Smart Reader Celebrates Mid-Autum Festival with Ti-Ratana Welfare Society

Mid-Autumn Festival is here. Just 2 days left but my Little Angels started to play lanterns and enjoy having delicious mooncakes. Lots of activities awaits all of you as not only Chinese is celebrating it now, Indians and Malays too will join in the lantern parade organised by shopping complex i.e. 1U, Publika, Tropicana City Mall, Bangsar Village and lots more. 

On Wednesday night, 23rd September, me and my Little Angels were invited to cover a charity event organised by Smart Reader Worldwide as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to foster harmonious relationships with the society, to promote the spirit of giving and sharing and to give back the community. The underprivileged children from Ti-Ratana Welfare Society celebrated this festival together with the staff and children from Smart Reader Kids.

Children eagerly putting their hands up to answer the questions

To win some prizes, just name this

Spotted Fairy, Batwoman and Nemo interacting with children to giveaway prizes

After the interacting session with the children, the event start of with the speech from Mr Kevan Ong, Executive Director of Smart Reader Worldwide.

Mr Kevan Ong, Executive Director of Smart Reader Worldwide 

After the speech, exciting activities include Storytelling of the Legend of the Moon Festival, performances by Smart Reader Kids Selayang Jaya and Bukit Sri Bintang, Kepong, Mooncake Eating Competition, Pick-It-Up Competition and the Best Lantern Competition were organised on that day.

Children and teacher performed a Nemo dance

2 Fairies gave a great singing performance

Boys performed a "Rock and Roll" dance that amaze the audiences

The children enthralled the audiences with their confident, disciplined and well-trained performances. Using the Smart Reader Creative Teaching Methodology, the comprehensive curriculum of Smart Reader Kids focuses on shaping the overall potential of children. Beside academic excellence, their programme also gives importance to the children's social development. 

Fathers compete with each other to win the mooncake eating contest

Mommies had to pick-up the ball using chopstick. Judges counting the balls to decide the winners

Guess who had the most creative lanterns among all the kids to win the prizes

Teachers and parents cheering as loud as they could to support the participants

Even a grandfather was so supportive to cheer for his grandson

Smart Reader Worldwide hopes to imbibe positive calues in the children by encouraging them to lend a hand to the less fortunate. The children are happy to become little CSR ambassadors and the staff adopt the values of CSR with commitment and passion. A good education for them to start of.

Dato' Sri Dr Richard Ong, co-founder and CEO of Smart Reader Worldwide also presented a cheque amounting to RM2,000.00 to Ti-Ratana Welfare Society, a home for neglected children and their mother, orphanages and homes for the elderly. They shelter more than 150 children. Every month expenses could reach up to RM100,000.00 and they're funded entirely from individual and corporation's donations. All donations are welcome and they can be contacted at 03-79881818 and their HQ is at Desa Petaling. Check out their Facebook page HERE.

Dato' Sri Dr Richard presented the cheque to Madam Leing Lein, representative from Ti-Ratana with Mr Kevan Ong and Datin Sri Dato' Dr KH Wong, Group Executive Director and the children from Ti-Ratana

The organisation hopes to help more children to gain equal access to quality early childhood education. The organisation has also initiated the Hope Channel, an extension of the National One Child One Hope Education Foundation to fulfill the wishes of needy individuals and make their lives more meaningful. 

Congrats to the top 3 of the creative lantern contest

Congrats to all the winners of Mooncake Eating, Pick-It-Up and lantern contest

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For more information on Smart Reader Worldwide's programmes or vents, do call them up at 03-62795555 or the SMARTLINE at 1300885555. You can visit their WEBSITE and FACEBOOK.

Parents and kids prepared for the lantern parade

Datin Sri with the teachers with their lantern

Its great to start of the children when they're young so that they'll learned to help those unfortunate. Moral reasoning and moral emotions will help the development of the children in their donating behaviour. It gives our children a powerful boost in self-esteem to help others. When you help a child help others, you're helping to create a better world. Hopefully my Little Angels learned something here and when they grow up, they'll make a different in someone's life.

WJ with his lantern prepared for the parade.