📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Togolese Association of Volunteers at Work (ASTOVOT) was founded in 1957 with the name «VAT» (Volontaires au Travail – Volunteers at Work). Nowadays, the association has became an apolitical ONG for International voluntary work, community education and development done for and by young people. Officially approved by the Togolese Government in 2002, ASTOVOT made it its mission to improve the citizens’ life conditions supporting their blossoming and their welfare through social and cultural activities, for example in terms of environment conservation or awareness regarding health issues. Pictured this situation, ASTOVOT is engaged to support the people’s and ideas’ flow through International and intercultural exchanges in order to arouse the mutual comprehension and the peace promotion.
💼 What the programme involves
- 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
Accommodation
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.
📍 About the location
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.
⚠️ Requirements
The workcamps are an opportunity of discover and exchange with young people from countries all over the word, based on voluntary work.
The minimum required age is 18. No particular skill is required, being motivated about the activities and being able of maintaining a decent moral behaviour is enough.