💼 What the programme involves
Theme : Artistic work camp initiation to artistic activities )
The objective of this work camp is the initiation and the reinforcing of the capacities of the volunteers who wish to educate themselves in the domain of art. Effectively, they work with a group of instructors, artists and other local volunteers and the different activities envisaged.
Work to be done:
• Learn the techniques of BATIK ( printing on canvas sheets, T – shirts,
and loincloths (| pagnes
| ) ;
• Painting ( decorative pictures, canvases
. );
• Engraving calabashes;
• Luminous signs ;
• Sculpture on wood and ceramic ;
• Making traditional necklaces of pearls and of baked clay;
📍 About the location
Kpélé-Adéta is a town of some 15 000 inhabitants. It is the principal settlement of the Kpélé Préfecture and the headquarters of FAGAD are based there. It is situated on the cross roads Kpalimé – Atakpamé , Notsé – Danyi. There is a post office, and police commissariat and a medical – social center. The nearest hospital is the American Baptiste hospital, 4 kms from Adeta. -- Others :
Touristic sites to visit ; the Dzanipé Falls with their beautiful waterfalls, the Kpioné Falls, the Plateau of Dyani ( visit to the Monastery of Dzogbegan and it’s circular chapel constructed of wood ), Mount Kloto ( whence it is possible to glimpse Lake Volta in Ghana on a clear day ), the village of Kuma Konda together with the château Viale, Mount Agou ( the summit is the highest point in Togo; 986 m ),
Possibility of discovering as well the north of Togo ( the large towns like Atakpamé, Sokodé, and Kara, the rock cutting of Alédjo ( the road passes through a cutting in an enormous rock ), the region of Tamberma, the Naimtougou Falls
) and the Nangbéto Dam with the lake where hippopotamuses live.
Artistic activities ; learn the techniques of batik, sculpture;
Cultural activities: percussion ( Djembé drums ) and dancing around the fire;
A day with a family: a day steeped in the daily life of an African family organized around the following themes: animism, putting the village chief on his throne, traditional marriage, a day in t