Founded in 2013, HELP THE AFRICAN CHILD FOUNDATION (H.A.C – TOGO) enhances the capacity of community organizations around the world to address local health, social, environmental, and economic issues.

H.A.C – TOGO FOUNDATION provides meaningful and affordable service projects, volunteer placement, and exchange programs for individuals and groups consisting of cultural and academic programs, volunteer and travel programs, educational trip and more.

 H.A.C – TOGO  programs are designed for individuals and groups of all ages who are interested in helping to change the world, learn a new culture, have a life changing experience inTogo, Africa.

H.A.C – TOGO  is an independent communal organization, linking volunteers and groups of students from across the world to live and work in TOGO.

Our Interest in Working with You

The younger generation of our nation – some being school drop outs and on the streets and some students – need positive and supportive adults in their lives. They need adults like you to serve as a friend and role model. They need you to tell them about life; they need you to tell them about the whats, the whys and the hows.

Your engagement with the younger generation can make a real difference in their self-esteem, ability to communicate and decision-making skills.

All we ask of you is to become a mentor, a role model for the kids, our younger generation. That way, you support the African Child, and Lift -Their- Souls. YOU can make a positive difference in not just the life of a young person, but also our nation and Africa as a whole.

 YOU can help connect young persons with resources and structured activities to help build them up. YOU can build and strengthen youth leadership skills with and for them. Come let us work for a cause, not for applause. Come let us live to express, not impress. Let us not strive to make our presence noticed rather let us make our absence felt by all.

We work with children and young people:

•     whose families need support
•     who cannot live with their birth families
•     who are disabled
•     who experience severe difficulties in their lives

Our Mission, Vision, Aim and Values

Mission: Empowering the youth of Africa through sustainable community partnerships

Vision: Our vision is an Africa with strong, confident youth characterized by active community engagement and a commitment to achieve both collective and personal aspirations.

“The child shall enjoy special protection, and shall be given opportunities and facilities, by law and by other means, to enable him to develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity.”- Declaration of the Rights of the Child, United Nations

We seek to break the cycle of deprivation. We challenge injustice and empower children to overcome the obstacles that hold them back. We tailor our work to local circumstances, in partnership with children, families, communities and local organizations. We take disadvantaged and impoverished communities and aim to raise them to equal standards by instilling a series of developmental projects and preparing the youth for strong and efficient leadership.

Philosophy for Community Development

The Help the African Child Foundation is an international platform for social entrepreneurs to share innovative techniques to solve problems that plague their communities. We offer a system of support for local actors throughout Africa to establish and build sustainable projects that provide for the welfare and development of at risk youth. We currently operate projects throughout Ghana and Togo,  targeted at increasing youth participation in education, recreation and cultural affairs. We have been working with some of Africa’s most vulnerable and neglected children since 2005.

The Process

1. Find the community:

Our projects are chosen primarily through both need of the community, as well as our capacity to help foster development in that community.

2. Assess the needs of the kids:

This process starts by determining the existing developmental plants/programs in place, as well as that community’s plans for the future. Our development projects first focus on the areas of most need in the community that have the least chance of being developed without assistance.

3. Rally the local community, move resources and begin the framework of the program:

We begin by addressing immediate and short-term needs, so as to foster growth from the ground up. By initially strengthening the structure and institutions of the community, further development will be more effective and sustainable.

4. Establish resource-building activities to supplement international donor support:

This depends on the nature of the specific project,  but involves a universal approach. Examples include establishing sustainable agriculture so we can support food and empowering the community by involving all members in new business activities.  

5. Work with the community on their long-term vision:

All projects are designed with a clear and strong goal of long-term self-sustainability. These methods may vary from project to project, but all include a strong emphasis on education and leadership building so that we will be able to phase out our direct involvement with the project and not lose any productivity from within the community. We train members of the community continually as we carry out our projects.

6. Help the community expand capacity while increasing investment:

 This is a part of self-sustainability. Given Togo’s rich natural resources, many of our project sites already have access to sources of production that are not currently being utilized. As part of our community development projects, we will instill systems of economic growth in the community in which we work. This will mostly center around taking advantage of valuable resources and strengthening local businesses.