The library team went with a professional architect, Mr Senyo Tetteh (who has very generously offered his services free of charge), in order to get a recommendation as to what exactly needs to be changed, and an approximation as to how much this would cost. Previously we were thinking furniture, new nets on the windows, and tentatively, an air conditioner. Mr Tetteh proved to be very ambitious, and recommended we do the whole works; including replacing the ceiling and floor! We got right behind him on this - the more we're able to do for the library, the more likely it is that students are going to want to use it.
This means we’re going to have to start some serious fundraising! We're waiting for an approximation of the final cost, but it's sure to be quite a lot. After meeting with the Fundraising Campaign group to review our options, we decided that we would be much better off sending sponsorship forms to various companies than we would be having a school fair. Do you have any thoughts or ideas on this issue?
All at the YLMP would like to say a big thank you to Mr Tetteh for all his help and advice on this project.
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The budget is in, and at GH¢32,010*, we do have a lot of fundraising to do. Click here for the current post on the budget.
*The original amount was GH¢50,567, but this has now been reduced.
We haven't heard from Mr. Tetteh yet but I have this feeling that we have to do some serious fundraising! I'm hoping we are able to raise all the money we need.
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