This project aims at associating the practical gardening and environmental education for a sustainable development in order to sensitise our basic communities in understanding and conservation of our environment. The project consists of proposing workshops of educational gardening, ecology and therapeutic for our public, in particular the Togolese volunteers and the pupils of primary and middle schools of Kpalime. Indeed it provides a framework opening out to discover, listen to, exchange, experiment and take initiatives. 1-Assistant coordination of the activities of the gardening and environmental education
Objectives:
Support the coordination of sustainable environment projects led by ASTOVOT Help to develop the actions with the school partners
Activities:
Co-definition of new projects of gardening and environmental education for a sustainable development, schedule and appointment setting Management of partnerships Follow-up and assessment of projects Feed the blog of the association Creation, adaptation and diffusion of the tools for animation Realisation of teaching cards
2-Maintenance of ASTOVOT educational garden Objectives Assure the installation of a teaching garden which must be used as a place of exchange, education and experimentation in production of biological vegetables and sustainable development Take care of the organic garden, prepare the ground, sow grains, spray plants, weed herbs and harvest Produce fertilisers and natural pesticides
Activities:
Ecological Maintenance of the cultures Installation of new cultures Various works
3- Animation of workshops of gardening and environmental education for a sustainable development
Objectives:
Accompany the creation of ecological gardens with the children Co-create projects of animation around the ecological garden and environmental education for a Sustainable development for children Sensitise the children on environmental understanding through playful and educational games Develop know-how and conscience by performing collective activities
Activities:
Co-create groups of children in the educational gardens Use playful educational tools for environmental education Teach the children the techniques of ecological gardening
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