📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our local partner for this project is Christophe Decor Art. He is assisted by our local branch of Adéta. Christophe Decor Art is an establishment that manufactures works of art not far from the headquarters of FAGAD.
💼 What the programme involves
Theme : Artistic work camp ( initiation in 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;
NB :
At the end of the work camp the objects made will be exhibited and sold to those who want to buy. The funds so collected will serve as a support for projects with children of the Groupe FAGAD, environmental projects and cleaning up the area.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be housed in the FAGAD home. Each will have a bed with mattress. Beds often stacked. There is running water and electricity. Wifi is available if volunteers contribute to the purchase of credit (18 euros for the month).
The food is always international. We have Togolese dishes, African and European dishes. Everyone is invited to participate in housework and meal preparation. Volunteers are often helped by the local population. Our meals are always appreciated by volunteers
📍 About the location
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.
Leisure
the Kpimé Falls, the Danyi Plateau ( visit to the Monastery of Dzogbegan and its circular wooden chapel ), Mt Kloto (whence it is possible to get a glimpse of Lake Volta in Ghana ), the village of KumaKonda and the château Viale, Mt Agou ( the highest summit in Togo ). Possibility to discover also northernTogo ( the large towns like Atakpamé, Sokodé and Kara, the Aledjo Fault ( the road passes through the rock ), the region of Tamberma, the Niamtougou falls… ) and the Nangbeto Dam with its hippopotamus pool, Cultural activities; percussion ( Djembé ) and dancing around the fire, Day with an African family : a day of immersion in the life of an African family organized around the following: animism, installation of a chief in place, traditional marriage, a day in the field.
⚠️ Requirements
Waitting motivated and flexible volunteers . NB: if you are not from organisation , member of CCIVS, you'll pay 100 euros more
ℹ️ Additional information
Kpélé Adéta is on the national road N ° 5 and it is at 150 km of lomé the capital of Togo. It is distant from the town of kpalimé of 28 km.