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REPORT OF CESRUD/FAVL-
GHANA COMMUNITY
LIBRARIES
OUTLINE
0.1. INTRODUCTION
0.2. SUMBRUNGU COMMUNITY LIBRARY BY ASANGA JOSEPH
0.3. SHERIGU COMMUNITY LIBRARY BY NSOLBEN DIANA ABANE
0.4. GWORIE- COMMUNITY LIBRARY BY NAAYBA WILFRED
0.5. MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING
0.6. CONCLUSION
APRIL, 2022
REPORT BY:
AKANA BENEDICT
COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY LIBRARIES

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0.1. INTRODUCTION
This monthly report covers the activities and events that took place within the month
of April. In this month we were able to renovate two community libraries that is the
Gowrie-Kunkua community library and that of the Sherigu Community libraries.
Within the month to we had the inauguration of the Library Readers Club. The
activities were carried out positively. In this report we will present the events that
took place in Sumbrugu, Gowrie-Kunkua and Sherigu Community libraries
respectively.
0.2. REPORT FROM THE SUMBRUNGU COMMUNITY LIBRARY.
This report contains Patronage, Activities, and problems for the month of April,
2022.
The attendance to the library during the month of April was good but quiet good on
the third week. But in generally, the attendance for the month was very good. The
students went on vacation on the 7th
April for the Primary and 14th
April for the
Junior High Schools. And will reopening will be on the 10th
of May.
On the 23rd
of April, 2022. We inaugurated our Library Readers Club and also
registered the members of the Club. In fact this was one of the activity that has really
change attendance in the library.

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We recorded over 200 patrons as Members for the Club and since from that day the
numbers keep on increasing. The Dignitaries that were present during this program
includes;
• Mr. Lesley, the Regional Librarian for Upper East-Ghana
• Mr. Rex Asanga the Mayor and Executive Director for CESRUD
• Mr. George Atabem the Chairman for the Sumbrungu Community Library
Committee
• Mr. Johnson Agolma is the Assemblyman for the Sumbrungu Area
• Theophilus Akwara is the Headteacher for the Dazongo Junior High School
and also the Chairman for all the Head teachers in the Bolgatanga West B
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• Also some Teachers and Parents of some patrons were presents to grace the
occasion.
Three groups were formed for the Library Readers Club. These Groups are named
after people that have really helped the Library running.
Group 1 is been named M. Kevane
Group 2 is called H. Herman
Group 3 is been named Atareyella
Again, on the 25th
of April, we the Sumbrungu Community Library had a Group
discussion about a book called ‘David’s day at the Mine’ written by Deborah
Cowley. The attendance was really great to the extent that I have to form four groups
and I gave each group a different set of books because the books were not enough to
reach them.
On the 26th
and 27th
April, Dictation was conducted for the patrons to test
their spelling abilities and their pronunciation of words.
During the month of April, I with patrons had our usual storytelling, Story
reading and Group reading.

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Again, on the 30th
April, quiz was conducted for the Readers Club among the
three Groups to test them on their reading skills, spellings of words and their
pronunciation skills. This was supervised by the Coordinator of Community
Libraries (C.C.L), Mr. Benedict.
Furthermore, some games were played in the month, which includes; Oware, ampe
and puzzle.
The children were very
excited to be part of the
the library club.
Some parents came
along with their children
and others came later to
witness the event.
They gave their positive
recommendation for
inaugurating the Library
Reader’s Club.

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During the month the C.C.L. visited us and also some Parents and teachers visited
the library.
As the number increases each day we will be need more tables and chairs. Below
are the statistics of the month.
We have recorded hence many patrons after the inaugration. We will need to
provide the library more tables and chairs. Every weekend the patrons hve their
meeting for divers library activities. Group reading, individual reading, games,
dictations, spellings, etc.

