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Here's some info about the school, c/o Becka Birman:

Goviefe Kowu Agordome Basic Schools

-Headmaster- Mr. Agbovi Killian

-Number of Teachers- 14 (plus two additional staff members who serve as cooks)

-Number of Students- 291, with an additional 30 adults in a vocational program

-Number of Classrooms- 9 (KG, Primary 1-6, Form 1-3- KG 1 and 2 are combined as are class 1 and 2)

-Currently we have about 20 books in the school, we do not have a library or any sort of reading/ICT room at this time

-Additional information- The school suffered a major loss when a large portion of the roof collapsed a couple of years ago-thankfully it was on the weekend so no one was in the classrooms at the time. The school had to combine classrooms, teach under trees, and come up with other creative solutions. The government has begun to begin the building of a new school building, which is scheduled to be completed in December 2014.

This is one of the many accounts for Books Matter. We send books to schools in Ghana. Thanks to many LT members, among others, we have received donations on our website in order to pay for shipping. We receive most of our books from Toronto area schools. These books were shipped in May of 2014 and arrived in July.