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[email protected] anfragen. Die Anmeldung Deines Wunschprojekts erfolgt nach der Teilnahme an einem AALA-Vorbereitungsseminar. Introduction of ASTOVOTThe Togolese Association of Volunteers at Work (ASTOVOT) was founded in 1957 with the nameI)VATIi (Volontaires au Travail ( Volunteers at Work). Nowadays, the association has become anapolitical ONG for International voluntary work, community education and development done forand by young people. Officially approved by the Togolese Government in 2002, ASTOVOT made its mission to improve the citizens life conditions supporting their blossoming and their welfarethrough social and cultural activities, for example in terms of environment conservation orawareness regarding health issues.Pictured this situation, ASTOVOT is engaged to support the peoples and ideas flow throughInternational and intercultural exchanges in order to arouse the mutual comprehension and thepeace promotion.During the year, ASTOVOT welcomes volunteers for long, medium and short term volunteer forInternational solidarity projects. The workcamps happening during the summer represent most ofthe short term projects. They are including activities in different fields such as peace promotion,support for disabled people, environment safeguard, promotion of culture and education. In orderto realize these projects, ASTOVOT is supported by National (KpalimE Town Council, Ministry ofYouth and Sports, Ministry of Development, National Agency for Volunteering in Togo, etc. ) andInternational partnerships (CCSVI, SCI, IJGD, SolidaritEs Jeunesses, Concordia, Jeunesse etReconstruction, Compagnons BEtisseurs, COCAT Spain, JAVVA Belgique, Nice etc...).Welcome to ASTOVOT (Association Togolaise des Volontaires au Travail), the largest and most well- established association of international volunteering in Togo. We offer a place to share your personal experiences and we hope you will take advantage of our knowledge and local expertise by asking us questions in our friendly and multicultural environment. We count on two branches, one in KpalimE and one in LomE, but our office is based in KpalimE, the artistic centre of Togo.OUR TEAMOur team coordinates the placement of volunteers with host families, the projects in whichvolunteers work, and several activities and educational opportunities for both local andinternational volunteers. The team consists of: The council of administration, the decision-making group of the association; The executive team, which includes: The programme and workcamp coordinator and their assistant; The person in charge of the welcoming of the volunteers(eg. airport pick-up); Two people taking care of the placement and integration of the volunteers inthe host families; The organizer of the volunteering projects; The person in charge of networking and evaluating; A secretary; Eventual interns or volunteers.