📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our local partener is the village of kpékpéta and their CVD ( development comity of the village ). It's a local whith whom fagad working many years ago to develop the erea. Nice people and very motivate to see their village developted.
💼 What the programme involves
-Organize the land ( elimination of grass, uproot trees….)
-Raise walls ( masonry )
-Search for water
-Search for sand
-search for wood and planks.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated in a house (local not modern) setting available by villagers. At kpékpéta, there is no electricity. The toilet and shower are traditional. Some villagers use the solar panels to charge devices and lamps like FAGAD does. Mattresses are provided by FAGAD for each volunteer.
Food is Togolese, African, European and often through. What is certain, foods on our workcamp are appreciated by the volunteers. Everything is done by volunteers themselves. They are often helped by the population.
📍 About the location
Location:
Kpékpéta is a village of around 2 000 inhabitants. It is situated 30 kms from the town of Adeta, the main center for the Prefecture Kpélé – Adeta: the large town where a Post Office, a bank, a police station and medical – social center are to be found. Kpékpéta has a primary school, a dispensary and a little market which is open every Saturday. The main activity in the area is agriculture.
Leisure:
Visit to Mt FIATOE
The Dzanipé Falls with their beautiful waterfalls, 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 other parts of Togo ( 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
⚠️ Requirements
motivate volunteers
ℹ️ Additional information
Kpékpéta is not too far from Kati or gebakui