Feet on the Ground in Togo

Finally after months of discussions, research and proposal writing, I have the chance to bring a grant project to the village. This opportunity allows the community to physically develop and allows for my friends and family back home in the United States to help my Togolese friends and family. The goal is to raise $3,163.11. The local community here in Togo has agreed to raise $839.42 as part of the required minimum of 25% community contribution. I am asking for $2,323.69 from the people back home. I have hyperlinked the donation page at the top and bottom of this post. Here is a snapshot of my grant proposal:  Rachel was exhausted after several hours of labor. She, her husband and mother had come seven kilometers from their village to the clinic where she had just given birth to a baby girl. She wanted to bring the baby home, but before returning, she wanted to clean the buckets and clothes dirtied during labor. She and her mother used the clinic’s well, drawing up buck...