📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The local partner is the local branch of FAGAD, the village development committee, the club for children FAGAD. We work with the village for 25 years. This village is home to the National Office FAGAD
💼 What the programme involves
Theme : campaign to educate students in the project of community development: project « Tomorrow’s leaders »
Project initiated by the University section of FAGAD. It is targeted on exchanges between the students of Lomé University on themes linked to the development of their community and to educate more than 40 of them in the conception and writing up of the methods of management of a project of community development.
Work to be done :
Theory (March 26 to 30)
03 days of Discussion and Exchanges with the students of Lomé University on climate change and the social problems of their community.Education of these students at Adeta :
In animation around a community project (many young people have ideas, but do not know how to formalize them, hence the strengthening of their capacities)
In the management of a project ( how to pilot a project leading to its effective installation and ensuring it survives );
In social communication ( it is necessary to learn to associate the communities by way of the different channels of communication )
At the job interview
Practice (from MARCH 30 TO APRIL 14)
Those who will have time after the training will themselves plan a project with the project that they will carry out with the assistance of FAGAD and its sustainable development partners. The practical side of training.
🏠 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
Adéta is a town of around 15 000 inhabitants. The offices of the Prefecture Kpélé are established here, as well as the headquarters of FAGAD. It is situated on the crossroads Kpalimé – Atakpamé, Notsé – Danyi. There is a Post Office, a police station, and a medical – social center. The nearest hospital is the American Baptist hospital, some 4 kms from Adéta. There is also electricity and running water.
Leisure
Tourist sites to visit; 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.
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⚠️ 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.