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On September 15, the third "Starlight Project" International Charity Festival for Educational Aid, hosted by the Asian Charity Federation, opened grandly at the Kuala Lumpur International Convention and Exhibition Center in Malaysia. Representatives of non-governmental organizations from 12 countries including Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, together with Emily Chen, UNICEF's Southeast Asia envoy, launched this cross-border love feast.

 

At 9 a.m., Malaysian student ambassadors dressed in traditional batik costumes struck the 24-beat drum at the opening ceremony, officially kicking off the three-day charity event. In the "ASEAN Education Corridor" specially set up in the main exhibition area, the electronic screen displays the progress of school building construction in six key aid areas such as Luang Prabang, Laos and Siem Reap, Cambodia in real time. John Williams, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, announced in his speech: "This event will focus on improving bilingual teaching conditions in the border areas of Myanmar, and the first batch of 20 mobile teaching vehicles are ready to go."

 

In front of the "Wish Tree" interactive device, Maria Santos, a 12-year-old girl from Mindanao, Philippines, is tying a yellow ribbon. The child, who had been out of school for three years due to the war, told reporters through a video: "After receiving a tablet last year, I can now take online classes with a teacher in Manila." According to statistics, the 2,000 electronic wish bottles set up on site were claimed within two hours of the opening, and each wish that was fulfilled will send a thank-you video to the donor through the GPS positioning system.

 

The eye-catching "Charity Marathon" area attracted long-distance running enthusiasts from many countries. After completing the 10-kilometer challenge, the famous Thai athlete Songchai Boonma said: "Every kilometer you run can raise $50 for the water purification system of rural schools in Cambodia. This way of combining sports and charity is full of positive energy." In front of the charity physical examination station specially set up by the Malaysian Ministry of Health, Ms. Lin Meiyun, an Indonesian overseas Chinese who came to participate with her three children, was receiving a vitamin supply pack.

 

According to real-time data from the blockchain donation platform, as of the closing of the first day, the donations raised through cryptocurrencies and traditional channels have exceeded 4.5 million US dollars, setting a record for first-day fundraising in all previous years. Kamal Adil, representative of the UNESCO Southeast Asia Office, revealed that the donations will be mainly used to train 200 transnational teaching volunteers and establish five cross-border education resource sharing centers in the Mekong River Basin.

 

When night falls, the "Bridge of Knowledge" holographic projection show designed by the Singapore Technology Team lights up the skyline of the Twin Towers, showing the hand-painted blueprints of future campuses by children from Southeast Asian countries. The organizer announced that the multinational corporate matching donation system will be launched from now on, and Vietnamese coffee plantation owners and Brunei Energy Company have taken the lead in completing the first batch of industrial poverty alleviation pairings.