Al-Hassan is one of our Board of Trustees for the Koo Tufoo Library in Kukurantumi. Relations between Muslims and Christians are very cordial.
The Black Volta is a large tributary of the major river in Ghana, The Volta
Zabzugu lies very close to the border with Togo in the northeast corner of Ghana
Many people help us when we set the books on the library shelves for the first time. These young men are students at a local school in Aboasa
Kpetoe is one of the newest libraries we set up. Opened in late February 2005. These students are visiting a library for the first time.
Hilda met with a group of yung people every Sunday afternoon and taught them traditional dancing and crafts.
Reverend Paul, Reverend Kevin and Lee spent 8 days with us in January 2005
Hilda is standing by the site of the proposed Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centre in Kukurantumi.
When we open up the libraries there is usually time for dancing and celebration.
Getting out information on HIV/AIDS is so important. We sponsor an annual inservice that covers this topic.
After working on resorting the books at the warehouse, our workers relax and "horseplay."
We spend a week to ten days resorting the books that arrive at the warehouse; we box them by their Dewey classification.
The librarian at Kpetoe holds a copy of the Africana which Ira and Jean Calhoun donated to all 7 new libraries.
Nana Bonsu, farmer of the year, is on the Yawmatwa Board of Trustees and supplied the wood for the book shelves.
Yawmatwa is very remote but the library there is giving these chidlren access to over 1,000 children's books, encyclopedias, atlases and dictionaries.
In the very patriarchal culture of northern Ghana Hilda sets an example of progress as she addresses the community in her role of Managing Director.
