Lots of projects
Hey everyone, hope things are going well stateside. I am still over here in Togo for only a few more months. But work at the moment is busy as ever.
A few weeks ago, my village had a large meeting with all of the the important people in village and from the regional capital, to talk about the plan of action for the village. Not everyone came who we invited but a lot did and a lot of ground was covered. Several changes were made to the plan of action that I had typed and hopefully in the coming week or so, it will be complete. This project was started last June so I am really glad it will soon be finished.
Two weeks ago I also made a tour of the seven villages of Koka to tell villagers they need to start putting in their contribution towards the clinic project. The village is required to pay 25% of the total cost of the project. This came out to be around 1,400,000 CFA or $2000. Based on the number of adults living in Koka, the chiefs and I decided that every adult is required to give 500CFA or about $1.25. A reasonable amount. Some people are finding this is a bit much due to the low season for crops and because of the food crisis. But everyone said they would find a way to get the money.
As far as my portion of the project, there is still $1,900 left to fund the project. So PLEASE DONATE!!!! We are almost there!!!!
We started work today on fixing to roof. Cement has been scarce in Togo, so when we found that it was available I fronted the money to get the cement and other supplies needed. The masons finished a portion of the roof today and they will finish the rest on Sunday, as long as it doesn't rain. But until the money comes in, I am quite broke, so again PLEASE HELP ME FINISH THIS PROJECT!!!!!
The website is
https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=693-298
Help the village of Koka, Togo finally have a health clinic. You will be saving lives!!!
Miss everyone back home!!! Email or write soon!!!
Alia
A few weeks ago, my village had a large meeting with all of the the important people in village and from the regional capital, to talk about the plan of action for the village. Not everyone came who we invited but a lot did and a lot of ground was covered. Several changes were made to the plan of action that I had typed and hopefully in the coming week or so, it will be complete. This project was started last June so I am really glad it will soon be finished.
Two weeks ago I also made a tour of the seven villages of Koka to tell villagers they need to start putting in their contribution towards the clinic project. The village is required to pay 25% of the total cost of the project. This came out to be around 1,400,000 CFA or $2000. Based on the number of adults living in Koka, the chiefs and I decided that every adult is required to give 500CFA or about $1.25. A reasonable amount. Some people are finding this is a bit much due to the low season for crops and because of the food crisis. But everyone said they would find a way to get the money.
As far as my portion of the project, there is still $1,900 left to fund the project. So PLEASE DONATE!!!! We are almost there!!!!
We started work today on fixing to roof. Cement has been scarce in Togo, so when we found that it was available I fronted the money to get the cement and other supplies needed. The masons finished a portion of the roof today and they will finish the rest on Sunday, as long as it doesn't rain. But until the money comes in, I am quite broke, so again PLEASE HELP ME FINISH THIS PROJECT!!!!!
The website is
https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=693-298
Help the village of Koka, Togo finally have a health clinic. You will be saving lives!!!
Miss everyone back home!!! Email or write soon!!!
Alia
posted by Alia at 1:05 PM
1 Comments:
Dear Alia,
Hope you are well. I just came across your blog. Great stuff! I am writing to you because I am launching a website that will be populated with cross-cultural information about every country in the world. We will be looking to the web community to help do this with all the information being available for free. I was wondering if you and/or members from your community may be able to help us out with the Togo pages. We would love your input. Let me know if you would be open to this and I'll send along a brief questionnaire. Please also feel free to check out the website, become a member (it's free!) and add to the guide.
Here is a link to the site: http://www.culturecrossing.net/
Thank you for your time!
Best,
Michael Landers
Director - Culture Crossing
Email: michael@culturecrossing.net
www.culturecrossing.net
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