🏢 About the local organisation
ASTOVOT
(Association Togolaise des Volontaires au Travail)
Project : Gardenning
This project is to preserve the biodiversity sustainably through gardening activities. In this perspective, the NGO-ASTOVOT has set up an educational garden in 2014. Several activities in this garden have raised awareness among volunteers and the community on responsible consumption (Local and organic). It is a garden where the principales of sustainable development are implemented.
Objective
The objective of this project is to strengthen the activities set up in the garden to be more responsive to our needs as well on production as the diversity of the agricultural crops.
💼 What the programme involves
Tasks to accomplish
- Preparation of the soil: weeding, hoeing
- Creation of a compost ;
- Protection of plants, bedding the plants, watering the plants ;
- Strengthen the garden fence.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Housing conditions are generally rudimentary. You will be lodged near the site of the camp. The whole group will be housed in the same house, the rooms will be shared, provide small inflatable mattresses or a small floor mat (no bed), sleeping bag, mosquito net ... The kitchen will be organized by the volunteers. Drinking water available.
NB: internet access and limited electricity
📍 About the location
Located 120 km west from Lomé, the town of Kpalimé is a dream location for the nature lovers and the hikers looking for beautiful mountain landscapes and tropical flora. You can cool off in the many natural waterfalls. Kpalimé is also the home of the Togolese handicraft, as many artists and artisans moved here.
With about 101,088 inhabitants, Kpalimé is a touristic town in the Plateaux region. Capital of the Kloto district, Kpalimé offers many infrastructures such as: hospitals, post office, town hall, police station, banks etc. In addition to these public and administrative offices, you will find art shops, shopping centres, bars, restaurants and discos which will keep you busy. The great market of Kpalimé (the biggest one in town) is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with a huge offer of different products: you will find many tropical fruits, any kind of vegetables and African clothes, etc. Indeed, Kpalimé is a city, which welcomes a lot of visitors. Thus, you will surely enjoy your stay during the workcamp activities.
Free time activities
Apart from the times of working, you can enjoy walks, meetings with the particularly welcoming poeple, organize evenings and excursions to visit the surrounding villages.