Rural development, health and well-being, education, culture and tradition are the fields of action of the AsFoToDe project, set up in 2017 for a synergy of action between two projects (La Ferme Nazareth and the Dispensaire Saint Etienne) of Fondacio Togo to Assomé (40 km from Lomé).

This synergy of action aims at a sustainable, integral and local development of the populations of the south-western zone of the prefecture of Zio.

Assomé is a village of around 6,000 inhabitants where most of the basic infrastructure (drinking water, dispensary, school, public latrines) was lacking. Fondacio Togo built the Nazareth Farm in 1990, then in 1999 the Saint Etienne Dispensary was built; other infrastructures will follow later (school buildings, water supply, etc.).

Our objective is to install basic socio-economic infrastructure such as school buildings and equipment, drinking water supply and sanitary, hygiene and sanitation facilities, renewable energy systems, conservation and processing of agro-pastoral products in rural communities.

We carry out operations to inform and train young people, women and rural populations in agro-ecological techniques that are adequate and adapted to their environments and living environments. Supporting the implementation of socio-economic initiatives that respect ecosystems through a social and solidarity entrepreneurship approach is one of AsFoToDe’s priorities.

Our approach aims to strengthen the organization of village communities in order to preserve the socio-cultural heritage.