Thousand of Books for New Community Center in Ghana

Thousands of books from Reader to Reader are on their way to Ghana, to fill the shelves at a new community center in Accra.

Reader to Reader supports literacy projects in 23 countries.

Books and Computers Help Ghana Students Prosper!

We are pleased to report that Reader to Reader's work sending books and computers to Ghana has boosted academic achievement. Here is a note we recently received detailing the progress at Eno Boanimah Memorial Academy in Kasoa, Ghana.

“We want to thank you for the great support that we have gotten from Reader to Reader. We have great news. Eno Boanimah Memorial Academy in Kasoa, Ghana, presented its first set of students to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) 2014 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The results were outstanding. 100% of the EBMA students passed the examinations. In addition, 5 of the 13 students received distinctions."

Reader to Reader’s book and computer donation programs serve schools, libraries and outreach programs across the United States and in 16 countries.

Science Books Reach Ghana University

Dear Reader to Reader,

On Behalf of Presbyterian College Ghana, I would like to thank you for the generous donation of science books to the library. Your donation really matched the needs of our library and we greatly appreciate it. The books will be put to great use.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Grace Annoh
Librarian
Presbyterian University College, Ghana

*The titles the library received included multiple copies of the following titles:

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, NEUROANATOMY THROUGH CLINICAL CASE, LEARNING & BEHAVIOR, BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, THE CELL, DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, PRIMER OF ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS, ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, WHY WE SEE WHAT WE DO, EXPLORING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, MICROBIAL LIFE , and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

The donation from Reader to Reader’s Ghana Book Project was made possible by the generosity of Sinauer Associates, publishers of college-level textbooks and educational multimedia in biology, psychology, neuroscience, and allied disciplines. A special thank you to Sinauer Associates for making this donation possible.

$18,000 in New Science Textbooks for Ghana University

Reader to Reader is pleased to announce an $18,000 new science textbooks donation to Presbyterian University College, Ghana.     

Located in Agogo, Ghana, the university serves the people within the Kwahu Traditional Area.

The science textbooks include multiple copies of the following titles:
 

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, NEUROANATOMY THROUGH CLINICAL CASE, LEARNING & BEHAVIOR, BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, THE CELL, DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, PRIMER OF ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS, ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, WHY WE SEE WHAT WE DO, EXPLORING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, MICROBIAL LIFE , and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

The textbooks are now heading to Ghana as part of Reader to Reader’s Ghana Book Project.

The donation was made possible through the generosity of Sinauer Associates,  publishers of college-level textbooks and educational multimedia in biology, psychology, neuroscience, and allied disciplines.

A special thank you to Sinauer Associates for making this donation possible.

Books Reach Remote Village in Ghana

Reader to Reader gets books to some of the most isolated locations in the world. Here is one wonderful example from our work in Ghana.

Dear Sir or Madam, I am an American working in Ghana, West Africa. I was just looking at your website and was very impressed. I have a close friend who is teaching school in a very rural village. She teaches 60 children by herself. She is teaching at the kindergarten level but some of the kids in her class are 12 or 13 as they haven't had a chance to attend school until now. The village has no electricity or running water and the children know nothing of the world outside. My friend expressed the need for some good children's books to help motivate her children to learn to read and to give them more of a feel for what the rest of the world is like. I was wondering if you would consider donating books so that we could set up a library for this school. Please consider our request for this very needy situation.

I appreciate your time. If you need any more information about me or the school in question please let me know.
Sincerely,
Maria

We sent a wide variety of subjects and age ranges.

We are so glad the books are being enjoyed. We are now working on our second shipment of books for this village.

Computer Lab Generates Excitement in Saviefe-Deme, Ghana

A new computer lab is up and running in the rural village of Saviefe-Deme in Ghana. Classes are being offered for students of all ages.

The lab was created this past year by John Barber and Ghana ACT in partnership with Reader to Reader.

Reader to Reader donated refurbished Dell Optipex 720 computers and Ghana ACT transported them to Ghana and set up the lab.

This June, Reader to Reader donated three additional flat-screen monitors and we are working on donating a number of additional refurbished Dell computers.

The computer lab is located at the town’s middle school.

Reader to Reader’s Computer Donation program is run in partnership with Amherst College and provides refurbished Dell Optiplex computers and iMacs to schools and libraries throughout the United States and across the globe.

Science Textbooks Reach University in Ghana

A special thank you to Sinauer Associates, Inc. for their donation of thousands of dollars in textbooks to Cape Coast University in Ghana.

The books were donated this spring and have now arrived at the university’s library.

The textbooks cover a wide variety of subjects in biology, psychology, and neuroscience.

About Sinauer Associates

Sinauer Associates, Inc., publishers of college-level textbooks and educational multimedia in biology, psychology, neuroscience, and allied disciplines, was founded in June of 1969 by Andrew D. Sinauer.

Another Computer Lab Unveiled in Ghana

With the help of Reader to Reader’s Computer Donation Program, a new computer lab has opened at the middle school in Saviefe-Deme, Ghana, as a part of Reader to Reader’s ongoing Ghana Project.

