2023/24 : In Togo, building and classrooms equipment
According to the latest UN report, Togo is one of the 25 poorest countries in the world.
In the small bush village of Amegnona-Kondji, connected to the prefectural capital Tabligbo by a poor 8 km track (impractical in the rainy season), the parents of the students rolled up their sleeves and created a college from scratch. In 2019, they built a straw hut (apatam in local language) to serve as a 6th grade class, then in 2020, 2 additional straw huts (5th and 4th grade classes), then in 2021, a final straw hut (3rd grade class).
The dynamism and pugnacity of these parents allowed the college to receive, in 2021, official approval from the supervisory ministry.
Unfortunately, the students study in very difficult conditions : the huts are made of dirt, absorb water in the rainy season and remain flammable in the dry season. Blackboards are damaged or missing. The 2-seat desks are insufficient, forcing students to squeeze into groups of 3 or 4 on the same bench. Teachers have no desks or chairs. Educational materials are non-existent.
There is no access to drinking water and the classrooms are lit by a single bulb that the director plugged into a nearby photovoltaic panel on his own.
This allows students to come to school to do their homework at night since they do not have electricity at home.
La Fondation La Petite Etoile is participating in this project which consists of building 2 new classrooms in durable materials with an area of 65 m2 each to accommodate 4th and 3rd grade students.
Each classroom will be equipped with 20 double desks (made on site) that can accommodate 40 students, 2 blackboards and a desk with chair for the teacher.
Place of intervention : village of Amegnona-Kondji in Togo
Budget : € 34,000
Co-Participants : Fondation La Petite Etoile, Fondation Stéphane Hessel, Fondation Syndex, UEFA Foundation for Children, Fondation Bardon, Fondation Geotec, Timshel Endowment Fund, Cooperation for Local Organizations (CIELO), Association for the Promotion of the Rural World and Disadvantaged People (APMRPD).
Budget provided by Fondation La Petite Etoile : € 5,000
According to the latest UN report, Togo is one of the 25 poorest countries in the world.
In the small bush village of Amegnona-Kondji, connected to the prefectural capital Tabligbo by a poor 8 km track (impractical in the rainy season), the parents of the students rolled up their sleeves and created a college from scratch. In 2019, they built a straw hut (apatam in local language) to serve as a 6th grade class, then in 2020, 2 additional straw huts (5th and 4th grade classes), then in 2021, a final straw hut (3rd grade class).
The dynamism and pugnacity of these parents allowed the college to receive, in 2021, official approval from the supervisory ministry.
Unfortunately, the students study in very difficult conditions : the huts are made of dirt, absorb water in the rainy season and remain flammable in the dry season. Blackboards are damaged or missing. The 2-seat desks are insufficient, forcing students to squeeze into groups of 3 or 4 on the same bench. Teachers have no desks or chairs. Educational materials are non-existent.
There is no access to drinking water and the classrooms are lit by a single bulb that the director plugged into a nearby photovoltaic panel on his own.
This allows students to come to school to do their homework at night since they do not have electricity at home.
La Fondation La Petite Etoile is participating in this project which consists of building 2 new classrooms in durable materials with an area of 65 m2 each to accommodate 4th and 3rd grade students.
Each classroom will be equipped with 20 double desks (made on site) that can accommodate 40 students, 2 blackboards and a desk with chair for the teacher.
Place of intervention : village of Amegnona-Kondji in Togo
Budget : € 34,000
Co-Participants : Fondation La Petite Etoile, Fondation Stéphane Hessel, Fondation Syndex, UEFA Foundation for Children, Fondation Bardon, Fondation Geotec, Timshel Endowment Fund, Cooperation for Local Organizations (CIELO), Association for the Promotion of the Rural World and Disadvantaged People (APMRPD).
Budget provided by Fondation La Petite Etoile : € 5,000