Our most recent addition to the Reading Spots family, the Tease Community Library (or shared education centre) is now open! The meaning of ‘Tease’ in Twi (the main language in …read more

This essay was submitted in Feburary 2018 as part of an MA in Education and International Development at UCL. I thought I’d share it in case any participants of the …read more

I’ve decided to start writing a little more often so as to try and share some of the stories and insights of the amazing people and places of my second …read more

Ed Warren is one of our first pupil ambassadors, who has been actively involved in the charity since its creation in 2015 – he is shortly going to return to Ghana to …read more

The Messiah International School has housed a library open to the entire community since December 2015. In the future we hope to expand the library and enable other schools to …read more

I’ve decided to start sharing some of my experiences in this field, as there is much advice that I think that I would have benefited from before I started, and the …read more

Here are the first nominations sent in for books to be put in our ‘African Top 50’ collection. The girls at the African Science Academy in Tema are completing a …read more

During October half-term, pupils on our online course introducing pupils to key themes in international development were challenged to write a 500-word blog post with a choice of titles. The first …read more

This story was written with Joseph Edward Addae (known as”Prof”). Prof is an 11 year old who lives in Abofour in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He loves learning and creating as much …read more

The ideas here are all thanks to the readers in the Abofour Book Club, initially established by Gloria Addae, and now led by Mr Cofie. I hope that we can …read more

These are suggestions of questions to ask pupils from Primary 3 – Junior High School 3 to ensure that children are thinking when they are reading books.  These questions encourage …read more

This book is set in post-independent Zimbabwe within the setting of a predominately ‘white’ boarding school. Readers should be aware that it is not suitable for younger readers; it is …read more

“Wonder” by Palacio: My Next Chapter after the “Bleeding Scream” Moment The Abofour Readers’ Club were given a challenge of writing the next chapter after the ‘Bleeding Scream’ in Auggie’s voice, …read more

This simple twi guide has been written with thanks to Alex Boakye Antwi and Joseph Edward Addae – two Junior High School students from Abofour, Ashanti Region!  We can see …read more

The River Between is incredibly compelling – I completed it within a few hours whilst waiting for a ferry to cross the Volta River in Ghana, which somehow seemed appropriate …read more

Edward has been the librarian in the Akumadan from December 2016-August 2017 when he departed to study Economics at university in Kumasi. I first met him when he was in …read more

In spite of my tendency to be extremely critical of everything with respect to our project, being in Ghana has certainly cemented a strong belief that the Reading Spots model, …read more

In spite of my tendency to be quite critical of everything with respect to our project, being in Ghana has certainly cemented a strong belief that the Reading Spots model, …read more