Success Stories

The first thing that strikes you is the calm, the light, the modern art on the walls – and then of course the food. It’s only later that you realise there is something different, and a little special, about Universo Santi, a restaurant in the southern Spanish city of Jerez.

Disahkan lumpuh separuh badan dari aras pinggang ke bawah secara tiba-tiba ketika berusia 16 tahun, usahawan, Noor Lizah Salman berasakan masa depannya sudah berakhir. Namun berbekalkan semangat, kini Noor Lizah, 52, berjaya meraih pendapatan melebihi RM60,000 setiap kali menjelang Aidilfitri dengan menjual pelbagai jenis biskut raya.

Jeanett Dian Amonsen was a high-flying TV journalist with a state broadcaster when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at 40 derailed her career. Lars Holstein was about to turn 30 and studying law when a car accident left him in a wheelchair.

A one-legged secondary Chinese student has won the hearts of his classmates and the nation after “running” 1,000m as part of his school entrance examinations. And he ran around his school track in a competitive time too.

Kegembiraan seorang graduan Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) menghitung hari menunggu kelahiran cahaya mata sulung minggu depan, berganda apabila dianugerahkan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah pada Majlis Konvokesyen Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) ke-62 hari ini.

Susah senang hidup bersama, janji keramat itu masih terngiang-ngiang di telinga Shahreen Hazaline Othman, 40, walaupun disahkan menghidap kanser payudara, namun suaminya, masih sanggup melayari bahtera rumah tangga tanpa merubah sedikit pun kasih cinta mereka.

Football-obsessed Myan­mar teen Kaung Khant Lin roots for Manchester United, worships Lionel Messi and was honoured as the best player in a recent tournament.

Global Peace Mission (GPM) Malaysia has said that it plans to name a disabled seven-year-old boy from Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, a hero for helping foreign tourists evacuate from the area when an earthquake jolted the island recently.

Mokti Mahmud has never let losing his left arm in a work accident deter him from doing anything that he puts his mind to. Manoeuvring a sampan through shallow waters with the weight of two passengers and their luggage sounds like heavy lifting but the formidable 44-year-old does it with ease and a bright smile.

Peserta orang kelainan upaya (OKU) pendengaran, Muhammad Hawari Hashim, 29, dinobatkan sebagai pemenang tempat pertama peraduan Jom Selawat yang diadakan sempena kempen #JomCintaNabi. Kemenangan itu membolehkannya membawa pulang hadiah pakej percutian dan penginapan lima hari empat malam di Rasvehi Hotel & Spa Maldives bernilai RM8,000 serta rawatan urutan yang keseluruhan bernilai RM19,500.