The Co-founder of Hand4Hand Brunei, Awang Haji Muhamad Iqbal Fakhri bin Haji Damit was announced as the ASEAN Prize 2022 recipient during the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit and related summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia recently. Administered by the ASEAN Secretariat, the ASEAN Prize is a premier regional award bestowed annually to honour ASEAN-based individuals or organisations that have demonstrated outstanding work and significant contribution to the region’s community building efforts.
Awang Haji Muhamad Iqbal Fakhri bin Haji Damit is the first Bruneian to receive the prize. The award was an appreciation for his active leadership in promoting inclusive community-based development and enhancing regional cooperation towards a sustainable ASEAN community.
According to Awang Haji Muhamad Iqbal, Hand4Hand was established to raise the public’s awareness, especially youths on volunteerism and community works. Under his leadership, Hand4Hand Brunei has worked with over two thousand volunteers to support the delivery of humanitarian assistance and emergency responses in the region and internationally. Through Hand4Hand, he envisions to assemble one million ASEAN youth in a collaborative ASEAN awareness programme.
Source: Radio Television Brunei