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This is the inspiring story of a Canadian woman who transformed a simple afternoon of reading to a group of children in her backyard in Ghana, Africa, into seven large community libraries in poor areas of the country's capital, support for more than 200 smaller initiatives around Ghana and in other African countries, and a publishing venture that produces children's books in English and Swahili. Kathy Knowles now runs her volunteer-based Osu Children's Library Fund out of her Winnipeg home with twice-yearly trips to Ghana. Her work promoting libraries and literacy continues – construction is now underway on a three-storey library in the area of the capital known as Korle Gonno.

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"You are proof that the vision and actions of just one person can make a tremendous difference in so many lives!" -- Michaelle Jean, former Governor General of Canada, following a visit to the Nima Library in November 2006

The Library Tree: How a Canadian Woman Brought

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      Publisher Great Plains Publications Ltd
      Published 1 October 2013
      ISBN-13 9781926531830
      978-1926531830
      ISBN-10 1926531833
      Also in:
      Biography: general Dictionaries, Reference & Language Library, archive and information management Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the inspiring story of a Canadian woman who transformed a simple afternoon of reading to a group of children in her backyard in Ghana, Africa, into seven large community libraries in poor areas of the country's capital, support for more than 200 smaller initiatives around Ghana and in other African countries, and a publishing venture that produces children's books in English and Swahili. Kathy Knowles now runs her volunteer-based Osu Children's Library Fund out of her Winnipeg home with twice-yearly trips to Ghana. Her work promoting libraries and literacy continues – construction is now underway on a three-storey library in the area of the capital known as Korle Gonno.

      Trade Review
      "You are proof that the vision and actions of just one person can make a tremendous difference in so many lives!" -- Michaelle Jean, former Governor General of Canada, following a visit to the Nima Library in November 2006

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