📝 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
The aim of this workcamp is improving the reaction skills of the kids through reflection and entertainment games regarding the cultural differences among people from other countries.
Another goal is furnishing the kinder garden with tables and chairs in order to support the entertainment activities for the children.
This workcamp is part of a bigger project, which is intended to support the elementary school of Kpélé-goudévé and help it to satisfy its needs in terms of educational and pedagogical material.
It is also included in the aim of straightening the students’ skills in order for them to consciously enjoy the place’s infrastructures.
The activities will be divided in two parts:
- The first part will be dedicated to making tables and chairs for the children attending the kinder garden. The tables and chairs will be build with wood and bamboo. Then the furniture will be painted. The material at disposal will be saws, hammers, rebate planes, polish papers, pincers, masks, gloves, scrapers.
The volunteers will work together with the village’s carpenter in order to help him fabricate its different tools.
- The second part will be dedicated to children entertainment and to courses intended to help the students of the elementary school, especially in the subjects in which they have more difficulties. The volunteers will also support in teaching French (reading, writing, verbs conjugation, oral and written composition, etc.) and calculation (math) School material and presents will be donated to the students and the school at the end of the activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In the village. Rooms will be shared by the volunteers. Wifi limited
📍 About the location
Beyond the workcamp hours you can enjoy the walks, meet the very hospitable local population, organize evenings and trips to visit the nearby villages and have fun at the beautiful waterfalls and mountains of the region.
KPELE-GOUDEVE is located 22 km from Kpalimé. With its 4500 inhabitants, this village can count on several peculiarities, such its good reputation in the Kloto region. Mainly farmers, the people of Kpélé-goudévé are hospitable and multicultural. Over there you can find coffee and cocoa fields, and trekking paths that will allow you to discover its nature and incredible vegetation.
A part from the charming mountains landscapes, it is also possible to visit the local waterfall and learn about its peculiarity. Welcome to this beauty: come and discover yourselves!
⚠️ Requirements
The ASTOVOT workcamps are open to everybody, no matter the volunteers’ nationality. 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.
ℹ️ Additional information
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