We started this social in mid-2017, with the believe that helping the under privileged kids to learn English is one of the best way to equip them for their future.

1. Giving back to the community with GENUS

2. GENUS Impact
250 Children
5 countries
8 months

3. From GENUS to GENiUS
• GENUS means “child” in Latin and we would like to encourage individuals,
corporations, educators and parents to be part of the “i” that transform a
GENUS to a GENIUS.
• A social initiative which provides English Reading Program – Reading
Kingdom by renowned linguist & psychologist Dr. Marion Blank to under
privileged children.
What is GENUS ?

5. G E N U S i n H o n g K o n g

6. GENUS in Hong Kong

7. Children Family Background
G E N U S i n H o n g K o n g

8. Good is the New Cool
Source : ESP Sponsorship Report

9. GENUS Youth
IB Diploma students from Discovery
College volunteered to be GENUS Youth;
doing workshops with GENUS program’s
kids at OIWA’s Center in Yat Tung Estate.

10. GENUS
• HKD 10,000
raised
• 4 Computers
• Internet
linked up
• LearningPOD
is up!

11. How’s GENUS Performing?
• A Knowledge Transfer project
is commissioned - Designing
an Assessment tool for
GENUS program.
• Lead by Prof. LIU, Head of
Department of Linguistics &
Translation, City University
of Hong Kong.
• Est. date of completion –
April 2018
Dr. John LI, Ivan YONG, Prof. LIU and Sam LEE

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13. Be Still. Be Strong.
The Devil whispered into my ear,
“you are not strong enough to withstand the
storm.”
Today the Angel whispered into my other ear,
“You are the Storm.”

14. GENUS
Co-founders
Ivan and Sam share some common grounds despite the ten
years difference in their age. Ivan never misses an
opportunity to remind Sam about this, of course in the
presence of others. Now for the common grounds; both
are alumni of Nanyang Technological University (NTU),
living in Hong Kong and working in the Human
Resources Industry.
Ivan is an organizational psychologist and advises mostly
MNCs clients on talent management with his expertise on
personality profiling, whereas Sam has a business in
executive search.
Ivan & Sam are also business partners - two of the three
co-founders of Nanyang Angelz as they are keen in the
start-up scene in the regions.
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Probably the most significant similarity for both is their
love for reading since they were little kids! Both Ivan and
Sam did not come from English speaking family
environment back then. On hindsight, reading improved
their language skills and general knowledge. A good
grasped of the English language also led to better
understanding of other subjects in school and
communications in general.
Fast forward to 2016. When Ivan met Dr. Marion
BLANK in Alabama USA - (Dr. BLANK is the creator of
Reading Kingdom - an English reading/learning method
that she has researched on for almost 40 years), - he
immediately saw its potential not only as a commercial
product but also as a 'social tool.'
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It didn't take Ivan & Sam too long before they came up
with GENUS, a social initiative to enable the less
privileged children in the society learn English. As in the
maxim - "teaching them how to fish and not giving them
the fish!"
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Ivan and Sam are still learning to serve the community.