integral ecology, serving a sustainable world
Integral Ecology embodies the vision of a sustainable and harmonious future, where respect for life, human development, social justice, and collective well-being are deeply intertwined. Through this program, we encourage a new perspective on the world, taking action to preserve our common home while fostering a more united and equitable society.
SOCIAL PROJECTS
This program aims to reduce inequalities and eradicate poverty through human promotion projects.
Our projects
Light for all - Benin
In Benin, 36% of the population lives below the poverty line, with a concentration of poor populations in rural areas and a very low electrification rate. FONDACIO Benin has initiated a project to support children's education with the support of the Lagazel company to provide solar lamps to children in village schools and to groups of micro-entrepreneurs with local partners responsible for monitoring the equipment.
Provide lamps at collective charging stations for schoolchildren in different villages in the south and north of Benin
Providing micro-entrepreneurial women with autonomous solar lamps to support their work in the evening / Solar lamps with built-in panels
SO ZOUNKO EDUCATION - BENIN
In Sô-Zounko, a lakeside community made up of seven hamlets in the Vekky district (Atlantique department), 20,000 residents live primarily from fishing, crafts, and small businesses. This community, which speaks the Toffin dialect, faces numerous challenges: very limited access to electricity, with only a few residents having solar panels, and a precarious education system comprising only three public primary schools and one middle school. To address these needs, Fondacio Bénin initiated a development and solidarity project in 2003 structured around two main areas: literacy classes for women (in Fon and French) and academic support activities for children aged 6 to 16. The program also includes support for access to documentation, allowing 100 students and young people to benefit from library resources. With 100 children receiving educational support and 40 adults receiving literacy training (40% of whom are women), the project is making a significant contribution to improving educational standards in this isolated region.
JADE FOR LIFE - TOGO
Founded in 2013, the association "Le JADE Pour la Vie!" is committed alongside other civil society organizations to supporting the Togolese government in the care of people living with HIV (PLHIV). Faced with a particularly critical situation in sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for more than 69% of infected people worldwide, the association is developing a comprehensive program structured around four areas of intervention: conducting medical consultations and dispensing medication, psychological and social support for patients, prevention actions for vulnerable populations, and comprehensive medical care. The project benefits adults and young people infected with HIV or affected by the illness of a family member, with a remarkable impact affecting approximately 1,400 people. The main challenges are to sustainably support the care and listening of infected people, to develop effective prevention activities, and to finance income-generating micro-activities to promote the social reintegration of PLHIV.
POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF SICHEM - TOGO
Faced with the lack of technical high schools in the southeastern region of Zio, the Sichem group launched the Sichem Polytechnic Institute in Kpomé-Dzogblakopé in 2021 to promote the socio-professional integration of young people from surrounding villages. The high school offers qualifying training in three fields: electricity/renewable energy, agro-pastoral, and masonry, with CAP and BT-type diplomas. In 2023-2024, 68 students will be trained there. The IPS offers quality education anchored in the real needs of the territory, with a pedagogy combining theory and practice, in workshops. It aims to make the high school self-sufficient within 2 to 3 years, while ensuring the stability of the teaching staff and strengthening technical equipment. The project embodies an effective rural training model, serving Togolese youth seeking a sustainable professional future.
MIVO - BENIN
In Benin, particularly in rural areas, inequalities between men and women persist in access to education, health, and participation in family and community decision-making processes. Faced with this reality, Fondacio Benin has developed an innovative approach within the MIVO house based on the IMAGO relational method to transform male-female relationships and strengthen family ties. The project offers listening and support sessions for couples, training for facilitators and trainers, and organizes annual workshops to disseminate this method in Benin and Africa. The activities aim to break with certain cultural and traditional habits that are detrimental to balanced relationships. The main beneficiaries are women, whether in couples, single, or widowed, young professionals and artisans, as well as IMAGO facilitators and therapists. The impact is significant, with 40 couples supported, 60 single individuals (men and women) supported in their family or professional contexts, and 20 widows supported in their grieving process. Financing remains a major challenge, particularly for the construction and development of the necessary infrastructure.
OSSEA – RDC
OSSEA (Social Solidarity Organization for Abandoned Children) has been working since 2009 in the overcrowded commune of Masina, on the outskirts of Kinshasa. This urban area of more than 516,000 inhabitants spread across 21 neighborhoods faces multiple challenges: poor transportation, lack of access to drinking water and electricity, waste management problems, and recurring flooding. In this particularly difficult context, the project targets destitute, abandoned, and extremely poor children. Using the premises of the Saint François-Xavier parish in the Pétrocongo Abattoir neighborhood, OSSEA is developing a comprehensive program aimed at reducing the phenomenon of street children by providing a space for restraint and training. Activities include schooling for children who are out of school or have dropped out, remedial classes for children already in school but experiencing difficulties, and financial support that allows 44 children to continue their education. Thanks to this approach, 87 children benefit from personalized support which promotes their social integration and personal development.
