#Star50: Star Golden Hearts Award recipient overcomes adversity to keep helping others

Tang (second from right), founder of PWD Smart FarmAbility, with co-founder Mok (right) presenting a Hope Box terrarium of organic vegetables to a family in need. Photos: PWD Smart FarmAbility

Dr Billy Tang is a great example of not letting adversity define him nor his abilities.

After a car accident in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, left him paralysed from the waist down six years ago, he threw his focus into urban farming, developing a model to help poor and marginalised communities get access to fresh, nutritious food sustainably.