Assi Le Assime: The Togo Development Partnership is FOCUSED ON:
- Growing food through drip irrigation for crops and on poultry production
- Clean water by manufacturing water filters
- Health through malaria control with mosquito canopies
We create jobs by creating small enterprises that make mosquito canopies and water filters to alleviate poverty and PROVIDE EDUCATION to help small enterprises meet local market needs.
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Meet Claude Tsigbe– our master potter! He’s in charge of our operation in Togo. He grinds the clay and expertly mixes it with sawdust, molds the filters and fires them in the kiln at 900 degrees F. He supervises the workers who test each filter to make sure it meets our specifications. When we’re fully up and running, we’ll produce 300 filters a week— just think how many folks will have clean water in Togo! Donate today!