Finding libraries, especially in rural areas with well stocked books for use by students is not common in Ghana. Some of the libraries are fortunate to have books courtesy of the benevolence of some philanthropists. One of such philanthropists is Frank Abeiku Adams, whose research studies for his undergraduate certificate took him to Ekumfi, as a volunteer teacher to help the community senior high school.
Thanks to crowd funding, Mr Abeiku, an agri-business investor, has been able to stock the libraries at the senior high school and basic schools with the right books, improving the level of literacy and education in the Ekumfi district. Through his project 'Book the Shelve', he is not just putting smiles on the faces of pupils and students in Ekumfi, but improving their lives alongside.
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