📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our local partner is the cheferie of the village of Kpékpéta and the development committee of the Village. With them we have already realized several projects in the field of environmental protection, in the field of the protection of cultural heritage ...
💼 What the programme involves
Theme :Construction of a community center for development and for
listening
This project targets the construction of a building for the administration of projects and the development of the region around. This building will allow meetings to be held and development of education to be organized for the management of the site classed as an element of the national patrimony. A building which will enable tourism to be organized on the site of FLATOE; it is full of traces and cultural materials which have led to it being classed as a element of the national patrimony.
Work to be done :
- Clean up the site ( eliminate plants, root up trees…);
- Make cinder blocks :
- Build a wall ( masonry):
- Search for water;
- Search for sand;
-Search for wood and planks.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be housed in a house provided by the villagers. A local house and not modern. No electricity. The NGO Fagad provides mattresses to all volunteers. Some villagers use solar plates to recharge their devices. The showers and toilets are traditional. They have clean water.
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: kpékpéta
Kpékpéta is a village wirh some 2 000 inhabitants. It is situated 30 kms from the town of Adeta, the principal settlement of the Kpélé Préfecture. In Adeta are to be found a post office, a bank, a police commissariat and a medical – social center. .Kpékpéta has a primary school, a dispensary and a little market. The principal economic activity of the region around is agriculture.
Leisure
Touristic sites to visit ;
the Dzanipé Falls with their beautiful waterfalls, the Kpimeé 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;
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Cultural activities : percussion ( Djembé drums ) and dancing around the fire
ℹ️ Additional information
Kpekpeta is between Gebakui and Kati who is not too far from TUTU or Agou ( National road N°5 )