How can we create a strong volunteer community in each of our areas? We can: Ensure that we employ effective communication methods. Each community should set up a separate WhatsApp …read more
For the first time, Reading Spots brought together 63 delegates from across our 16 projects in Ghana which stretch across 7 regions of the country. Each project brought 2 or …read more
INTRODUCTION: The project is designed by Reading Spots Ghana to help reduce the spread of diseases caused by germs and other infections and an unclean environment, and to promote clean …read more
Dearly, I, Adu Boahen, believe that I was born to teach, and as teaching is a priority for me, I also prioritise volunteer work in this area. I am a …read more
Reading Spots Online Volunteer Roles Reading Spots is expanding! Can you offer us your time and skills remotely? All you will need is a laptop, good wifi, good IT skills, …read more
The photo on the screen above pictures Gloria Addae Serwaa from Abofour in the Ashanti region of Ghana. After finishing Senior High School, Gloria devoted an entire year to voluntarily establishing …read more
I visited Ghana in late March 2018 on the first Easter trip of the year, and during my time there I was amazed with the Ghanaians and their exceptional passion …read more
As part of a wider research project, I’ve been interviewing parents in Tease about their perception of the newly created Reading Spot (which has now been open for two months, …read more
We are delighted to announce that we are partnering with Book Aid International in order to increase the level of access that Ghanaians have to high quality books. We will …read more
As we are having a lot of enquiries about our work in Ghana, I thought I’d put together a summary of our approach and work so far. If you have …read more
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
The evening began with an electrifying performance from Marley Chambers on the drums; Mr Wilson was lost for words after. Preceding the dinner, we had a short talk from Miss Davison during …read more
Another book drive, another day. The February-edition Reading Spots book drive was a roaring success! In total 60 boxes were sent over, roughly equivalent to 5,000 books. We could not …read more
“I am now just over three weeks away from the Half Marathon so my training is really ramping up. Last weekend, I ran a 7.2km inter county cross-country fixture for …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
Given the number of enquiries that we have had regarding book donations, and our ever-expanding number of community-led libraries in Ghana, we have decided to hold another book drive from …read more
On Saturday 24th February, we have our third annual fundraising dinner in the Brighton College dining room, with pre-dinner drinks in the Simon Smith Café from 7pm. The cost of the tickets …read more
Again, very delayed, but is the pupils’ blog post following their time spent at the RAMSCO international school in Donkorkrom, Eastern region of Ghana. After a ferry trip across the …read more