IFF AFRICA - TOGO
Based in Lomé since 2002, IFF Afrique trains young people aged 17 to 30 to become agents of change in their communities. Since 2015, the institute has been developing innovative training in agroecological entrepreneurship, combining personal development (leadership, responsibility, creativity) and technical skills (sustainable agriculture, livestock farming, fish farming, renewable energy, agribusiness). The approach aims for the comprehensive empowerment of young people, with support for post-training integration. Each year, the program trains 30 to 40 young people from the maritime and plateau regions, as well as professionals aged 30 to 45. Through active teaching, practical modules, and stimulating community life, IFF Afrique contributes to the transformation of Togo's rural fabric through education, sustainability, and community engagement.
The Sparks - Ivory Coast
In the city of Bouaké, heavily affected by urban poverty and unemployment, the Les Étincelles project offers a second chance to young women and men without qualifications. Located in the working-class neighborhood of N'Gattakro, the Social Promotion Center offers training in sewing (3 years) and pastry (3 months), combining theory, practice, management, and fashion design. The project primarily targets women aged 15 to 45, who are often out of school, illiterate, single mothers, or stay-at-home moms. It promotes their economic and social independence by offering them a career, human support, and the opportunity to join a production workshop. With 30 sewing apprentices spread across three levels, and 20 pastry trainees per year, the project is rooted in a sustainable local dynamic that values female skills and gives hope to a population often excluded from traditional training programs.
Success+ - Ghana
Since 2019, Fondacio in Ghana has been working in the Volta region, in southeastern Ghana, to improve the quality of education in a context of high social and educational insecurity. The project targets children aged 11 to 15 through tutoring, computer literacy, French lessons, and socio-emotional activities that promote self-confidence, expression, and self-esteem. By providing concrete support to children in difficulty, this project aims to improve academic success rates and strengthen their retention in the education system. The team also engages in community initiatives to raise awareness among families about the importance of education. With personalized support for 23 children to date, the project focuses on a human approach, rooted in local reality, and aims to expand its impact by strengthening its material and human resources.
LPJ - BURKINA FASO
In Fada N'Gourma, in eastern Burkina Faso, the LPJ has been providing access to quality secondary education for young people aged 11 to 18 since 2008. In this region marked by poverty, the high school combines general education with educational support adapted to the local context, with preparation for national exams (BEPC, Bac). In addition to daytime classes, the LPJ organizes evening classes for out-of-school youth and adults and offers socio-educational activities focused on reading and personal development. Eight classes currently accommodate 421 students. The project aims to modernize infrastructure and provide ongoing teacher training to ensure a stimulating, safe, and sustainable learning environment. The LPJ positions itself as a structuring educational hub for the region, offering comprehensive training adapted to local social and educational challenges.
Los Almendros Library - Chile
Located in the disadvantaged neighborhood of Huechuraba, north of Santiago, Chile, the Biblioteca Los Almendros, founded in 2002, is a vibrant space for educational and cultural support. It works in synergy with local stakeholders to support children, youth, the elderly, and people with disabilities through reading, art, and environmental education. It organizes recreational afternoons and academic support, activities in daycares and schools, reading workshops for all, and training for early childhood professionals. The project aims for sustainable social transformation by promoting inclusion and equal opportunities. With 669 beneficiaries, the library has become a key place for meeting, personal development, and intergenerational transmission in an area where access to educational resources remains very limited.
ANGE– TOGO
The NGO ANGE (Friends for a New Generation of Children) has been working since 2001 for children's rights in Togo, where nearly 6,000 children live on the streets, including 3,000 in Lomé. With 90% of these street children being boys, the organization has developed two reception centers in Lomé that offer refuge and a fresh start. The project is structured around a comprehensive strategy: protection and prevention in the Yoto prefecture to prevent children from leaving for the streets of the capital, recovery and care for children already living on the streets, and social and family reintegration. Support includes housing, food, medical care, schooling or vocational training, and socio-educational support. The impact is significant, with 1,500 children supported in total, including 700 in school, 91 housed in reception centers, 37 supported in vocational training, 47 reintegrated into their families, and 305 having received medical care. At the same time, the association is committed to an ecological approach with reforestation actions, thus adding an environmental dimension to its social project.
DIVINE SUCCESS+ - CONGO BRAZZAVILLE
The Divina project, led by Fondacio Congo Brazzaville, operates in the commune of Talangai, north of Brazzaville, specifically in the Ngamakosso district. It addresses the major challenges of the local education system, where classes are dramatically overcrowded, with a ratio of one teacher to 100 students, resulting in a primary school success rate limited to 30.8%. In response to this situation, the project offers targeted academic support for children from CP to CM2, emphasizing fundamental skills such as reading and mathematics. This individualized approach helps compensate for the shortcomings of mass education and provides children living in extreme poverty with the tools they need to succeed in their academic careers. In addition to the educational support activities that benefit 30 children, the project organizes socio-educational activities for 40 children and provides financial support for the schooling of 5 particularly vulnerable children, thus creating an environment conducive to the educational development of young people aged 7 to 17.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Through this component, our actions contribute to the reduction of inequalities and gender equality through professional training centers and entrepreneurship support for young people aged 16 to 25.
