📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
ASTOVOT
(Association Togolaise des Volontaires au Travail)
The project, which takes place in Kpalime in the Centre on mentally disabled children, aims to foster the development and growth of the child living with a mental disability through informative and fun activities. In Togo, there are ten Médico-Psycho-Pedagogical Institute "The centers" spread throughout the territory including the Kpalime. The first institutes have emerged in the eighties due to the awareness of the daily drama of the families of children with mental disabilities. Aware of the need to create and manage the host structures essential to the welfare, health, education, education and vocational training, some parents are associated. "
💼 What the programme involves
Tasks to accomplish
The volunteers will supervise and entertain the children giving them general knowledge notions. They will also organize many activities with the kids: laboratories for drawing, painting, sculpturing, singing and dancing; making sketches; doing sport, etc. The children will be lead to the discovery of a new way to learn. The volunteers can of course introduce the cultural aspects, which characterize their own countries such as songs, dances, games.
N.B. It would be nice if the volunteers could bring A4 papers, coloured pencils, exercise books, markers, kids games, some educational material for the kinder garden and everything else you think is necessary for the project's good realization.
At the end of the workcamp the volunteers will hold a public presentation in the village square in order to give a summary of the realized activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
at the Envol centre in the same big room.
📍 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
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 on the beautiful mountains of the region. Many hikes are waiting for you!
ℹ️ Additional information
participation fees : 200 €