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DAY TIME STATISTICS
ADULTS CHILDREN TOTAL GRAND
TOTAL
DATE DAYS MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
01/04/2022 FRI 23 20 21 12 44 33 77
04/04/2022 MON 26 16 16 19 42 35 77
05/04/2022 TUE 20 23 27 21 47 44 91
06/04/2022 WED 14 17 21 24 35 41 76
07/04/2022 THUR 24 23 20 34 44 57 101
08/04/2022 FRI 20 11 19 15 39 26 65
11/04/2022 MON 25 28 23 20 48 48 96
12/04/2022 TUE 22 12 20 30 42 42 84
13/04/2022 WED 19 29 33 29 52 58 110
14/04/2022 THUR 29 20 8 11 37 31 68
15/04/2022 FRI GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY
18/04/2022 MON EASTER MONDAY HOLIDAY
19/04/2022 TUE 11 9 11 18 22 27 49
20/04/2022 WED 13 12 19 14 32 26 58
21/04/2022 THUR 14 10 12 16 26 26 52
22/04/2022 FRI 15 12 10 14 25 26 51
25/04/2022 MON 16 12 28 27 44 39 83
26/04/2022 TUE 32 18 22 36 54 54 108
27/04/2022 WED 27 19 17 28 64 57 121
28/04/2022 THUR 30 27 20 40 50 67 117
29/04/2022 FRI 16 17 45 21 81 38 119
TOTAL 386 365 392 429 778 794 1,572
NIGHT TIME
ADULTS CHILDREN TOTAL GRAND
TOTAL
DATE DAYS MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
01/04/2022 FRI 24 20 8 12 32 32 64
04/04/2022 MON 18 16 12 10 30 26 56
05/04/2022 TUE 21 20 27 11 48 31 79
06/04/2022 WED 14 14 13 14 27 28 55
07/04/2022 THUR 24 23 20 22 44 45 89
08/04/2022 FRI 16 11 10 9 26 20 46
11/04/2022 MON 11 28 13 11 24 39 63
12/04/2022 TUE 23 17 10 13 33 30 63
13/04/2022 WED 16 19 12 11 28 30 58
14/04/2022 THUR 14 29 10 13 24 42 66
15/04/2022 FRI GOOD FRIDAY
18/04/2022 MON EASTER MONDAY
19/04/2022 TUE 20 29 11 21 31 50 81
20/04/2022 WED 14 23 17 14 31 37 68
21/04/2022 THUR 12 27 14 16 26 43 69
22/04/2022 FRI 19 33 11 12 30 45 75
25/04/2022 MON 17 20 16 10 33 30 63
26/04/2022 TUE 26 12 14 20 40 32 72
27/04/2022 WED 20 21 12 16 32 37 69
28/04/2022 THUR 11 14 10 12 21 26 47
29/04/2022 FRI 14 17 15 14 29 31 60
TOTAL 334 393 255 261 589 654 1,243

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0.3. REPORT FROM SHERIGU COMMUNITY LIBRARY
To report about this month’s patronage with regards to the day and night’s
statistics, it was observed that, the patronage had been reduced as compared to
the last month patronage. This is because of the Easter holidays, most of our
patrons had traveled.
The activities that were carried out in the library were individual studies, group
studies, playing of games, repainting of the library inside block, chairs, tables and
the benches.
- Some individuals read stories books such as Out Goes to Sea, Crocodile
Bread, The Lucky One, Why Fish Lives in Water and other stories,

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Veronica a caterer Learns to Read, Hanatu a seamstress Learns to Read,
Who will be my Friends? , etc.
- I also read some books entitled, “The King’s Drumbeat” by Diana B.
McBagonluri and “Just Call Me Brother” a story of fain and determination
by Debora Cowley. This story will tell you how the special shoes, artificial
legs and crutches were made hear in Ghana. I encourage everyone to read
the story of “Just Call Me Brother”.
- On Thursday 21, of April 2022. We painted the inside of the library block
as well as the tables and chairs Mr. Akana Benedict (CESRUD/FAVL co-
coordinator), the other two librarians and six others including the actual
librarian supported the painting. And the next day which was Friday a
carpenter also came to work on our broken chairs, benches and some tables.
- On Monday 25/04 /2022, an electrician also came to work on our light, fan,
sockets and added more sockets.
Mr. Akana Benedict (CESRUD /FAVL co-coordinator) visited us on the
07/04/2022 and his purpose was to officially handover the library keys to me, and
sometimes to also monitor the library. Mr. Emmanuel A. Adabem the library
committee chairman also visited us twice to check on the activities of the library.
The problems we encountered during the month of April were lack of games and
our roofing is leaking.
Below are the statistics for the month.
DAY STATISTICS
ADULTS CHILDREN TOTAL GRAND
TOTAL
DATE DAYS MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
01/04/2022 FRI 13 10 23 25 33 35 68
04/04/2022 MON 10 11 27 28 37 39 76
05/04/2022 TUE 9 11 29 25 38 36 74
06/04/2022 WED 12 12 30 29 42 41 83
07/04/2022 THUR 8 10 32 25 40 35 75
08/04/2022 FRI 10 10 15 13 25 23 48
11/04/2022 MON 9 7 13 14 22 21 43

