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Join a small Togolese team working on reforestation and community facilities in a quiet town north of Lomé. You will prepare tree nurseries, take part in planting days and help with simple building and repair work on shared facilities. Mornings on site, afternoons free. No experience needed, just motivation and respect for the local team. Activities involving children are led by our trained local staff. Shared meals and a warm welcome.
20 hours of help per week
Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Amount: € 100 Per week
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities
Description: Volunteers contribute 100 EUR per week, for a typical stay of four weeks. This covers airport pick-up and drop-off in Lomé and the transfer to Tsévié, daily transport to the project sites, and food supplies for the shared meals prepared at the house. Accommodation is free. AHTE-TOGO takes no margin on this contribution and a detailed breakdown is provided before arrival.
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Pub Crawls: Be a part of our pub crawls at local bars!
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.
Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Intermediate French or Intermediate English
Between 18 and 70 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
AHTE-TOGO is a Togolese humanitarian association based in Tsévié, in the Zio Prefecture, about 35 km north of Lomé. We work in education, health and social action, community development, and environment and sustainability, serving vulnerable children, young people, women and families.
This position focuses on our reforestation and community infrastructure work. Volunteers join our Togolese team as an extra pair of hands and as partners in cultural exchange. You will never work alone: a member of our team supervises the site every day and introduces you to the local context, the language and the way we work.
We are clear about what this is and what it is not. Volunteers are not here to replace local workers or to take on responsibilities that belong to trained staff. Our activities involving children are led exclusively by our own team members. Your contribution is practical: planting, maintaining, building, and sharing your skills with people who will continue the work after you leave.
Practical arrangements are handled by our coordination team, with a contact person based in Belgium who can answer questions before departure.
A typical week runs Monday to Friday, with two days off. Work takes place in the morning, usually from 7:00 to 11:00, to avoid the heat of the afternoon. Total: 20 hours per week.
Depending on the season and the current project, activities include:
Preparing and maintaining tree nurseries: filling bags, sowing, watering, transplanting
Planting days on reforestation sites around Tsévié
Simple construction, repair and painting work on community facilities
Preparing materials and tools, and helping organise community work days
Sharing skills with the team according to your own background
Afternoons and weekends are free. Tsévié has markets, and Lomé and the coast are easy to reach by shared taxi.
Meals are prepared and shared with the team at the guest house.
Minimum age: 18. Valid travel insurance is required for the whole stay.
A valid visa for Togo and a yellow fever vaccination certificate are the volunteer's responsibility. We provide an invitation letter on request.
Confirmed arrival and departure dates. Please tell us as early as possible if your plans change.
Photographs and videos involving children require prior permission from our team. Please do not publish images of identifiable children on social media.
Alcohol is not permitted during working hours or on project sites.
The house is a shared living space. Volunteers keep their own space clean and take part in the everyday life of the household.
Any difficulty should be raised directly with the on-site coordinator, who will find a solution with you.
