KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 30 -- On April 29, business leaders from across Malaysia will trade boardrooms for the fairways of Tropicana Golf & Country Resort - but the stakes will be far greater than a day's competition.

Marking World Wish Day, Make-A-Wish Malaysia's Annual Charity Golf Tournament, "Tee Off for Hope", aims to turn every swing into something profoundly simple: the chance for a child with a critical illness to feel joy again.

Make-A-Wish Malaysia, which has operated since 2010, has granted more than 1,200 wishes and touched over 6,000 family members.

The organisation describes a wish as "a pause in the brutality of illness", offering children the courage to re-engage with life and, for many, the confidence to return to school or...