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Association des Volontaires pour l'Environnement Sain

A.V.E.S is a non-governmental organization created in 2001 by multidisciplinary groups of development actors who were met to think on the development issues in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Togo. Its aim is to fight against poverty by fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals axed on environment protection by ameliorating basic social services and promote economy and self-promotion improvement. Its mission is to promote emancipation, education and empowerment of their targets groups in healthy environment.
NGO A.V.E.S objectives and view of development argue:
 to accompany the formal and non-formal education by establishing and supporting vocational education in rural communities, training and teaching programmes that will improve the self-promotion on climate change mitigation, disasters risk reduction,
 to support agriculture and environment protection by identifying the skills and resources within the local groups and opportunities for self-employment,
 to promote the Education and Sport for All" in rural areas in order to fight against delinquency and school drop-out among young people and to eradicate early pregnancy among girls and school children by boosting creativity and the involvement of young girls in socio-sport activities in rural areas.
 To reinforce the youth solidarity and cultural exchange by organizing short, middle and long term abroad voluntary services and international exchange events on climate actions, outdoors activities.
By doing, NGO AVES collaborates with government entities through the administrative corporations, development agencies and local authorities. Otherwise, NGO AVES is member of some thematic networks among these it been counted GNDR (Global Network for civil society on disasters reduction), ICAF (Initiatives Climat-Afrique Francophone), YNV (Youth for Non Violence). NGO AVES have cooperated with some organizations based on Erasmus program countries for capacity buildings projects, job shadowing activities and outdoors activities.