Kuala Lampur, Nov. 7 -- Growing up in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, Ng Yeen Seen recalls playing with floodwater during the year-end monsoon season when she was a child.

But over the years, the severity of these floods increased and in 2014, the East Coast state was brought to its knees after it was hit by the worst flood in Kelantan's history.

When the disaster struck, Ng founded the relief organisation, Ops Harapan, as she wanted to help her hometown.

Through social media, she rallied her friends in the medical, pharmaceutical and nursing fields to come together to clean up affected areas.

"When I posted on Facebook and Twitter, people knew I was doing something to help and they wanted to donate things so we found ourselves accidentally star...