ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA FULFILS AGREEMENT (SEPT 15, PAGE 29)

The Rotary Club of Tema has fulfilled its part of an agreement reached with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the GETfund to supply books to libraries of senior high schools in the country.
Under the book project, the GES/GETfund were expected to submit the list of needy schools which have structures for libraries but did not have books, to benefit from the project.
To date, Rotary Club of Tema has since October 2008 distributed over 33,100 books valued at US $ 496,500 to 18 senior high schools in Upper West Region, 22 SHSs in Upper East, 35 SHSs in the Northern Region and seven SHSs in other regions in the country.
Before the inception of the project, the Rotary Club of Tema had been distributing books to the universities and other institutions in the country and since 1996 to date they have given out US$3,535,105 books.
The Chairman of the Books Committee of the club, Mr Sammy Buckman, told the Daily Graphic at Tema when the GES took delivery of a quantity of books for distribution to some schools in the northern sector of the country that the book project originated from a book fair the club organised in March 2008 in collaboration with the Brothers’ Foundation of the USA.
He said representatives of the GES and GETfund who were present at the fair saw the benefits that schools in Ghana could get from the book fair, and, therefore, offered to collaborate with the Rotary Club of Tema to supply books to feed starving libraries in the country.
Mr Buckman said any needy school which had a library qualified to be supplied with the books.
He expressed his gratitude to the Brothers' Brother Foundation for contributing to help promote literacy in Ghana.
Mr Buckman emphasised that the objective of the project was to ensure that students acquired the habit of reading and reseacher to build on their knowledge based on their study disciplines.
He said the books covered all areas of study, including the Sciences , Arts , Business and the Visual Arts.
Mr Buckman urged the GES to make more structures available to encourage the club to seek more assistance to fill them with books for the benefit of the students .
At the time of the interview DAF trucks were being loaded with the books to be sent to 32 SHSs in the Northern Region. The GES brought trucks to cart the books.
The Liaison Officer of the GES project, Mr Maxwell Agbewale -Koku, and Mr Hutchful of the GES were present to receive the books which the President of Rotary Club of Tema, Mr John Bisiw, handed over.