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The Ghana Book Trust (GBT) is a non-governmental, non-profit voluntary organization which is operated as charity for educational purposes. It was established in Ghana in 1990 by the Canadian non-governmental organisation, CODE .
GBT programmes support chldren's literacy mainly in select districts in the Ashanti Region, The Reading Ghana Programme, Through this programme, GBT works with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and other stakeholders to promote their capacity building in the development and promotion of a reading culture among children, to increase programme quality. and to expand GBT activities to cover more schools in the country. The GBT also provides donated books to other beneficiaries to support education.
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Announcement of 2011 Winners
The Ghana Book Trust and CODE wish to announce the results of the 2011 Burt Award competition as follows:
1st prize- GH¢16,000, The Kaya Girl by Mamle Wolo, published by Kwadwoan publishers
2nd prize- GH¢ 8,000, The Lost Royal Treasure by Ruby Y. Goka Published by Kwadwoan Publishers
3rd prize – GH ¢4,000 Akosua and Osman by Menu Herbstein, Published by Techmate Publishers
The following titles are for honourary mention:
- Shoes for her Feet by Laurene Boateng
- Betrayed by the City by Ida Fynn Thompson
The Award will be presented at the book launch which is scheduled for May, 2012
For 2010 winners.:.. [Click to download]
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