Our projects
CAPE HEIGHTS - COLOMBIA
The Altos del Cabo project operates in a peripheral neighborhood of Bogota where the Colombian capital's social and economic problems are concentrated, with 30% of the population living in poverty and educational insecurity. In this challenging context, the initiative develops a comprehensive approach to address the area's training, social, spiritual, environmental, and economic needs. The project is structured around several complementary areas: a microcredit program for housing improvement, a second-hand shop promoting sustainable economics, waste management and environmental education activities, urban agriculture initiatives including a seed bank, and a school support program. The beneficiaries are children, youth, adults, the elderly, and families in the neighborhood, with an impact reaching 960 people. The main challenge is securing funding for the human resources needed to maintain and train the team responsible for running the project, thus ensuring its sustainability and future development.
LIGHT FOR ALL - BENIN
Launched in 2020, the "Bénin Solaire" project responds to an alarming reality: 36% of the Beninese population lives below the poverty line, with a concentration in rural areas where the electrification rate is extremely low. In this context, Fondacio Bénin, in partnership with the company Lagazel and local stakeholders, has developed an innovative initiative to support children's education by providing solar lamps. The project is structured around two complementary axes: the installation of collective charging stations in villages and schools to allow schoolchildren to study after sunset, and the distribution of autonomous solar lamps (with incorporated panels) to micro-entrepreneurial women to facilitate their economic activities in the evening. This pragmatic approach has had a considerable impact, with 4,860 schoolchildren benefiting from collective rechargeable lamps and 1,302 women equipped with individual lamps. The main challenge now is to expand the network of charging stations to more villages to maximize the educational and economic impact of this initiative.
APEVIA - TOGO
Founded in June 2020, APEVIA (Actions for a Green and Inclusive Economy in Africa) is led by six volunteers of three different nationalities (Togolese, Belgian, and French) who share a common vision centered on the values of a green and inclusive economy. The association develops concrete actions for environmental protection, particularly through the collection and recycling of plastic waste and reforestation initiatives. It also conducts awareness campaigns on ecological citizenship among children and adolescents, while promoting the health and well-being of local populations through sports and culture. To ensure its financial sustainability, APEVIA has implemented income-generating activities based on organic farming, particularly the cultivation of Artemisia and moringa, as well as the sale of local natural products. The main beneficiaries are children and young people from disadvantaged schools and neighborhoods, with a significant impact in terms of environmental education and the development of a global awareness of the common good. The major challenge remains access to sufficient financial resources to fully implement actions for well-being, health and ecology.
YLDC Myanmar
Since 2016, Fondacio Myanmar has been developing training programs in Yangon and then Myitkyina for young leaders from rural areas, who are often excluded from the education system. The Young Lives program offers an 8-month training program divided into two modules: the first covers English, IT, professional ethics, and personal development; the second addresses leadership and social training, and concludes with an organizational internship. These programs, rooted in local cultural realities, allow young Catholics engaged in the Church, aged 17 to 30, to develop concrete skills and an awareness of their potential in a country where any form of commitment is viewed with suspicion. The project has already trained 47 young leaders despite an unstable political context, thus strengthening their resilience and their ability to act in their communities.
YLDC Laos
Founded in 2016, the YLDC center in Vientiane supports young people from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds, often forced to abandon their education to support their families. It offers a six-month training program focused on personal development, basic skills (English, IT, human rights), and an introduction to organic farming. Frog farming and mushroom cultivation allow young people to acquire entrepreneurial skills while generating income for the project. A scholarship system encourages the pursuit of studies or skills training. The program also aims to limit rural exodus and emigration by offering concrete alternatives. In 2024, 18 young people will participate in the program, which promotes a holistic approach to integration, linking education, economic autonomy, and respect for the environment.
POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF SICHEM - TOGO
Faced with the lack of technical high schools in the southeastern region of Zio, the Sichem group launched the Sichem Polytechnic Institute in Kpomé-Dzogblakopé in 2021 to promote the socio-professional integration of young people from surrounding villages. The high school offers qualifying training in three fields: electricity/renewable energy, agro-pastoral, and masonry, with CAP and BT-type diplomas. In 2023-2024, 68 students will be trained there. The IPS offers quality education anchored in the real needs of the territory, with a pedagogy combining theory and practice, in workshops. It aims to make the high school self-sufficient within 2 to 3 years, while ensuring the stability of the teaching staff and strengthening technical equipment. The project embodies an effective rural training model, serving Togolese youth seeking a sustainable professional future.
IFF Africa - Togo
Based in Lomé since 2002, IFF Afrique trains young people aged 17 to 30 to become agents of change in their communities. Since 2015, the institute has been developing innovative training in agroecological entrepreneurship, combining personal development (leadership, responsibility, creativity) and technical skills (sustainable agriculture, livestock farming, fish farming, renewable energy, agribusiness). The approach aims for the comprehensive empowerment of young people, with support for post-training integration. Each year, the program trains 30 to 40 young people from the maritime and plateau regions, as well as professionals aged 30 to 45. Through active teaching, practical modules, and stimulating community life, IFF Afrique contributes to the transformation of Togo's rural fabric through education, sustainability, and community engagement.
