Community-led library and education center in Elmina, Ghana
The project involves providing architectural support to the EduSpots organization for the construction of a community-led library and education center in Elmina, Ghana.
Context
The construction of this library center is a response to the lack of access to quality education, resources, and learning spaces in rural Ghana. The country has a struggling with high rates of educational inequality and low academic achievement, as well as low post-primary school attendance. The Covid 19 pandemic has also negatively impacted educational prospects for young people across the country.
Solution
Our partner organization, EduSpots, has been working in Ghana since 2015 to develop community-led education centers (Spots). They currently have a network of 42 Spots in rural Ghana.
Through their work in Ghana, they have built a relationship with the community of Elmina over the past few years and have seen the community transform with the community-led approach to education that EduSpots is pursuing.