Visiting Agou-Akplolo
An exchange with the village community, traditional leaders, and schoolchildren about the campus project.
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Passing on hope.
Enabling futures.
Become Part of Hope Kossivi's HOPE e. V. is a non-profit association based in Hamburg. In Agou-Akplolo in southern Togo, we are building a children's development campus for orphans and children from families living in extreme poverty. On four hectares, a children's home, classrooms, basic medical care, farmland, and space for sport and community are taking shape.
The origin Read the full story
Why we exist
Our founder Kossivi Aholy grew up in Togo, separated from his parents and in severe poverty. What helped him later was education, a stable environment, and people who believed in him.
From this came a simple question: why should a child have to leave home to get a real chance? The campus in Agou-Akplolo is the answer to that.
On site
Kossivi's HOPE on site
Footage from Agou-Akplolo: Kossivi Aholy with the children where it all began.
The campus
A campus for stability and future
Five interlocking areas are being built on the grounds in Agou-Akplolo. They are described in detail on the project page.
Children's Home
A safe home for orphans and children in extreme poverty, the heart of the campus. Everything else on the site serves it: education, health and food are not an add-on programme but what makes a home viable in the first place.
Education
Reliable education directly on site. In a rural area, the journey to school is often the first obstacle: too far, too expensive, and the first thing dropped for girls. Education on the campus means that obstacle disappears.
Health
Basic medical care for the children and the surrounding community. It is explicitly not meant for the campus alone: a place that neighbours can also turn to makes the project part of the village rather than a closed-off island.
Self-Sufficiency
Farmland that provides food and fosters independence. A home that has to buy every meal stays permanently dependent on transfers from Europe. Growing its own food lowers running costs and makes the project less dependent on us over time.
Community
Sports and community spaces ("Zone Spielmacher") to foster teamwork and values. Children who have lost a great deal need more than a roof and a school place: they need somewhere they are simply allowed to be children.
Location
The campus is being built in Agou-Akplolo
The children's development campus is being built in Agou-Akplolo, a rural community in the Agou Prefecture in the Plateaux Region of southern Togo, in the Greater Kpalimé area. The four-hectare property was provided by the local community. A visible sign that this project is being built together with the people on site.
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Partners
Passing on hope together
Partners who accompany and support Kossivi's HOPE.
Achieving more together: as a company, school, church, or foundation.
Whether donation, in-kind contribution, or project sponsorship: partnerships help carry the construction of the campus in Agou-Akplolo.
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