for their students. Therefore, our project wishes to support them and bring the school’s needs to public attention.As stated earlier, this project also integrates with the service learning project, known as SULAM (Service Learning Malaysia-University for society) which is offered every semester.  In other words, this project is a continuous project and potentially be expanded to other schools, conducted by the same or different groups of students.

Mental illness has long been considered unsafe and scary, especially in Asia. Humans cannot face their fears directly, and when mental illness strikes them, they deny it. Depression is a common disorder worldwide, affecting more than 300 million people. According to the World Health Organisation, depression will be the number one disease in 2020, far ahead of other diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. In 2017, mental illness hit mom, and prejudice made it difficult for us to face society. Due to the lack of awareness of mental illness, it took us a long time to discover the problem. We encountered a lot of difficulties in the process of treatment in government hospitals, and there has been no effective form of treatment. Due to the large volume of patients, there was always long queues in the hospital in exchange for 10 minutes treatment by fill up questionnaire. We never saw the same doctor at the time of the checkup, which indirectly contributed to the worsening of the condition. It got me thinking, why are we dealing with all this chaos? Why is it so difficult in the treatment? Why is it so hard for me to talk to people about my mom?

Based on the survey, the elderly in need of rehabilitation is frequently unmotivated and reluctant to participate in mobility exercises. The development of this carpet is to provide a pleasant and appealing training platform for the elderly who are unable to perform mobility activities. With the implementation of this carpet in the community center, it will provide entertainment for the elderly while making them motivated to do mobility exercises.Firstly, the carpet with the purpose of making rehabilitation more fun and attractive with a ‘game-based’ approach is developed. Next is to gather feedback/opinions from older people on their opinion on the design and use of this mat. Based on this information, we will improve and finalize the design of this exercise mat. Finally, we will provide this carpet to 2 community centers for 24 elderly to use.In the short term, it will motivate the elderly to do mobility activities as a form of entertainment, and in the long term, this carpet will be further implemented in other community centers for more elderly to use for rehabilitation purposes. 

The SPCA KK Rehabilitation and Adoption Centre in Papar, Sabah, currently cares for 249 dogs, aged between one and six years, often exceeding its capacity. The lack of mental stimulation and interactive spaces has led to boredom, anxiety, and behavioral problems in many dogs, particularly those who have stayed long-term. Limited staff-to-animal ratios further restrict the ability to provide individualized care, making it harder for the dogs to adapt and find permanent homes—only 55 adoptions occurred between January and September 2024. To address these challenges, the project will introduce DIY dog playground equipment to provide much-needed enrichment. The playground will be open to public visitors for free each evening, allowing them to interact and bond with the dogs in a fun environment. By documenting the dogs' progress and sharing their training journeys on social media, combined with encouraging toy donations and volunteer involvement, the project aims to reduce anxiety, improve mental stimulation, and create stronger connections with potential adopters, ultimately increasing adoption rates and relieving overcrowding.