Martha Helgerson of Winnipeg, MB, Canada, spent three weeks visiting OCLF libraries, including a week at the Kathy Knowles Community Library assisting at their annual reading clinic. (2019)

Hailey Knowles of London, England, spent three weeks helping at the Kathy Knowles Community Library in both Osu, Accra, and Goi. (2019)

Galen Kiva, an independent videographer, photographer, and traveler from Wakefield, QC, Canada, spent two months at the Korle Gonno Community Library and then visited all the libraries to document stories of staff, students, and children through the median of video and photography. (2018)

Alastair Knowles, a professional performer from Vancouver, BC, Canada, conducted two one-week long workshops with young performers from the Nima Centre and Korle Gonno Community Library. (2015)

Stephanie Morin-Robert, a professional dancer from Montreal, Quebec, conducted two one-week-long workshops with young performers from the Nima Centre and Korle Gonno Community Library. (2015)

Heather and Islando Sparks, dynamic artists from Vancouver, BC and Bellingham, WA, USA, spent three weeks preparing for the 25th anniversary parade. (2015)

Sally Bleecker of Ottawa, ON, Canada, spent five weeks in Goi. She returned to the same community and library that welcomed her only a year earlier. (2015)

Sarah Marquis of Antigonish, NS, Canada, spent three weeks in Accra, including time at OCLF’s newest library in Korle Gonno, and three weeks in Goi. Her mother, Anne Simpson, travelled to Ghana as a volunteer in 2012. (2015)

Sally Bleecker of Ottawa, ON, Canada, spent her first two weeks in Accra at different libraries and then travelled to Goi for the remainder of her stay.

Emily Ives of Antigonish, NS, Canada, spent five weeks at the Kathy Knowles Community Library along with visiting five other OCLF-sponsored libraries in the Greater Accra region. (2014)

George Hutchinson of Hampshire, United Kingdom, spent one month at the Kathy Knowles Community Library in Accra helping at their reading clinic and then visiting other libraries in Accra. (2013)

Penny and Callie Giaccone of Ottawa, ON, Canada, returned to Ghana together for their 4th visit! They helped with the reading clinic at the Kathy Knowles Community Library in Accra. (2013)

Anne Simpson of Antigonish, NS, Canada, did poetry workshops, helped theatre director Martin Legend with his ambitious first novel and spent two weeks helping in Goi. (2012)

Alice Moulton, a Canadian volunteer with OCLF for the past 12 years, and her husband, Ed, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, attended the 20th anniversary of the Kathy Knowles Community Library and visited numerous library projects. (2012)

Penny and Callie Giaccone of Ottawa, ON, Canada, returned to Ghana following their volunteer placement in 2011 along with sister Sophia. They went to Goi, and were welcomed back. (2012)

Nelly Amenyogbe of Vancouver, BC, Canada,, spent one week in Goi and time visiting other OCLF libraries. Like her brother, Andrew, who volunteered in 2011, she had the opportunity to visit libraries that her father, Roger Amenyogbe, had designed. She also enjoyed time dancing with the Kathy Knowles Theatre Company Ltd. at the Nima Centre. (2012)

Penny and Callie Giaccone of Ottawa, ON, Canada, spent one month at different OCLF libraries in the Greater Accra region. (2011)

Andrew Amenyogbe of Vancouver, BC, Canada, spent three weeks helping out at both the Kathy Knowles Community Library and the new Accra College of Education Community Library.His father, Roger Amenyogbe, has been involved with OCLF for many years as an architect, including the design of the new library. (2011)

Gillian, Sara, Julia and Alex Williamson (with Emma, a librarian)of Ottawa, ON, Canada, spent a month in Ghana. They worked as two teams and divided their time between the Nungua library and the Kathy Knowles Community Library in Accra. (2010)

Beth Cramer of Boone, NC, USA, spent one month visiting a number of OCLF libraries to do research for her Doctoral Dissertation on Educational Leadership at Appalachian State University. (2010)