Population: 6, 031, 808 (CIA website)Official languages: French & approx 25 different tribal languages.
Economy: cocoa, coffee, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish.
Industry: phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages
United Nations HDI (Human Development Index): listed as #152 out of 189 countries (2009). Canada is #4
Mercy Ships project plans:
- Hospital - 2400-2600 surgeries (eye - cataract, maxilo-facial, orthopedics, vesico-vaginal fistulas, general), training surgeons from Togo for these specialties in the OR,
- dental clinic onland, dental assistant training,
- 6 construction projects, well drilling, agriculture teams teaching
- mercy ministries (visiting orphanages, prisons, etc), pastors training/conferences, palliative team, mental health team,
- microeconomics projects (outcasts because of health conditions now healed, returning to their community)
- partnering with local organizations - mission organizations, health care, etc, to come alongside in assistance/encouragement/partnership to their work and to provide followup after the ship leaves.
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