Taking it to the Streets

SAID goes to the streets with a
mobile library program

Street Girls Aid goes into the streets with a new mobile library program. The van, books, supplies and staffing are part of an Empowerment of Young Girls and Mothers Living in the Streets project funded in partnership with International Child Solidarity (ICS). Books were purchased from the Ghana Book Trust and also sponsored by a recent Rotary delegation from the United States.

Margie's passion for libraries is
only surpassed by her passion
for people and building relationships

As part of the recent Rotary Foundation District Grant, a team of our volunteers brought resources and tools related to mobile libraries to help build capacity within the Street Girls Aid staff at the earlier request of the Executive Director, Vida. Several of the volunteers spent time building relationships with the SAID staff and then sharing resources. The capacity building related to not only mobile libraries, but library management and our volunteers were passionate about the resources that they shared. Their passion caught fire and the staff were pretty fired up and ready to tackle this new initiative.

This is what capacity building
looks like - Holly sharing resources

Another component of the grant allowed the team and Vida to make some critical connections with both the Ghana Book Trust and the Osu Children's Library Fund about library management resources for NGOs in Ghana as well as access to some fabulous books written by local Ghanaians - the connections were powerful and it will be exciting to see them flourish. Already, two weeks after we are gone - the mobile library is out on the streets, and while we only had a small part of that - it is exciting to see the impact of capacity building, and the power of connections.

One of the hundreds of books purchased locally
by authors from Ghana as part of this project

For more information about supporting literacy and empowerment of girls, children and moms living in the streets contact Vida Amoako, Executive Director at streetgirlsaid@yahoo.com or send a message to our site from the contact us box in the sidebar. Look for an announcement soon about the 20th Year Legacy Celebration festivities! 20 years of Serving Street Children - Impacting Generations


Enjoy these photos from the first day on the streets with the mobile library: