Remarks Ambassador Gilmour Mandela day cleaning activity July 21, 2018 – 0730 – 1100 AM Polyclinique de Tsévié et Monument de l’Union Monsieur the Prefet, Representative of the Director of ANASAP Colleagues from the U.S. Embassy. Dear exchange program Alumni, especially YALI fellows, Ladies and gentlemen, I should begin by saying Great Work! You ...
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By U.S. Embassy Lome | 27 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Environment, Health Issues, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Speeches, YALI
| Tags: Alumni, cleaning activity, exchange program, Mandela Day, Monument de l’Union, Polyclinique de Tsévié, YALI fellows
Embassy Lome joined in the worldwide commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth by launching a day of community service in his honor. Staff from the Embassy, along with over 50 members of the Embassy’s exchange program alumni association, traveled to the city of Tsevie just north of Lome to spend the morning ...
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By U.S. Embassy Lome | 26 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, American Spaces, Art & Culture, Environment, Events, News
| Tags: ANASAP, Community Service, Embassy Celebrates, local government, Mandela Day, Togolese sanitation agency
On Saturday, April 21, the Embassy celebrated Earth Day 2018 with an “Eco-Jogging” activity. Eco-Jogging is an innovative concept that combines sports, civic participation, and environmentalism by challenging participants to pick up as much waste as they can while jogging a pre-determined distance. The event was financed by the Embassy and supported by the Club ...
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By U.S. Embassy Lome | 23 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Art & Culture, Culture, Education, Environment, Events, News, Our Ocean
| Tags: celebrated, Earth Day 2018, Eco-Jogging activity
The embassy’s economic counselor, Ryan Ballow, handed over a lot of equipment and property donated by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Eco Guards of the Fazao-Malfakasaa National Park in Sokodé on Feb. 2. Tossou Datè K. Akpédjé, the Director of the Ministry of Environment based in Sokodé received the donation, which included over ...
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By U.S. Embassy Lome | 12 February, 2018 | Topics:
Economic Affairs, Environment, Events, News
| Tags: Eco Guards, Embassy Science Fellow, Fish, protect Togo’s wildlife, Wildlife Service
On Saturday September 16, about 500 young volunteers, members and staff of NGOs, ministries and private companies of Lome promptly responded to the call of CAPLO (Club of Friends of the Beach and Oceans) and STADD (Science and the African Technology for Sustainable Development), for a beach clean-up in Lome, thanks to the initiative and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Lome | 19 September, 2017 | Topics:
Alumni, Environment, Events, News, Our Ocean, YALI
| Tags: marine pollution, Our Ocean Conference
On Saturday June 10, more than 600 young people from schools, universities, NGOs and private companies from Lome participated in the World Ocean Day, organized by CAPLO (Friends of the Beach and Oceans) and STADD (African Science and Technology for Sustainable Development), and supported by the US Embassy in Togo. Apart from cleaning up a ...
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By U.S. Embassy Lome | 12 June, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Culture, Environment, Events, News, Our Ocean
| Tags: World Ocean Day
