Togoville
Togo is on the south coast of West Africa bordering Ghana, Burkina Fasa, and Benin. Their official and commerce language is French. Religious beliefs are more indigenous (Native) 51% over Christianity. It is about 29% Christian and other 20% Islam. This area is saturated with Voodoo. According to UNICEF, by 2010, Togo will have 50,000 to 60,000 orphans. In three of five Togolese regions, more than 77,000 children suffer from malnutrition and 18,800 suffer from acute malnutrition. Only 17% of the rural population has access to adequate sanitation facilities.
On a survey trip to Togoville, Vapor's president, Micah McElveen, embraced the desperate need he encountered and began the work of launching a Vapor Sports Center. Micah stated after returning from a survey trip to Togo that “we were shocked to see precious Togolese children with bulging bellies, navels sticking out like a cucumber on some, and hair turned yellow, all from severe malnutrition. The poverty is pretty incredible; the average household income is $350 per year. But, the people love soccer and we felt the average person in the Togoville was fairly desperate for hope and direction. When we told the city elders what we do, they begged us to come in and build a center, so we said yes.”
Christian Nkulikiye was the leader of the Kawangware center in Kenya and has now surrendered to serving as a representative to begin the center in Togo. Christian and his wife Selinah are the Vapor representatives in Togoville, Togo. The Vapor Sports Center is currently under construction.
