The country is very underdeveloped economically. The basis of its economy is agriculture, generating around 40% of the GDP and employing around 60% of the working population. Togo is among the countries with the lowest level of social development.
The pharmacy in Saoudé is managed by a lay missionary, Małgosia Tomaszewska, sent to Africa by our foundation. Małgosia is doing a great job here. She lives in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, and she takes care of the Gourcy farming project. She comes to Saoudé regularly to supervise the pharmacy under the exotic name of saint an Alsatian monk.
The region is extremely poor. The mountains, a harsh climate and the nearby desert bring the Harmattan, blowing from December until February, which brings plenty of red dust that covers everything. The people can’t afford any medications, so they come to St. Fridolin with their prescriptions from paramedics (which sometimes means a one-way walk of more than ten kilometers), and they get everything they need here – the standard payment is… a bowl of corn, sorghum or some other cereal. This food is collected and distributed among those who have nothing to eat in the dry season. The pharmacy in Saoudé is open 5 days a week for everyone.
Thanks to your support, this small pharmacy provides assistance to almost 3 400 people every year.
06.08.2021
The Good Factory is not about philanthropic projects, but about the faces and fates of individual people. We are not helping Togo, Congo or, for example, Bangladesh. We want a few, several dozen or several hundred people from these countries, whom we know by name, to stand on their own two feet firmly enough to […]
03.04.2019
Two years ago, you had the opportunity to meet Marie Claire from Togo. The little girl was born with a knee joint defect. Doctors in Lomé weren’t able to help her and recommended a wooden prosthesis as a temporary solution. The little girl wasn’t able to attend school and only dreamt about playing with her peers. […]
13.09.2018
The pharmacy of Saint Frydolin, operating in the north of Togo, has helped nearly 700 people over the past two months. The supply of medicines purchased earlier this year is slowly running out. We are facing the important task of stocking up the pharmacy shelves for the second part of the year. Every year, our project […]
