Malawian On Ambitious Plot to Promote Culture of Reading

28-year-old Cleo Bonny, a Malawian citizen who is passionate about reading, plans to travel the world promoting the culture of reading.

He is currently visiting schools in Namibia encouraging learners to read more as this will improve their knowledge and gain more information.He said, to start with this project, he struggled with finances resulting in him writing a book on children titled "The young commentator".

The passionate Malawian reader, Cleo Bonny, plans to travel the world and promote the culture of reading.

He is using the money he made from the sales of the book to travel and encourage and try and raise the level of reading. He has been in most southern African countries and from Namibia; he will be going to Angola.

Bonny says many children cannot express themselves well, read fluently and properly and with a situation like this, what kind of future leadership can one expect? He said he approaches school principals and ask for permission to visit classes and talk to the learners about the culture of reading.

Bonny said teachers give attention to learners that do well. But he said one can also understand the teachers' situation since the classes they cater for are too big which makes the situation difficult for them.

Bonny stresses the fact that there is no education without reading, no government without reading since this will lead to corruption, unemployment, economic deterioration and leads to people going to other countries.

He says it would be good if presidents could encourage their nations to read more as the philosophy of reading can work wonders. He stresses that the culture of reading is not only for schools but should be a general thing. Bonny says he is hoping on finishing all countries in Africa, and then plans on going to the rest of the world. He says his mother is the one who taught him to read, something he is very grateful for. He says to be able to move around without any sponsors he had to think economically, and it is all thanks to reading.

Bonny says to improve or learn something new he is planning on going to the United States of America since the problem is the same in Africa. He says he is hoping to inspire people in general and after traveling and spreading awareness on reading, he is planning to establish four schools in four countries, and maybe start a business.

"I am leading by example by showing learners that one can make it and gain a lot through reading," he says