Sharing the Joy of Reading with an African Child

Board Members of Osu Children’s Library Fund, Canada

Beth Lennard, President
Bonnie Gailfus, Certified Management Accountant, Treasurer
Lyn Beattie, Master of Library Science, Secretary
Kathy Knowles, Program Director
Richard Beattie, Member at large
Deborah Cowley, Member at large
 

Manitoba Chapter

Martha Helgerson, Secretary
Kathy Knowles, Program Director
Joan Graham, Selma Irwin, Alice Moulton and Kathy Parry, Members at large
 

Ghanaian Affiliated Organization: Osu Library Fund

Emma Amoo-Gottfried, Director (left)
Kathy Knowles, Program Director
Florence Adjepong, Treasurer and Director
Florence Adjepong was born in the UK of Jamaican parents and studied in the UK. She moved to Ghana with her Ghanaian husband, Samuel Adjepong. In 1998, she founded Alpha Beta Montessori Learning Centre with only six children. It now has an enrollment of 800 students between the ages of 2 and 18. She and her husband have three children.
Emma Amoo-Gottfried was born in Ghana and studied in the UK and Ghana. In 1988, she founded Faith Montessori School which has grown to include a population of 550 students. She and her husband, Oswald, have three children.