The Women of the Future Podcast: Heidy Quah

Heidy Quah founded Refuge for the Refugees, a non-profit organisation that seeks to raise awareness regarding the status of refugees in Malaysia as well as provide education for refugee children, when she was just 18 years old.  

Refuge for the Refugees supports and empowers refugee schools, halfway homes, and a refugee vocational training school across Malaysia and Myanmar, ensuring and fighting for quality education for all.

In addition to raising awareness and providing education and entrepreneurship skills for refugees, Heidy works on the ground to rescue refugees from detention camps and human trafficking rings.

Her work was recognised by the Queen in 2017 when she was awarded the Queen’s Young Leader Award. This year Heidy was the recipient of the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Award for Community Spirit and Public Service.

 

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