Good Things

 Betty Yeoh is one of the founding members of the All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) in 1985. Betty has been a women’s rights activist for over 40 years and is now a trainer and facilitator for AWAM, her main focus being on combating sexual harassment at the Workplace for corporate sectors, among others. She joins us on the show today to share her story.    Image credits:...

S. Arutchelvan is the deputy chairperson of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM). Arul has been an activist and a human rights defender for more than 30 years, has worked for SUARAM and been a part of and led many people’s movements throughout his years, including the anti-ISA movement. He joins us to share his story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sevan Doraisamy is the Executive Director of SUARAM (Suara Rakyat Malaysia). Sevan is an otai! He’s been fighting tirelessly for the betterment of all of our lives, but especially the poor and marginalised, for more than 20 years. He joins us on the show today to share his story. Image credit: Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) Facebook page See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greater Action is a non-profit focused on day-to-day solutions in education, livelihood, and health care for all vulnerable communities, especially refugees and asylum seekers. Joining us on the show to talk about this initiative is Julie Das, Co-Founder, Greater Action.    Image credits: Greater Action facebook page and website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greater Action is a non-profit focused on day-to-day solutions in education, livelihood, and health care for all vulnerable communities, especially refugees and asylum seekers. Joining us on the show to talk about this initiative is Julie Das, Co-Founder, Greater Action.    Image credits: Greater Action facebook page and website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ida Thien is the Co-Founder of Closing The Gap, a programme to empower bright, deserving students to overcome the odds and enter ambitious universities. Ida has been an education activist for quite some time, working for Teach For Malaysia at one point and is now also the Deputy CEO of Yayasan Tunku Abdul Rahman, which powers Closing The Gap. She joins us today to discuss her programme. Image cred...

Deborah Priya Henry is the co-founder of Fugee, a non-profit which champions equality and access for refugees, through advocacy, and education and entrepreneurship programmes. Today she joins us to discuss her organization and share her hope for the future. Image credits: Deborah Priya Henry's Instagram page & Fugee's Facebook page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, refugee rights activist, Heidy Quah joins us to share her story on founding Refuge for the Refugees at the mere age of 18, its growth over the past decade and her entanglement with the authorities. Image credit: Refuge for the Refugees Facebook page See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chan Soon Seng is the CEO of Teach For Malaysia. Soon Seng has been an educator and an education activist for some time now and has been attached with Teach For Malaysia for about a decade. As many might already know, Teach For Malaysia is an organisation that aims to fight education inequality and inequity and bridge the gap between the haves and the have nots. Soon Seng joins us to discuss his p...

Adrian Pereira has been working with migrant communities and fighting for their rights for more than two decades. In 2011, he co-founded the North South Initiative, a CSO to help bridge solidarity and equality gaps between the North and South in terms of human rights and social justice. Adrian joins us today to tell us about his initiative and share his personal activism journey.   Image cred...

 In December 2020, Family Frontiers filed a constitutional challenge with the High Court, seeking a declaration that Malaysian women married to foreign spouses can automatically confer citizenship on their children who are born overseas. As it stood, Malaysia was one of 25 countries that deny women and men equal right to confer nationality on their children. However, in a landmark ruling yest...

Allergic Rescuers KL is a network of individuals who have been rescuing, vetting, and rehoming stray cats around our capital city since 2018. Since then, they’ve helped and rehomed more than 500 cats - and a few dogs - through their network of fosters. We speak to Rosy Kim and Lynette Lee from the ARKL team to find out more about the work that they do, and why they are always on the lookout...

Nalini Elumalai is an activist who has been fighting tirelessly for about 15 years. If you’ve not heard of Nalini, she’s a relentless and fearless human rights defender, someone who’s there at almost every single progressive rally and protest. Whenever activists/journalists get hauled in by the authorities, Nalini is always there until every single one of them is released. ...

