Placed under the theme "Meeting in the village for our 20 years" and started on Monday, July 19, 2021 in Tchékpo Dédékpoe, the Ange summer camp brought together nearly 150 children and young people from the reception centers of Lomé and Kpomé in a festive atmosphere. Several activities were organized during this camp for the sole pleasure of this camp for the sole pleasure of the participants.
Board games, show evenings, discussions, film screenings, football and judo matches, and construction sites were part of the two weeks spent in the village for our 20th anniversary. To entrust the camp to God's hands, a mass was celebrated at the very beginning, at the St. Michael the Archangel parish in Tchékpo Dédékpoe.
The first camp was dedicated to weeding and planting pineapples. The children plowed the land, collected the pineapple plants and planted them. Some 2,200 pineapple plants were planted during the camp. Artemisia nurseries were also planted by the summer students. Another camp was dedicated to reforestation. The participants, supervisors and managers of the NGO ANGE planted more than 3000 acacia and maogen plants next to the Catholic church of Tchekpo Dedekpoe and in the high school of Tchekpo Dedekpoe.
This activity, which is part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the NGO ANGE, is a way of acting for the protection of the environment, a key point of the community development policy implemented by the NGO ANGE in the Commune YOTO 2.
In addition to these activities, a football tournament, called the "ANGE 20th Anniversary Football Tournament" took place on Saturday, July 24 at the public primary school No. 3 in Tchekpo Dédékpoe. Organized by the association of former beneficiaries and facilitators of the ANGE, DIASPORANGE, this activity included two trophies and saw the participation of all the young people who came to the summer camp. The green team won the trophy against the red team during a penalty shootout. After being beaten by the reds at the start of the match, the greens took their revenge after being drafted immediately after elimination. Second place went to the and the three finalist teams all received gold, silver and gold, silver and bronze medals.
As usual, the famous fire festival was also in the spotlight this year in keeping with tradition. The campfire, lit on the evening of Wednesday, July 28, brought together all the holidaymakers and supervisors around traditional dances and songs.
An evening was dedicated to the volunteers who completed their international solidarity mission with the NGO ANGE during the camp. These volunteers, who were deployed on several ANGE projects, brought added value and supported these efforts, particularly in the canton of Tchekpo. They were involved in the purchase of new socio-educational games for the village library, pharmaceutical products for children and the organization of several educational activities such as awareness-raising and the 16th edition of the summer camp.
This camp ends on a positive note with many challenges raised regarding its organization as such and in relation to the planned activities. Let us recall that this great holiday activity is an effective means of stabilization and reintegration of the street children we support. Moreover, today established in the prefecture of Yoto, ANGE wishes to contribute to the improvement of living conditions and the development of the full potential of children and young people in their basic community. and the young people of their community.
We cannot conclude without expressing our gratitude to the various partners who supported us in the realization of this project.
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