He relies on a cane and a prosthetic leg to get about, but he knew he had to do his part to help the flood victims.

He had never allowed his disability to hinder him from living his life, but it did attract the attention of many at relief centres. There were some “weird stares”, he told FMT.

“But it’s all a matter of how you see yourself. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, whether you’re able bodied or not.”

“You get a sense of satisfaction from helping others and I do what I can, even if it is not as much as others.”

Zul lost his right leg in an accident in 2017 after the motorcycle he was on collided with a lorry.

It took time for him to accept that his life would be a little different from then on, he said.

Zul said he was initially embarrassed about leaving the house, but he challenged himself to move about with his cane and prosthetic leg.

Once he overcame that, he began helping those in need, even though he would sometimes tumble over when doing so.

“It happened many times, but I got used to it.”

In Lipis, Zul enlisted with PAS’ welfare unit to help the hundreds of flood victims who were evacuated to temporary shelters.

He offered to shuttle volunteers around and ferry aid in his modified car. He also helped clean homes that were inundated in floodwaters.

About 1,000 villagers from 309 families were affected by the floods in Lipis.