{"id":8,"date":"2016-01-28T13:20:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starfishmy.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-09-14T20:03:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T12:03:52","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.starfishmy.com\/zh\/about\/our-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<section   class=\"fw-main-row-custom fw-main-row-top fw-section-no-padding  auto  fw-section-position-back tf-sh-39da404b258adcc53d113bd8346bfcb3\"    >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-container\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div id=\"column-6a6e8264b0b36\" class=\"fw-col-sm-12 tf-sh-795e3bd4bc64888192949cd7c3a59930\" >\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix\"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:100px;\" ><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div id=\"column-6a6e8264b0f48\" class=\"fw-col-sm-8 tf-sh-cd981a19a5cb59eb6da3b5ba2269b163  fw-animated-element\" data-animation-type=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix\"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-heading fw-heading-left  tf-sh-c81d7edeb2cd77f9ab924d7e69751a67\" >\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"fw-special-title\">OUR MISSION<\/h1>\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"column-6a6e8264b1284\" class=\"fw-col-sm-4 tf-sh-fea2fc208fb4cfdff7fb6ce0ce063333  fw-animated-element\" data-animation-type=\"fadeInRight\" data-animation-delay=\"500\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix\"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starfishmy.com\/zh\/?page_id=45\" target=\"_self\" class=\"fw-btn tf-sh-cd9d96a0089052d148ac18e330d8a2c1 fw-btn-full fw-btn-lg   fw-btn-1\"  style=\"\">\n\t\t<span >\n\t\t\tJoin Us\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div id=\"column-6a6e8264b17dd\" class=\"fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-8 tf-sh-613a9c2577b97532384da8022b7978fd\" >\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix\"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:50px;\" ><\/div>\t<div class=\"fw-video tf-sh-ab350be7b2b3b29fb054c7800859a670\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-boxed-media fw-wp-embed-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8I0h-P4jkk?start=2&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:50px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-heading fw-heading-left  fw-animated-element tf-sh-23169aef79d706d0a2ba600066ffd974\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"fw-special-title\">Vision<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div><div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:10px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-text-box tf-sh-bcb632d925a1d83577fcf7f979e94318  fw-animated-element\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-text-inner\">\n\t\t<p>The Starfish mandate is to educate, elevate and empower rural communities in East Malaysia. We do this through:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Educating<\/strong> the young by providing infrastructure and facilities for them to attend school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elevating<\/strong> income through providing agriculture expertise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Empowering<\/strong> communities by setting up business opportunities and training facilities for rural entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:10px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-text-box tf-sh-89adc4a5624fab8e8e6d1ba69e35c833  fw-animated-element\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-text-inner\">\n\t\t<p>\"The World Bank confirmed in 2010 that Sabah and Sarawak is the poorest and second poorest states in Malaysia. This is a figure derived at by using the figures of the Economic Planning Units of the Sabah and Sarawak Governments and the Economic Planning Unit in Putrajaya.\"<\/p>\n<p>-Common Interest Group Malaysia (CigMA)<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:10px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-heading fw-heading-left  fw-animated-element tf-sh-3f22429c0945d602b27fe80e54322c5f\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"fw-special-title\">Our Sustainable Plan<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div><div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:10px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-text-box tf-sh-504e0bdfd2f0eb5ce4013eec34d65a34  fw-animated-element\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-text-inner\">\n\t\t<p>At Starfish Foundation, we acknowledge that rural community development work is far reaching and the positive results are often seen only over an extended period of time. With this in mind, we have established two yardsticks to help us determine our work and the projects we are involved in. The two yardsticks are sustainability and impact.<\/p>\n<p>Our projects have sustainable models that ensure that after the successful implementation and involvement of Starfish's support, these local communities are empowered and have the right structures in places to continue to thrive even after the completion of a project. Sustainability starts with understanding the communities and people we work with. We work very hard to engage them at every level and hopefully, through our conversations and partnership, we are able to groom champions within these communities for the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of our work is measured over time - whether it is helping to alleviate poverty or improve access to education - our projects are measured so that we can continue to close the gaps, innovate new models for change and record successes.<\/p>\n<p>Achieving these two requires a lot of ground work <strong>(partnership)<\/strong>, networking <strong>(collaboration) <\/strong>and mentoring <strong>(leadership) <\/strong>- of which Starfish strives to do in all our projects.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:10px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-heading fw-heading-left  fw-animated-element tf-sh-e3dbf0db2069fd7da1e0a041c72e1391\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"fw-special-title\">The Starfish Story<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div><div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:10px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-text-box tf-sh-4720bdcbaa799745b16905ea83bea94f  fw-animated-element\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-text-inner\">\n\t\t<p>In the often told story, thousands of starfish had been washed ashore the previous night on a lonely stretch of beach. The scene opens with an elderly man witnessing a little girl picking up one starfish at a time and throwing it back into the sea. He shouted to the girl, \u201cIt is a hopeless and impossible task to try to save these thousands of starfish.\u201d The little girl picks up another starfish and throws it into the sea. She turned to the elderly man and said, \u201cBut IT MATTERS to that little starfish!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can't save the world, but we can impact one life at a time and hopefully, that one life will impact many others...<\/p>\n<p>We have been inspired by the Starfish story when our awareness of the many marginalized groups within East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak). Acknowledging the near \u201cimpossible\u201d task to help all of them, we are determined in hearts to do our part in our social consciousness and responsibility\u2026 at least to help those individuals or people groups whom we have come across who are in need of helping hand. IT MATTERS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. Thus, the birth of Starfish Malaysia Foundation in February 2014.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fw-text-box tf-sh-cbf4395b222a009407bb91fe36809608  fw-desktop-hide-element fw-tablet-hide-element fw-mobile-hide-element fw-animated-element\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"300\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-text-inner\">\n\t\t<p>Donate to a specific project need, for example to \u201c 20 euros for a wheelbarrow \u201d, or else to a project generally e.g. \u201cBuilding a school in Mombasa, Kenya\u201d. You can always donate anonymously. Rather than a one-off donation, you can become a monthly donor. Also a possibility with many projects: donations in kind or donating your time as a volunteer.<\/p>\n<p>Rate it if you happen to know the project manager or if you know more about the project for some other reason. Post your opinion on the project-site, ideally including photos or videos from when you visited the project on-site. 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