The country is very underdeveloped economically. Its economy relies mainly on agriculture, which generates about 18% of the GDP and employs roughly 30% of the working population. Togo ranks among the countries with the lowest level of social development.
31.08.2024
Video Transcription: Good Factory is not just about projects. It’s primarily about people. People we strive to care for. Now it’s August, the end of August, and this is always a challenge for parents, not just in Poland but especially here in Togo. It’s time to get the children ready for school, and they need school supplies. For our local children, this is a huge challenge. Every year, everything has to be bought anew.
Each child needs different amounts of pens, notebooks, and writing boards. But as Ania mentioned, this is a struggle for the children. We buy and we help, but we must always remember—and we always do—that we never provide 100% of the supplies.
Why? Because parents need to feel that they have children and must be responsible for them. Despite the difficulties, they need to organize themselves and contribute to purchasing supplies. So, we don’t relieve parents of their duties, but we accompany them, help them, and tailor the supplies to the needs and capabilities of the family. And we strongly encourage you to buy school supplies for our children here in Togo. Tomorrow, we will also show you how they live and what they need.
18.08.2025
Cyrille from Togo carried his books to school every morning in an old plastic bag, which eventually tore, sending his only notebooks into a puddle. Some burdens can break even the strongest adults—the burden of uncertainty about tomorrow’s meal, the burden of shame, the burden of having no prospects. In Togo, Rwanda, or Burkina Faso, […]
14.05.2025
Little Tresore and her mother, Susanne, know our St. Fridolin’s Pharmacy in Saoude very well. Susanne has been under our care for several years now. Every three months, she comes for a check-up with the psychiatrist and collects the medication you help fund. She must take it every day so that her illness does not […]
21.02.2024
The small village of Wyamdé in the northern part of Togo is covered in soot, giving the landscape a somewhat lunar appearance. The heart of the village beats loudly, rhythmically, healthily, hammering stone against red-hot steel. – How much does that stone weigh, 10-15 kilos? – The heavier, the better. It depends on the blacksmith. […]