Nous venons de publier notre première vidéo sur nos actions de diffusion de GNU/Linux au Togo en collaboration avec nos amis de Yovo Togo & JUMP Lab’Orione sur PeerTube. PeerTube est une plateforme française basée sur un logiciel libre … Lire la suite
Nous avons fait un communiqué de presse conjoint avec nos amis de Lilo, le moteur de recherche alternatif et éthique que nous utilisons par défaut sur les distributions d’Emmabuntüs depuis un an, sur l’inauguration de ORTHOLAB-DAPAONG qui a eu lieu ce … Lire la suite
This is a rest day in Bombouaka before we leave tomorrow to drive back to Sokodé. We run some errands in Dapaong, wash the car, meet with the team in charge of the Don Orione Center, exchanging fraternal and reciprocal thanks, before we take one last picture with the whole staff.
This is a very busy day, starting with a preparatory meeting with the Oti’s prefect, Mister Ouadja, who will preside the inaugural ceremony of 2 computer rooms, which are planned for today.
At 8AM this morning we are at the CRETFP (Regional college for technology education and vocational training) in Dapaong to meet with the responsible persons for this school and those of Jump Lab’Orione, YovoTogo and the Tandjouaré-Dapaong Rotary Club. The goal of this meeting is to define the conditions under which the “FabLab-OrthoLab” project will be implemented, this project including a computer room, an incubator for digital activities, supplemented by a 3D printing unit to produce parts for the disabled children orthopedic center of Bombouaka.
On today’s agenda, we plan to visit three out of the seven training rooms which have been implemented until last year. We start with the one in the Bombouaka high school, then those of Tandjouaré and finally those of Nano. Generally the attendance rate as well as the equipment follow up are satisfactory.
Intense and very busy day : in the morning visit to the children, then to the youth, all ready to go to school or college. It is a very special time when each face regains its name. We share some news and meet up again with Joseph the maintenance man and Richard the driver.
Between October 14th and November 4th, three members of the YovoTogo association stayed at the Saint Louis Orione Center of Bombouaka, a place nicknamed “forgotten hearts heaven”.As often as possible, and depending on the availability of a decent Internet Connexion, they shared with us pictures and comments around the key points of their day-to-day activities. Hereafter their breathless diary.
With a population of 7.5 million inhabitants and an area of 56,785 Km2, the Togolese republic is a Western Africa country which economy is based mainly on food crops and phosphate mines. Its true wealth is the wide variety of landscapes going from arid plains to green valleys, passing through great savannas in the north of the country, planted with great baobab trees.
Avec 7,5 millions d’habitants sur une superficie de 56 785 Km2, la République Togolaise est un pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest dont l’économie repose essentiellement sur les cultures vivrières et l’exploitation des mines de phosphate. Sa véritable richesse est sa diversité … Lire la suite