Residents of Saviefe-Deme were invited to tour the lab and on the day these photos were taken the whole town was going through it.

Reader to Reader’s Computer Donation program is run in partnership with Amherst College and provides refurbished Dell Optiplex computers and iMacs to schools and libraries across the United States and across the globe.

Science Textbooks Head to Ghana Universities

A special thank you to Sinauer Associates, Inc. for their generous donation to Reader to Reader of over $20,000 worth of new science textbooks.

The textbooks are now heading to Ghana as part of Reader to Reader’s Ghana Book Project, where they will be used by students at Regent University of Science & Technology in Accra, and Cape Coast University in Cape Coast.

Sinauer Associates are publishers of college-level textbooks and educational multimedia in biology, psychology, neuroscience, and allied disciplines.

More Books for Ghana!

Bosovilla Presby Primary School in Oda, Ghana held a ceremony celebrating the arrival of the books donated by Reader to Reader. The school serves more than 600 children. Many of the children come from other far flung villages or farms in the area.

More Computers Arrive in Ghana

We are pleased to report that the latest batch of computers donated by Reader to Reader has arrived at their respective schools in Ghana.

Six computers went to schools in Akim Awisa, eight to Akim Oda, and seven to Kasoa. Of the six that went to Akim Awisa, five went to the Junior High School and one to the Primary school.

The headmaster of the Akim Awisa Presbyterian Boarding Junior High School sent pictures of students using the computers.

Dear Reader to Reader,

This is to express our gratitude to you for the five computers you have donated to our school (Awisa Presby Boarding Junior High School).

May the Good Lord bless you and your entire family in diverse ways.

Here are the pictures of our computer lab and our final year students.

As you will see in the pictures, the five computers will be of great help to the school.

We will be grateful if more computers are provided for the pupils to ease the pressure on the few that we have.

We are most grateful.

Headmaster Solomon Maafo
Akim Awisa Presbyterian Boarding Junior High School
Akim Awisa, Ghana

About the Computer Donation Program

Reader to Reader's Computer Donation Program donates refurbished Dell Optiplex GX 620 Pentium 4 computers with flat screen monitors. The computers are donated and refurbished by Amherst College and have been serviced by their IT department to be completely ready to run right out of the box. Computer labs have been built in the Navajo Nation, western Massachusetts, Ghana, Kosovo and Trinidad & Tobago. In addition, new computers have been donated to projects in Massachusetts, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Merry Xmas From Ghana

Dear Reader to Reader,

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

The Kasoa computers arrived a while back and have been put to good use.

The Akim Oda and Akim Awisa computers are currently being processed through customs in Accra, and should be getting to the schools shortly. We are all very appreciative of your help and generosity.

Thanks and Best Wishes.

Robert Baafi
Ghana Book Project
Kasoa, Akim Oda, and Akim Awisa, Ghana

(Reader to Reader is helping three schools in Ghana set up resource centers which include libraries and computer labs.)

Another School Joins Ghana Project

The Akim Awisa Junior Secondary School in Akim Awisa, Ghana, has joined Reader to Reader’s Ghana Project. The school will receive books and computers to set-up a computer lab.

The Ghana Project also serves the Eno Boanimah Memorial Academy, Kasoa, Ghana, and Akim Oda Secondary School, Akim Oda, Ghana.

17 Computers for Ghana

A truckload of 17 Dell Optiplex GX620 computers with flat-screen monitors will be heading to Ghana to build computer labs at the Eno Boanimah Memorial Academy, Kasoa, Ghana, and Akim Oda Secondary School, Akim Oda.

Reader to Reader’s computer donation program is helping both schools set up resource centers which includes libraries and computer labs.

Reader to Reader's First Computer Lab Built in Ghana Opens

Dear Reader to Reader,

The computers and the additional books have arrived in Ghana. The computers have been set up in the computer lab, and the kids are already learning how to use them. The principal has sent pictures of the kids working with them. We are all very much appreciative.

Thanks,

Robert Baafi
On behalf of Eno Boanimah Memorial Academy
Kasoa, Ghana



Reader to Reader is pleased to assist Eno Boanimah Memorial Academy, Kasoa, Ghana, and Akim Oda Secondary School, Akim Oda, Ghana set up resource centers that include libraries and computer labs.

Computers! Computers! Computers!

Kat Libby shows off a stack of computers that will be heading overseas to the Eno Boanimah Memorial Academy of Kasoa, Ghana.

The school was started in September of 2009, and Reader to Reader is helping the school set up a resource center which includes a library and computer lab.

The refurbished computers were donated by Amherst College and were refurbished thanks to the IT department.

Lots of Computers!

A special thank you to Amherst College for the large donation of Dell computers that will be donated to the Navajo Nation Library in Window Rock, Arizona and to our new overseas project in Ghana.

Reader to Reader Launches Ghana Project

Reader to Reader is pleased to assist Eno Boanimah Memorial Academy of Kasoa, Ghana. The school was started in September of 2009, and we are helping the school set up a resource center which includes a library and computer lab.

Books for the project are English-language for Kindergarten through Primary 6. Reader to Reader will also be donating refurbished Dell Pentium computers.