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12/04/2022 TUE 11 13 15 18 26 31 57
13/04/2022 WED 12 12 17 13 29 25 54
14/04/2022 THUR 8 5 14 11 22 16 38
15/04/2022 FRI GOOD FRIDAY
18/04/2022 MON EASTER MONDAY
19/04/2022 TUE 10 8 12 17 22 25 47
20/04/2022 WED 8 11 15 11 23 22 45
21/04/2022 THUR 9 8 10 15 19 23 42
22/04/2022 FRI 12 10 14 12 26 22 48
25/04/2022 MON 9 7 17 15 26 22 48
26/04/2022 TUE 7 7 14 12 21 19 40
27/04/2022 WED 10 6 16 11 26 17 43
28/04/2022 THUR 10 9 15 12 25 21 46
29/04/2022 FRI MEETING AT SUMBRUNGU LIBRARY
TOTAL 177 167 328 306 505 473 978
NIGHT STATISTICS
ADULTS CHILDREN TOTAL GRAND
TOTAL
DATE DAYS MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
01/04/2022 FRI 9 7 13 15 22 22 44
04/04/2022 MON 10 6 11 10 21 16 37
05/04/2022 TUE 8 10 17 19 25 29 54
06/04/2022 WED 11 14 19 20 30 34 64
07/04/2022 THUR ABSENT BECAUSE OF RAIN
08/04/2022 FRI 13 10 14 16 27 26 53
11/04/2022 MON 9 10 20 19 29 29 58
12/04/2022 TUE ABSENT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT LIGHT
13/04/2022 WED 10 8 11 16 21 24 45
14/04/2022 THUR 7 13 9 10 16 23 39
15/04/2022 FRI GOOD FRIDAY
18/04/2022 MON EASTER MONDAY
19/04/2022 TUE 8 9 11 15 19 28 47
20/04/2022 WED 11 6 11 13 22 19 41
21/04/2022 THUR 9 7 10 16 19 23 42
22/04/2022 FRI 12 8 16 11 28 19 47
25/04/2022 MON 7 6 13 9 20 15 35
26/04/2022 TUE 9 10 12 11 21 21 42
27/04/2022 WED 7 7 11 9 18 16 34
28/04/2022 THUR 9 7 15 17 24 24 48
29/04/2022 FRI MEETING AT SUMBRUNGU LIBRARY
TOTAL 149 138 213 226 362 364 726

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0.4. REPORT FROM GOWRIE-KUNKUA COMMUITY LIBRARY
The month of April was a successful month in terms of library usage. However
there were few problems encountered a long and a lot of activities took place both
in the library and outside the library.
Gowrie-kunkua community library has recorded good number of library users in
the month. Great number was recorded.
We carried out lots of activities that took place during the month. These were,
playing of games like draft, ludo, oware, cards, group reading, storytelling,
individual reading and monkey-lion their favorite game. Apart from that the
librarian also organized the library users to clean around library twice within the
month.
We had the renovation work continued in the library this month. Thanks to the
hard working library coordinator, the four windows louvers were fixed, the
windows are fixed with window caps. We have been able to add four more
shelves. The rotten table has been fixed, a zinc has been replaced to prevent
licking and the two interior doors have been fixed.
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The library received a number of visitors. Library committee members paid a
great visit to the library as usual. They were Adua Dornatus the chairman of the
committee and Atia Donald. They read and interacted with the library users.
Apart from that, some parents also paid visit to the library to ensure that their
children came to the library and not elsewhere. Apart from that, the coordinator
also paid a number of visits to the library for monitoring and supervision.
The major problem that Gowrie-kunkua community library face was the ceiling
of the library and there are no light in the library for night session .that are the
only problem worry the library most.
DAILY STATISTICS
ADULTS CHILDREN TOTAL GRAND
TOTAL
DATE DAYS MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE
01/04/2022 FRI 14 13 15 14 29 27 56
04/04/2022 MON 10 14 11 13 21 27 48
05/04/2022 TUE 12 12 13 14 25 26 51
06/04/2022 WED 10 10 14 12 24 22 46
07/04/2022 THUR 11 9 11 11 22 20 42
08/04/2022 FRI 12 14 10 15 22 29 51
11/04/2022 MON 14 16 13 13 27 29 56
12/04/2022 TUE 12 13 14 10 26 23 49
13/04/2022 WED 13 12 13 13 26 25 51
14/04/2022 THUR 15 14 10 9 25 23 48
15/04/2022 FRI GOOD FRIDAY
18/04/2022 MON EASTER MONDAY
19/04/2022 TUE 11 13 13 12 24 25 49
20/04/2022 WED 13 9 14 13 27 22 49
21/04/2022 THUR 10 13 15 15 25 28 53
22/04/2022 FRI 9 14 11 13 20 27 47
25/04/2022 MON 14 15 11 14 25 29 54
26/04/2022 TUE 18 11 15 13 33 24 57
27/04/2022 WED 12 9 14 14 26 23 49
28/04/2022 THUR 14 10 13 15 27 25 52
29/04/2022 FRI MEETING AT SUMBRUNGU LIBRARY
TOTAL 224 221 230 233 454 454 908

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0.5. MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING
In the month we had our general meeting of librarians to discuss and evaluate the
month. In our discussion, we appreciated Michael Kevane for his up to date love
for our libraries activities. Without his advises and support given to our libraries
we and our patrons would not have been able to reach our daily goals and objects
for the community libraries.
CONCLUSION:
In conclusion, we wish to express our profound gratitude to FAVL for supporting
us to educate African Village children through reading. We are so glad to
(CESRUD/ FAVL Ghana) for giving us the opportunity to be agents of reading.
Parents, guardians, teachers and patrons are very excited and much appreciated
to CESRUD-Ghana, Michael Kevane (FAVL), and the coordinator for their
generous support in the renovation and maintenance activities of the community
libraries in Sumbrungu, Sherigu and Gworie-Kunkua, Ghana.
We evaluated the inauguration
ceremony of the library reader’s club.
We recommended that parents of
patrons should get involve in
supporting the library, in any ways or
form they can to help their children in
using the library.