Focus on Togo

The Togolese Republic is a narrow strip of land on Africa’s West coast. Once regarded highly in West Africa for its tranquil beaches, exotic markets and friendly people sadly Togo has been the victim of many riots and human rights abuses since the 1990s.

As a result of poor governance in the past Togo has got a lot of humanitarian issues to content with and violence is still present in urban areas. Despite the troubles though Togo is a land covered with a beautiful hilly landscape and a wide range of diverse cultures and most people are eager for peace. Togo’s people remain resilient and are known to be amongst the most accommodating in West Africa.

In Togo’s capital city Lomè you would be most likely to be found enjoying yam-based dishes and like many West African countries watching football! Togo gained a lot of prestige when its own national football team qualified for the 2006 World Cup.

For more information on Togo or other global citizenship enquiries contact me at: cookl@methodistchurch.org.uk

 Classroom Resources

A virtual journey through Togo - Oxfam’s Cool Planet has produced a lovely online book that gives you not only facts and figures on Togo but personal stories to look at, photographs to explore and a quiz to answer at the end of your research. Most suitable for KS3.

The work of MRDF - A look at some of the work the Methodist Relief and Development Fund has carried out in previous years in Togo.

www.join1goal.org and tell world leaders that education beats poverty.

Damienne’s story - The story of a 17 year old girl spreading the word about HIV/AIDS in Togo – showing what power we have as individuals to make a change. A good resource to use during a PSHE lesson on either youth participation or HIV/AIDS.

1 Goal for All This scheme has one purpose; to ensure that the 75 million children out of school in Africa and the world’s poorest countries get access to classrooms, teachers and the future that education provides.
1 GOAL calls on football fans to sign their names at www.join1goal.org and tell world leaders that education beats poverty.

Images of Togo - Below are some images of Togo that you may want to print out and use as discussion points with your pupils.

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