Togo Launches CFA8.3bn Project to Boost Social Services in the Savanes

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Friday, 27 June 2025 09:25

Togo Launches CFA8.3bn Project to Boost Social Services in the Savanes

(Togo First) - Togo has launched a new project to improve access to basic social services in the Savanes region, the northern part of the country. The initiative, titled “Improving Equitable and Sustainable Access to an Integrated Package of Essential Services for Children in Northern Togo through a Cohesion Approach,” was officially launched on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, with total funding of CFA8.3 billion.

The program focuses on strengthening services in education, health, water, sanitation, hygiene, and social protection, particularly for children, including those displaced by the ongoing security crisis linked to the spillover of Sahel conflicts, as well as host communities in affected areas.

The project is primarily financed by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), contributing CFA7.8 billion. UNICEF is providing CFA485.48 million, and the World Food Programme (WFP) is contributing CFA59.87 million. Implementation is scheduled for 2025 to 2029.

Structured around three key components, the project aims to improve health, education, and sanitation systems for children in three age groups: 0 to 5 years, 6 to 12 years, and 13 to 18 years. The goal is to ensure integrated and equitable access to essential services from early childhood through adolescence.

The initiative also seeks to improve the quality of public spending in the social sectors by promoting more efficient resource allocation toward high-impact programs and reducing administrative costs.

“Korea is ready to support this project in northern Togo, and implementation must begin immediately,” said Dong Hyun Lee, KOICA Country Director. For his part, Edjéou Essohanam, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Development Planning and Cooperation, emphasized that funding should be directed primarily toward the most vulnerable areas.

This new project builds on efforts launched since 2021 by technical and financial partners to support populations in northern Togo amid the persistent security crisis.

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