Two sign MoU on freebooks distribution of books (13/11/08)

Daily Graphic pub

Story: Jennifer Dornoo & Leticia Ohene-Asiedu
THE Rotary Club of Tema, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) is to distribute supplementary readers free of charge from kindergarten to the tertiary level in the country.
The books form part of contributions from publishers in the USA and donated through the Brothers’ Brother Foundation (BBF) with the shipment cost borne by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The cost of the project is estimated at between $150,000 and $160,000.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed to that effect with the President of the Rotary Club of Tema, Mr Ben Aniegyei, signing for his organisation while the Director General of the GES, Mr Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, initialled for the GES.
Mr Aniagyei said this year’s theme; “Make Dreams Real” , emphasised the importance of child education and added that books ought to be made available for students to ensure quality education.
He said “every child dreams to become someone in future, and it depends on the level of education one is able to attain and the facilities available to make the dreams come true”.
That, he said, motivated the club to distribute the books at no cost to schools in Ghana.
Mr Bannerman-Mensah expressed his profound gratitude to the Rotary Club for the kind gesture and promised to ensure that the books were distributed to the various schools.