{"id":383391,"date":"2017-12-14T17:05:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=383391"},"modified":"2017-12-14T18:47:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T18:47:37","slug":"juliet-asante-launches-yaa-asantewaa-library-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/juliet-asante-launches-yaa-asantewaa-library-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Juliet Asante launches ‘Yaa Asantewaa Library Project’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghanaian actress and film producer, Juliet Asante, has launched a project to build container libraries and stock them with books in various communities in Ghana.<\/p>\n
The initiative, dubbed Yaa Asantewaa Library project, is mobilizing Ghc1 and $1 donations from the public to fund it.<\/p>\n
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She said the goal is to have at least one library in every district in the country to promote reading.<\/p>\n
Juliet Asante said every child deserves the right to read a book, and she is determined to give Ghanaian children that opportunity to “travel the world through books.”<\/p>\n
An online crowdfunding campaign has been initiated on Indiegogo to receive support from the public for the project.<\/p>\n
“Every child deserves the right to enjoy the pleasure of reading regularly…It is that simple, and you can help make that happen now,” she said.<\/p>\n
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She said the project is presently working to stock a community library in the Upper East Nyokoko district and the new Juabeng area in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n
The project is being coordinated online at Library Project GH<\/a>\u00a0and yaaasantewalibraryproject.org\u2019. Donations can be made on Indiegogo by clicking here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ghanaian actress and film producer, Juliet Asante, has launched a project to build container libraries and stock them with books in various communities in Ghana. The initiative, dubbed Yaa Asantewaa Library project, is mobilizing Ghc1 and $1 donations from the public to fund it. She said the goal is to have at least one library […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":383401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[3,10896,15441],"yoast_head":"\n