MYER Movement is an independent youth-led movement advocating for education reform and amplifying student voices in Malaysia. On this episode, Co-Founder of Myer Movement, Izanna Azuddin, joins us to share about her organisation, as well as the type of reforms we need to see to improve our education system. Image source: Izanna Azuddin LinkedIn, MYER Movement Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Established back in 2010, the NGO Suriana Welfare Society has been providing aid to underprivileged communities, empowering mothers with income-generating projects, and providing educational activities to children who need them. We find out more about the work they do from Dr James Nayagam, the Chairman of Suriana Welfare Society. Image source: Suriana Welfare Society Malaysia Facebook  See o...

Hunger Hurts Malaysia is a youth-led NGO aimed at eradicating poverty in the region. On this episode of Good Things, we’re joined by Imran Shah of Hunger Hurts Malaysia to find out their approach to eradicating poverty and how they’ve been helping underprivileged communities during the pandemic. Image source: HungerHurts Malaysia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hunger Hurts Malaysia is a youth-led NGO aimed at eradicating poverty in the region. On this episode of Good Things, we’re joined by Imran Shah of Hunger Hurts Malaysia to find out their approach to eradicating poverty and how they’ve been helping underprivileged communities during the pandemic. Image source: HungerHurts Malaysia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Tan is the founder of That Bloody Botak, a tiny one-month old initiative that distributes food aid to the needy. What’s unique about Bernard’s approach is that he neither cooks nor buys anything, rather, he and his network connects donors to people who need donations. Bernard joins us to discuss his initiative. Image source: That Bloody Botak Facebook  See omnystudio.com/l...

This week, we focus on the good work being done by Kechara , a faith-based organisation that seeks to create a conscious community that comes together in service of others. First, we speak to Pastor Henry Ooi, the President of the Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK), about its evolution from an NGO that provides food, medical care and rehabilitation support to the homeless, into a Food Bank and provider of...

Projek Bangsa Malaysia, an initiative which seeks to unite and empower Malaysians. They believe that Malaysians have the capability to build a better nation without politics. On this episode, Nathaniel Tan, one of the drivers behind the initiative, Projek Bangsa Malaysia, joins us to discuss this initiative and their goals.   Image source: Nathaniel Tan Twitter, Project Bangsa Malaysia Facebo...

Based in Kalumpang, Selangor, KL Pooch Resort & Rescue is like a holiday home for its furry residents. With a swimming pool, and large outdoor spaces for dogs to explore, KL Pooch offers boarding facilities for dogs, while also functioning as an animal shelter and rescuing dogs who have been abused, injured or abandoned. Shannon Lam and Natalie Ambrose from KL Pooch Resort and Rescue joins us...

We're focussing on GoodKids today, a social enterprise empowering youth using the arts and counseling. As the folks behind the enterprise describe it, the funds raised are used to help youth rediscover themselves, build confidence and develop critical skills to lead an independent and purposeful life. They also focus on self discovery, self expression, critical thinking, decision making, and menta...

Architects of Diversity (AOD), a non-profit that runs unique programmes designed for secondary school students in Malaysia to tackle the hard questions of living in a multicultural society. On this episode of Good Things, Co-Founder of AOD, Jason Wee, joins us to talk about his non-profit and also discuss how we can begin to talk about racism in Malaysia. Image source: Jason Wee LinkedIn, Architec...

The Pit Stop Community Cafe is a social enterprise working towards solutions for homelessness, urban poverty, and hunger, among others, in our capital city. Since 2016, they’ve been providing both hot meals and job training for people from the homeless and urban poor communities in KL, but like many social enterprises and soup kitchens, the past 15 months have not been easy for them. Yet, th...

Elise Arya Chen is a passionate human rights advocate who has been working with the refugee community for about three and a half years now. She's currently a coordinator of the Coalition of Burma Ethnics Malaysia (COBEM) and was previously attached to Tenaganita. She joins us on the show today to share about her journey so far, finding her purpose in life and how a seemingly grim and thankless job...