📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
ASTOVOT
(Association Togolaise des Volontaires au Travail)
Project
Through Education and Environmental Awareness, we understand all activities aiming to make discover and understand the natural environment and its problems, be it animations and / or pedagogical tools that the actors lead and develop with the public, but also with local socioprofessionals and decision-makers, with the aim of raising awareness about the preservation of the natural environment, but also about human issues.
During the three weeks of work, volunteers will work first on the pedagogical aspects of the project, secondly on the concrete actions to be carried out in the field and finally the presentation and dissemination of the work carried out throughout the three weeks of reflection , exchanges and actions.
Main objective
This project aims to preserve the environment through pedagogical exchanges, sensitization and creation of green space.
Specifics objectives
- mutualise and share experiences in environmental education;
- to enrich tools already created and tested by other organizations and actors in environmental education;
- create new educational tools for environmental education;
- train the actors of the environment to the approach that led to the construction of teaching tools.
💼 What the programme involves
Task to be accomplish
- In small groups, volunteers will exchange and share their knowledge on environmental sustainability and environmental education.
- Presentation of the pedagogical tools on a sustainable environment.
- Analyze, improve or create other tools according to the requirements of the environment. (To find reference themes on the protection of the environment: the management of plastic waste, the harmful effects of bush fires, the importance of reforestation etc.)
- Organize animations using existing and established pedagogical tools.
- Sensitization of proximity in the village on the defined themes.
Finally, the volunteers will reforest with the local population a space to mark their stay.
🏠 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
📍 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 working hours you can participate in hikes or meet with the particularly welcoming population. You can plan evenings and excursions to visit the surrounding villages and take advantage of the attractive waterfalls and mountains in the region.
ℹ️ Additional information
participation fees : 200 €