ISKANDAR PUTERI, Nov 17 — Krishh Haran Nair, who is the youngest contributor to Yayasan Sultan Ibrahim Johor using the proceeds of his book sales, has received recognition from The Malaysia Book Of Records (MBR) today.
MBR senior record consultant Edwin Yeoh said the eight-year-old boy had been listed in the MBR for the ‘Highest Amount Contributed to a Foundation Through Book Sales By a Child’.
He described the RM7,000 Krishh Haran had contributed to the foundation as a large amount for a child.
“We often hear of companies or adults donating, but rarely do we hear of children having such a mentality of wanting to help the less fortunate,” he told reporters after the ceremony to present the MBR Certificate to Krishh Haran at his school, Sunway International School, Sunway Iskandar, here today.
Krishh Haran said he was thrilled to see his name listed in the MBR and was proud of his achievement.
“I am feeling very proud of myself and happy to have my name in the MBR,” he said.
His mother, R. Jayanthimarlin said the recognition was not only a source of pride for her and her husband N. Ramakrishnan, but also for all her son’s school teachers.
Krishh Haran’s noble efforts to contribute to the foundation had also caught the attention of the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, who expressed his admiration for the boy through a post on his official Facebook page recently.
Krishh Haran was recently reported to have said that he raised RM7,000 through the sales of his first book, titled ‘The Mysterious War to the Deep’, and donated food aid boxes to the foundation using the money.
Krishh Haran, who is the only child in his family, said he intends to help more people, especially children who were orphaned as a result of COVID-19, adding that he was in the process of producing the second series of the book titled ‘Pillar and The Golden Sword’.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency