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A/S: The Rebecca Foundation commissions and hands over newly built library in Kumawu

Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 1:35 PM by Nathaniel Crabbe

- The Rebecca Foundation has commissioned and handed over a newly constructed library in Kumawu in the Ashanti Region

- The Foundation handed over the newly built library to the Sekyere Kumawu District Assembly and the Ghana Library Authority

- This is part of efforts by the Rebecca Foundation to improve access to literacy in education

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The Rebecca Foundation has commissioned and handed over a newly constructed library in Kumawu to the Sekyere Kumawu District Assembly and the Ghana Library Authority in the Ashanti Region.

The library was built, furnished and resourced by the Rebecca Foundation, with the support of the Ghana Education Service, Ghana Library Authority and Book Aid International.

A/S: The Rebecca Foundation commissions newly constructed library in Kumawu — A/S: The Rebecca Foundation commissions and hands over a newly constructed library in Kumawu. Image: rakufoaddo
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Recognising the role of literacy in education, the Rebecca Foundation has so far through the Learning to Read Reading to Learn initiative constructed, furnished, resourced and commissioned libraries in Wenchi in the Bono Region, Sefwi Debiso in the Western North Region, Moree in the Central Region, Daffiama Bussie Issah in the Upper West Region and Amansaman in the Greater Accra Region.

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