Ijok Reading Bus Club
The Reading Bus Club was founded by Mr Cheli Nadarajah and his wife, Ms Kong in Sarawak. Since its establishment in 2009, the club has grown and has been receiving request from other village to come to their communities and read to their children. They have proved a success in Sabah and Sarawak which leads them to bringing this club into the Peninsular Malaysia. This is where a camp organised by the Reading Bus Club started in Kampung Ijok, Kuala Selangor, in late 2013 with about 70 children.
The Reading Bus Club aims to reach out to underprivileged children to enhance their
English language proficiency through activities like seminars, camps,
quizzes and reading competitions etc.
The club has not been short of support with offers coming in from community leaders, school heads and private organisations. The club also hopes to
encourage children to read more in English and try to revive the reading
habit which is gradually unpopular among the children with the advancement in
technology today. They firmly believe that everyone deserves to be
taught to read.
