Media Coverage

SI Ampang treats children from welfare homes

Children from welfare homes treated to movie 9 October 2017 SOROPTIMIST International Club of Ampang (SIA) organised an exclusive movie screening of The Lego Ninjago Movie for underprivileged children at a mall in Kuala Lumpur. Two hundred children aged between two and 15 from various underprivileged homes and schools such...

Leadership by Sheela Chandran on BFM

On 24 July, SIPJ President Sheela Chandran was interviewed on the Malaysian Business Radio station BFM on the topic of "LEADERSHIP - TURNING ADVERSE SITUATIONS OR MOMENTS INTO AN ADVANTAGE" Extracted from BFM's website: Confident strong leaders can turn adversity into advantage. They recognize that someone...

SI Iskandar Puteri – Children treated to a beauty-ful day out

SI Iskandar Puteri's recent outing with underprivileged children was featured in The Star newspaper, 19 May 2017. Friday, 19 May 2017 Children treated to a beauty-ful day out Nooraini (second row, second from right) with some of the children before entering the cinema in City Square shopping complex,...

SIP goes the extra mile for a good cause

Soroptimist Penang is in the news for raising funds for education. We wish SIP member Yeoh Sue-Lyn tremendous success at the London 2 Brighton Challenge and congratulate SI Penang for this excellent endeavour to support education for girls. Going extra mile for a good cause The Star,...

SI Ipoh Empowers Jenny Pong

SI Ipoh's project to empower double amputee Jenny Pong to create her own self-sustaining business is progressing very well. SI Ipoh held a Press Conference on 16 January to launch all the products cooked by Jenny Pong - her signature homemade Nyonya curry paste and two...

SI Kuching Targets Bullying in Schools – Borneo Post

SI Kuching's plans to take on bullying in school received some media attention recently. Bullying is one of the most dangerous aspects of school-life for children. If bullying is not addressed while children are young, they are very likely to grow up to be violent...