LitHubX - Expanding Literacy Hubs Across Malaysia
Project Information
Problem Statement
For many children, missing out on school during this pandemic would mean missing out on a chance to gain literacy, or to be able to read their first book. By the time school reopens they would face a large learning loss which would likely lead to longer term effects and even to dropping out of school.
Solution
LitHub is a community-based literacy programme that provides reading diagnostics, structured resources and support for children to learn to read in English. Each child will be assessed and then guided one-to-one by volunteers or using self-paced modules with parental guidance. We are looking for funders to help us scale up our LitHubX to reach more partner organisations to start their own LitHub for B40 communities and schools across the country.
Other Details
We have seen significant improvement in the reading fluency of the children in our Kerinchi LitHub programme, which has been running since Dec 2018. Due to the pandemic, we’ve pivoted to WhatsApp for all our community programmes and Google Classroom for our school programmes. We’ve seen more parents empowered to take charge of their children’s reading growth through our programmes and hope to see more children benefit from LitHubX!
Focus Area
Impact Pillar
SDG
Beneficiary
Beneficiary Locations
Assistance Required
Financial Support
Benefit In-kind
We are seeking 52 new or refurbished phones (that can support WhatsApp and Google Classroom) for the children in our programme as they have been missing out from school.
Non-recourse Grant MYR 25,750.00
Fund a new LitHubX community to run their own reading programmes for 20 families. Reading materials, training, reading assessment and programme support are provided to ensure sustainability beyond the grant.
Procurement / Contracts MYR 5,200.00
Sponsor 20 set of MYReaders toolkit to 20 B40 families to provide them with reading materials at home. Each toolkit comes with 48 storybooks and a workbook guide.
Non-Financial Support
Partnership / Collaboration
Partner with us to recruit volunteers for our reading programmes or run advocacy campaigns to raise awareness about our cause.
Business & Marketing Strategy
We are looking for an experienced Business and Marketing consultant who is available to volunteer their time with us for 2-3 months to support our Business & Marketing Strategy.
Legal
We are looking for a legal and HR consultant who is available to advise us on updating our child protection policies and other organisational related policies.
Impact Measurement & Reporting
We are looking for an experienced professional who is available to volunteer their time with us for 2-3 months to improve and support our Impact Measurement & Reporting.
We've seen more parents being empowered with literacy skills to read with their children at home through our programmes.
We invite you to join us to reach more children in need of reading intervention!
Volunteer with us to read with a child today!
A child reading our Decodable storybook to practise reading at our Kerinchi LitHub in 2019.
We also run mentor training for our school programmes prior to Covid19. Our school programmes are currently run on Google Classroom involving parents as the mentors.
Campus ID: C70853 EKYC Verified SE.A SE Registered With MaGIC MaGIC Alumni
http://www.myreaders.org.my/
We provide structured and sustainable reading programmes to schools and communities, in collaboration with school leaders, teachers, community leaders, volunteers, and students.
Our literacy toolkit, one of the first homegrown English materials in the country, is tested and proven to enable students to develop their reading skills within a year. We deliver training to teachers and student mentors on early literacy development and strategies to improve reading proficiency. We also develop customised modules according to the needs of schools to grow the reading skills of their students.