Deloitte launches WorldClass initiative in Ghana | 3News.com

Deloitte on Thursday September 22 announced the launch of its global initiative ‘WorldClass’ in Ghana, which aims to refurbish and restock eight libraries in rural and deprived basic schools.

In Ghana, Deloitte has identified Spring-UP Global Network, a youth-led not-for-profit, working to bridge the literacy gap between children in rural and urban Ghana, as a partner to realize its WorldClass purpose.

For this reason, Deloitte Ghana as part of our 75th Anniversary celebrations has decided to work with Spring Up Global Network to refurbish and restock eight libraries in deprived schools across the country}

Speaking at the occasion, Founder & CEO, Spring-UP Global Network, Akorfa Ama Akoto said, “According to the 2020 MICS-EAGLE Ghana Education Fact Sheet by UNICEF, 52 percent of children who do not have foundational reading skills come from the country’s poor regions

The iRead iLead Library Project focuses on renovating and building new libraries in rural and deprived schools in Ghana, while the iRead iLead Literacy Programme is focused on establishing Reading and Writing Clubs in schools to build the literacy capacity of children in rural communities.

Deloitte’s WorldClass program in Ghana will focus on refurbishing and restocking eight libraries in rural and deprived basic schools to nurture tomorrow’s future leaders through reading

By engaging in long-term partnership with Spring Up Global Network which is working to bridge the literacy gap between children in rural and urban Ghana, we aim to impact 30,000 children by 2030