WWE Star Reveals Plans To Build A Library In Africa

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A WWE star has revealed that they have plans to “make 2023 extra special for children in Ghana by building them a computer lab and library.”

Ghana is a country in West Africa and has a population of over 30 million with around 29% under the age of 15.

Whilst the majority of its children are in education, there are still deprived regions where the children can’t access resources that would be common elsewhere in the world.

Among these resources are libraries and computers.

WWE’s Kofi Kingston (real name Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah) and his mother, Elizabeth Sarkodie-Mensah PhD, are working to change that through an educational foundation.

Through Kofi’s official Twitter account, the pair announced plans to establish a computer lab and library.

Kofi explained that:

“My mom told me about a teacher trying to educate his students about what a computer was.

“He had taken a rock and put it in the dirt and he drew the keyboard in the dirt.

“There are several stories like these where teachers struggle to find ways to teach their students about the basics of computing.”

Launching a GoFundMe appeal to support the project, Kofi and his mother explained that the facility will have two parts, a computer lab and the integrated centre of knowledge.

The GoFundMe appeal page explains:

“The CLICK for Quality Education Foundation (a.k.a. Computer Lab and Integrated Centre of Knowledge for Quality Education) is a nonprofit organization that aims to help establish quality award-winning computer labs and integrated centers of learning (library media centers) for Junior High Schools in Ghana, especially in deprived areas.”

“For its first project, the Foundation is building a 2-classroom facility which will house a 50-laptop computer laboratory and a 100-capacity reading/lending library.

“It is centrally located at the Atwima Takyiman Presbyterian Junior High School in the Kwadaso Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

“When completed, it will be a resource center not only for students from this site school, but also for students of four other schools: the Tanoso Anglican A, B and C Junior High Schools as well as the Denkyemuoso Junior High School, all located in a cluster within the vicinity.”

Kingston explained that:

“We are extremely proud of the progress that we’ve made so far.

“It’s been an incredible ride since 2021 to get this project off the ground.”

The Ashanti Region of Ghana used to be an agricultural region, but “competition from the urban spread and non-agricultural concerns has drastically reduced agricultural activities”.

Whilst the importance of quality education cannot be understated, the project page explains that the involved schools – Tanoso Anglican A, B and C Junior High Schools and the Denkyemuoso Junior High School – don’t have a library collection or computer facilties.

The children in the region are from “mostly poor homes” and most “had never been to a library or used a computer before.”

CLICK for Quality Education Foundation has worked to change that, but that work is still in its early stages, with Kofi stating:

“We’re counting on the help of others to help finish off this finish.

“But, not just help finish off but also help it thrive, to keep going for a very long time.”

You can follow the work for CLICK for Quality Education on their official Twitter account.

Elizabeth Sarkodie Mensah and Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah are both on the Board of Trustees as Founder and Chair Former Deputy Permanent Delegate of Ghana to UNESCO and Member-at-Large respectively.

Happy New Year!

My mom & I are trying make 2023 extra special for children in Ghana by building them a computer lab & library.

We need your help!

Pls share this vid & go to https://t.co/ABXs1UdrKT to donate!

Today’s a great day to make a difference!

Thank you!🙏🏾@clickfqe pic.twitter.com/fvE2Gd7kUI

— Kofi Kingston (@TrueKofi) January 2, 2023

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