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Youth Trust Foundation
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Nurfarini Daing is co-founder and CEO at myHarapan, a foundation dedicated to developing independent and wholesome youth by empowering them with both choice and opportunities. She was previously the general manager for 1½ years before assuming her role as CEO. She was previously with the Multimedia Development Corporation, under the Technopreneurs Development Department. She has 22 years of start-up experience and also did training and coaching for small enterprises and unemployed graduates. Nurfarini also helps manage Embun Luxury Villas, Malaysia, her family owned boutique resort.
Nurfarini graduated from the University of Warwick, UK, in Accounting and Finance. She also attended the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Program in 2011 and is a Southeast Asian Leadership Academy (SEALA) Alumna. Through her work with myHarapan, Nurfarini also received the Woman of the Year Award, Malaysia by Berg 2018 and the Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership Award from World CSR in 2017. She was also selected in the Top 10 Women Social Entrepreneur Award, Malaysia in 2017. She was nominated for the Malaysian Great Women of Our Time in 2015. In 2014, she also received the Social Innovation Leader Award. She is also listed in the top 100 of Impact Leaders (2022) by Wiki Impact in Malaysia.
myHarapan, or the Youth Trust Foundation, was established in August 2010 and has since then engaged over 27,000 Malaysian youth in various initiatives that promote taking positive action. The foundation is a social entrepreneurship advocate and uses it as its compass. myHarapan also won the bid to co-organize the Global Social Business Summit in 2013, the brainchild of Prof. Muhammad Yunus and his creative director, Hans Reitz. myHarapan also launched their Social Venture/Business Fund to provide access to funding for start-up Social Businesses and Entrepreneurs in Malaysia.
Nurfarini graduated from the University of Warwick, UK, in Accounting and Finance. She also attended the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Program in 2011 and is a Southeast Asian Leadership Academy (SEALA) Alumna. Through her work with myHarapan, Nurfarini also received the Woman of the Year Award, Malaysia by Berg 2018 and the Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership Award from World CSR in 2017. She was also selected in the Top 10 Women Social Entrepreneur Award, Malaysia in 2017. She was nominated for the Malaysian Great Women of Our Time in 2015. In 2014, she also received the Social Innovation Leader Award. She is also listed in the top 100 of Impact Leaders (2022) by Wiki Impact in Malaysia.
myHarapan, or the Youth Trust Foundation, was established in August 2010 and has since then engaged over 27,000 Malaysian youth in various initiatives that promote taking positive action. The foundation is a social entrepreneurship advocate and uses it as its compass. myHarapan also won the bid to co-organize the Global Social Business Summit in 2013, the brainchild of Prof. Muhammad Yunus and his creative director, Hans Reitz. myHarapan also launched their Social Venture/Business Fund to provide access to funding for start-up Social Businesses and Entrepreneurs in Malaysia.
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Youth Trust Foundation
SEALA Member