Reading to Greatness Project

Why Don't They Just Leave?

Many people who haven’t experienced abuse often question why someone doesn’t simply walk away from an abusive relationship. They don’t realize that the situation is often much more complex than it appears.

In fact, the most dangerous time for someone being abused is when they attempt to leave. This is because abuse revolves around power and control.

By leaving, the victim is taking away their abuser’s authority, which can lead the abuser to respond with extreme and harmful actions.

Beyond the immediate danger, there are various reasons that keep individuals in abusive relationships. Here are a few common ones:

Fear: A person may be terrified of what might happen if they choose to exit the relationship.

Belief That Abuse is Normal: Some individuals may not recognize what a healthy relationship looks like - perhaps they grew up in a setting where abuse was commonplace, leading them to not see their own relationship as unhealthy.

In discussing why abusers abuse, it is clear that a lot of the causal factors behind these behaviours are learned attitudes and feelings of entitlement and privilege - which can be extremely difficult to truly change.

Because of this, there is a very low percentage of abusers who truly do change their ways.

Everything begins with a solid foundation, and that is why we seek to lay a good foundation for our children, through reading, and ICT among others.

Kenyan National Library

Executive Director Mr. Hayford Siaw was there at today's Entrepreneurship Re - Imagine Training Workshop held at Ho. The idea is to equip young Entrepreneurs to prepare and plan their business well.

https://gna.org.gh/2022/09/stakeholders-commit-to-completion-of-volta-regional-library/

Stakeholders commit to completion of Volta Regional Library | Ghana News Agency By Samuel Akumatey Ho, Sept. 28, GNA – Stakeholders in the Volta Region have pledged to work towards the completion of the regional library complex without further delay. …

Exhibition to mark this years 9th Library Association Week Celebrations at the Volta Regional Library. The event was marked at the Ho Municipal Assembly Hall yesterday.

Prominent among the invited guests were the Volta Regional Minister, New Director of Education Volta/Oti Region, Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Director of Ghana Library Authority Volta/Oti Region.

Be part of this event, the link is below the flyer.

The more you read, the more knowledgeable you become.

Winner of our Community Reading Award, the Toto Smart Book Club is based in the Bondeni Maternity Unit in Kenya.

The club encourages mothers to read to their unborn babies to help create connections, nurture an early reading culture and increase self-esteem. We spoke to one mother who told us why she sees the value in the club:

"When I’m bored at home, I come down and take a book and read for my baby. That’s what we all do. It makes the mothers happy and it brings happiness to both the mother and the baby when you read together in the room here. It’s very good for us."

Read more: bookaid.org/stories/books-bumps-and-babies

Readers today, Leaders tomorrow. Parents, please encourage your children to cultivate the habit of reading. This culture, will help them acquire knowledge and skills for their future endeavours.