The Ghanabus Mission On Prof. John Knapton's last visit to Ekumfi Atakwa, the library building that his students were building was nearly ready. You can read more about John here and Kwesi here. In a BBC television interview, the professor said he would try to persuade an English bus company to give him one for free and on his return he suceeded. Back in England, the Go Ahead group donated a second hand double decker, about to be retired from a hard life on the streets of London. Kwesi told John why something as simple as a bus could make such a vast difference.
Education is the key to the eradication of poverty in Africa.
There are 8 languages widely spoken in Ghana alone, so English is used as the common language of business and education. Learning English in school can be a passport out of rural isolation, giving children the chance of looking for work in the wider world. But educational resources are scarce. The primary school classroom has an earth floor, wooden desks, and a blackboard. The library, to be stocked with books and reconditioned computers arriving from England by container ship, will give the children of Ekumfi a head start in life.