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Health and community health

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Togo Social work Study Social work Study Permanent

About the project

Health and community health

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

For this project, we work with clinics, hospitals and community health centers

💼 What the programme involves

Theme : Health and community health The objective is to allow volunteers in the domain of health to participate in the care of people who are ill in social – medical centers of the Kpélé Precture. It is also an opportunity to come and reinforce their capacity in the structures of Togolese health. Here our role is that of an intermediary and has as an objective to facilitate primary care for populations who are not cared for. A way for FAGAD to bring quality primary health care to rural populations. Work to be done : • Provide consultation services for patients; • Help nurses to better treat ill people ; • Undertake guard duties ; • Accompany and advise ill people ; • Sensibilise the population in terms of hygiene and cleanliness NB : For this project the volunteers will be placed in the structures selected in partnership with FAGAD. The sites will be found in accordance with demands.. Period :open all the year round. What the volunteer can bring : Office supplies and equipment for the center, medicines, gangs, thermometers, apparatus for measuring blood pressure,, scales…. Cultural Activities : Percussion (Djembé) and dance around the fire; Day with a family; a day of immersion in the life of an African family organized around the following themes: animism, the election of the village chief, traditional marriage, or a day in the field.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be housed in the FAGAD logde. Each volunteer will have a bed with mattress. Beds often stacked. There is running water and electricity. Wifi is available if volunteers contribute to the purchase of credit (18 euros for the month). The food is always international. We have Togolese dishes, African and European dishes. Everyone is invited to participate in housework and meal preparation. Volunteers are often helped by the local population. Our meals are always appreciated by volunteers

📍 About the location

 Kpélé-Adéta Adéta is a town of some 15 000 habitants. It is the principal settlement of the Kpélé Préfecture and the headquarters of FAGAD are based there. It is situated on the cross roads Kpalimé – Atakpamé , Notsé – Danyi. There is a post office, and police commissariat and a medical – social center. The nearest hospital is the American Baptiste hospital, 4 kms from Adeta. Leisure

🎒 Leisure activities

Touristic sites to visit ; the Dzanipé Falls with their beautiful waterfalls, the Kpioné Falls, the Plateau of Dyani ( visit to the Monastery of Dzogbegan and it’s circular chapel constructed of wood ), Mount Kloto ( whence it is possible to glimpse Lake Volta in Ghana on a clear day ), the village of Kuma Konda together with the château Viale, Mount Agou ( the summit is the highest point in Togo; 986 m );  Possibility of discovering as well the north of Togo ( the large towns like Atakpamé, Sokodé, and Kara, the rock cutting of Alédjo ( the road passes through a cutting in an enormous rock ), the region of Tamberma, the Naimtougou Falls…) and the Nangbéto Dam with the lake where hippopotamuses live;  Artistic activities: learn the techniques associated with batik, and sculpture;  Cultural activities: percussion ( Djembé drums ) and dancing around the fire;  A day with a family: a day steeped in the daily life of an African family organized around the following themes: animism, putting the village chief on his throne, traditional marriage, a day in the fields.

⚠️ Requirements

hope to see soon motivated and fexible volunteers

ℹ️ Additional information

Kpélé Adéta is on the national road N ° 5 and it is at 150 km of lomé the capital of Togo. It is distant from the town of kpalimé of 28 km.

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📅 Available sessions

FAGAD MLTV08-KPélé

05/01/2017 → 31/12/2018

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 12
♂ 0/6 ♀ 0/6

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–70 years old

Solidarity donation

330.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Adeta, Togo

Togo

🌍 Location info

Local currency

West African CFA Franc (XOF / CFA)

Exchange rate

1 XOF = 0.001531 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Greenwich Mean Time

Local time: 21:54 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French