Thomas Osei Helps Hometown Kids in Ghana
For almost 10 years, Thomas Osei, a housing assistant at Butler Houses, has been working with a friend in Ghana to build and supply books for a library in his hometown of Kumasi, the nation’s second largest city. Completed in 2008, the library now contains almost 5,000 books and is visited yearly by approximately 1,200 school children ages 8-15.
Without the assistance of a foundation, patron or other funding source, Mr. Osei has worked to build his dream brick by brick and book by book, visiting Ghana only a few times, most recently last year. “Education is important,” says Mr. Osei. “I want to encourage the children to Housing Assistant Thomas Osei with children in front of a library he raised funds to build in Kumasi, Ghana, so that children could have books and encouragement to succeed in school. (cont. p. 4) stay in school. This is why I’m also sending school supplies, because it is my joy to see these children do well.”
When Mr. Osei visited the library last year, he met with young people now attending technical college with the help and encouragement they received from his project. Mr. Osei now wants to provide more school supplies and books for the library, which has become a vital resource in his hometown. This time, he is reaching out for assistance through a new and popular funding source: crowdsourcing.
To find out more or contribute to this project, go to http://gofundme.com/2eybr4ws and put “Thomas Osei” in the search box.
