- The implementation in the prefectures of Sotouboua, Tchamba and Moyen
Mono of the community-based rehabilatation project for children with
disabilities, which paves the way for tidentification and socio-educational
management, motor activities of 3, 000 children with disabilities, of which
1,300 are girls;
- Construction of 5 community-based rehabilitation centres;
- Training of 34 CBR sign language agents and 32 children’s clubs on children
participation;
- Training on inclusive education of pools of national trainers including 3 in sign
language and 3 in braille, who will in turn train trainers at the regional level;
- Subsidy granted in 2012 to NGOs and associations, including the Togolese
Federation of the Association of People with Disabilities (FETAPH) to
undertake awareness-raising campaigns on the rights of people with
disabilities;
- Specialized training for teachers to improve the management and integration of
children with disabilities in all the regions.
- Grants to specialized schools to the tune of 20 million a year since 2012;
- Inclusive education in the experimental phase with support from the NGOHandicap International and FETAPH, in the Savanna and Kara Regions;
- Training of 243 teachers and 1,200 student-teachers in inclusive education (69
in braille; 102 in sign language; 38 in cognitive impairment) in the Savanna
and Kara regions.
390. These efforts are far from meeting the expectantions for the enjoyment of
rights by persons with disabilities. Difficulties persist, on the one hand, in terms of
access to infrastructure and public buildings and to employment, and on the other
hand, in terms of taking into account the reproductive health of women with
disabilities in the training of health personnel.
Articles 19 and 20: Equality of people and the right to existence
391. The Togolese Constitution guarantees equality of people and ensures the right to
existence of every people or ethnic group. Thus, the people or ethnic groups freely
can organise the celebration of their traditional festivals to promote their cultures.
392. Indeed, the celebration of traditional festivals is an opportunity for reunion and
sharing which allows girls and sons of the same ethnic group to go back to their roots,
in order to draw the substance necessary for development from a common historic
and cultural heritage,
393. At school and university level, a cultural week is celebrated every year to enable
pupils and students to share their cultures with others.
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