Tigo Outdoors Digital Library For Kids

Hayford Siaw (left) helping some kids to access books on the kindle inside the mobile library van.

Tigo Ghana has taken a giant step towards digital inclusion for children in rural Ghana by outdooring its new Mobile Digital Library.

The project is a partnership with Street Library Ghana, which was founded by its 2012 Changemaker Hayford Siaw.

The interior of the van has been beautifully fitted with tables, chairs and laptops. It also has additional tables, chairs and laptops which can be set up outside the van to cater for additional children.

Explaining the rationale for the project, Head of Corporate Communications and CSR for Tigo, Gifty Bingley, explained that Hayford was previously travelling around rural Ghana with hard copy books in his mini-van to encourage children to read.

'With this innovation we have taken the project a step further, we have digitized the books, they will also have a hands-on experience with the computers and the digital experience will be the same for every community we visit, she said.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Tigo, Roshi Motman, encouraged other Tigo Changemakers like 'Tech needs Girls' and 'IT4Teens' to step up and partner Street Library and offer ICT training in software and web applications for the children.

The founder of Street Library, Hayford Siaw, who could not hide his joy, lauded Tigo for continuously supporting the Changemakers.

'Children in rural Ghana will be the ultimate beneficiaries of this pioneering project. It will go a long way to support Digital Inclusion.

According to Hayford, even though children in rural Ghana study ICT as a core subject, several of them have neither seen nor touched a computer.

He said they would introduce them to the computers and go through the downloaded books.