Project Read:

Anfoega, Ghana Library Project

 

           

 

We are a group of students at the University of Arizona, living in the Pima Blue Chip Leadership Lodge Residential College, writing to inform you of our international service project, Project Read: Anfoega, Ghana Library Project. We partnered with the Anfoega Development Foundation to help rebuild their community library. The mission of Project Read is to encourage reading and intellectual growth in the rural village of Anfoega, Ghana. The vision of our project is to change the lives of University of Arizona students and Anfoega citizens by directly impacting global literacy and education. The villagers will have a library to expand their knowledge, and University students will understand the importance of service on a global level.  The foundation is raising the money to renovate the building and we agreed to collect the books to shelve their library. In October 2007, we set out to collect 400 books from the University of Arizona and Tucson community and exceeded our goal collecting over 1,000 books. With this success, we plan to ship the books to the village by April 20, 2008.

At this point, we are seeking donations to help ship the books by the aforementioned deadline.  With the various weights of boxes and the shipping price range of $47 to $200 per box, we estimate a shipping cost of $3,500. At present, we have raised $220, less than ten percent of our goal. Given the expensive shipping rates, we are requesting monetary donations from members around the Tucson community and beyond to help support our project.  We hope that you will consider being one of our sponsors and help promote the priceless gift of literacy. The preferred method of payment is a check made out to the Arizona Blue Chip Program. Please send checks to the address referenced above. We will provide receipts for all donations. If you or your organization is not able to make a monetary donation, we accept in-kind donations that could be used to raise additional funds (i.e., gift cards for raffles, merchandise and/or memorabilia for raffles).

            We look forward to collaborating with you on this project.  Attached is a fact sheet on Anfoega, Ghana and a flyer for posting.  Your donations will be greatly appreciated!

If you have any questions or comments feel free to contact the chairs of the Sponsorship Committee: Dele Olanubi: olanubi@email.arizona.edu, (602-796-0395) or Brittany Hultstrom: hultstro@email.arizona.edu, (508-728-3320).

 

 Sincerely,

Project Read Committee, Sponsorship Chairs

Brittan Hulstrom                                  Dele Olanubi

Brittany Hulstrom                   Dele Olanubi

 

Ghana Facts

Anfoega:

Anfoega is one of the Traditional Council areas in the Kpando Administrative District of the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana. Its capital, Akukome has populations of over 50,000 most of whom are resident outside the Traditional Area. There are ten (10) main towns which make up Anfoega.

The people of Anfoega were among the group of Ewes who suffered under the cruel reign of the notorious King Agorkoli and migrated from Notsie in Togo to their present settlement. Their leader during their migration was a great warrior named Segbe Adanu. He led the people through various perils until they came to the present place called Anfoega. In order to create a formidable state which would ensure good governance Segbe Adanu created two positions-the paramountcy and the second-in-command to the  that position.

The hierarchy of the Anfoega Traditional Area in so far as its constitutional arrangement is concerned has the Paramount Chief at the helm of affairs and he is assisted by Divisional Chiefs who are directly in charge of the day-to-day administration of the various towns.

The state symbol of the people of Anfoega is the Palm Tree – a multi-purpose tree which signifies the resourcefulness, of the people within the community. The time of settling at its present location, is reputed to have been in or about the year 1700  A. D.

 

Population:

21,029,853 (2005 est.) Females- 51% Male-49%

Major ethnic divisions: Ghanaian by Birth/parenthood 92.1% Akan 49.1% Mole-Dagomba 16.5% Ewe 12.7% Ga-Dangme 8% (2000 Census)
non-Ghanaians 3.9% 

Religions:

 Christian 69%, Traditionalists 8.5%, Muslim 15.6%, others 6.9% (2000 Census)

Languages:

 English (Official), African (Akan, Mole-Dagomba, Ewe,and Ga)

Literacy Rate:

74.8%-  82.7%(Male); 67.1% (Female)

NOTE: National Population and Housing Census showed that "43.4 per cent of those who are three years old or more have never been to school and 49.9 per cent of the adult population of 15 years or more are totally illiterate." (2001)         

Government:

Independence: March 6, 1957

            Constitutional Republic

Regions: There are 10 Regions:  ~Ashanti ~Brong Ahafo ~Central ~Eastern  ~GreaterAccra ~Northern ~Upper East ~Upper West ~Volta ~Western

National Anthem: " God Bless Our Homeland, Ghana"

National Motto: " Freedom & Justice"

Meaning of the Flag:  I decided on the three colors of red, gold & green because of the geography of Ghana. Ghana lies in the tropics and blessed with rich vegetation. The color Gold was influenced by the mineral rich nature of our lands and Red commemorates those who died or worked for the country's independence. Then the five pointed lone star which is the symbol of African emancipation and unity in the struggle against colonialism. Designer of the Ghana flag: Mrs. Theodosia Salome Okoh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Read: Ghana Library Project

Anfoega, Ghana

 

 

Information gathered from:  HYPERLINK "http://www.ghanaweb.com" www.ghanaweb.com, current Anfoega Chief Togbe Charles Hayibor, and http://www.ghana.gov.gh/

Typical public school textbook