Numbers show that a contribution has been made. Projects show what can grow from it.

ebalta is a specialist in plastic solutions, including resin systems, silicones and materials for model making, mould making and toolmaking.

As part of PROJECT TOGO, ebalta helped support a palm oil mill for the women’s cooperative in Kotokope. It makes local processing easier and creates better conditions for the cooperative to organise its work more independently.

Contribution idea: The palm oil mill strengthens the economic self-organisation of a women’s cooperative.

Contribution: Palm oil mill for the women’s cooperative in Kotokope
Website: www.ebalta.com

Fattoria La Vialla is a family-run organic and biodynamic farm in Tuscany. The company produces, among other things, wine, olive oil, pasta, sauces and cheese, and sells its products directly from the farm.

As part of PROJECT TOGO, La Vialla supported the area of agroforestry. Agroforestry connects agriculture with trees and shrubs – strengthening soils, yields and local livelihoods.

Contribution idea: Agroforestry connects agriculture, soil development and long-term food security.

Contribution: Support for agroforestry
Website: www.lavialla.com

Anton Debatin is a packaging specialist from Bruchsal. The company develops packaging and shipping solutions, including for logistics, documents, security and sensitive transports.

As part of PROJECT TOGO, Anton Debatin helped support around 50 beehives. The beehives support the development of local beekeeping – connecting income, local knowledge and biodiversity.

Contribution idea: Beekeeping can open up additional income opportunities for families while also strengthening ecological diversity locally.

Contribution: around 50 beehives for PROJECT TOGO
Website: www.debatin.de

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, also known as HEIDELBERG, is a technology company and solution provider for the printing and packaging industry. The company develops solutions for offset printing, digital printing, packaging production, software, service and consumables, among other things.

As part of PROJECT TOGO, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen helped support a community house and a well in Fokpo.

In a rural project region, a well changes everyday life in a very practical way. Water is needed every day: for drinking, cooking, washing, hygiene, animals, small gardens and many tasks that only seem self-evident when water is easily available.

When water has to be fetched over longer distances, it costs time, energy and organisation. A nearby well can shorten routes, improve supply and relieve families in everyday life. At the same time, it creates more reliability for health, hygiene, small agricultural activities and shared community use.

The community house complements this contribution on another level. It creates a fixed place where people can come together. In a village community, this is important: for meetings, training, joint decisions, conflict resolution, planning and the organisation of local projects.

Such a place makes community more visible. It gives meetings a framework, creates commitment and makes it easier to share responsibility. Especially in projects such as PROJECT TOGO, where many building blocks are connected – reforestation, education, agriculture, water, local initiatives – spaces are needed where people can coordinate, explain and think ahead together.

The contribution by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen therefore connects two very concrete foundations: water for everyday life and a place for community and organisation. Both strengthen not only individuals, but the village community as a whole.

Contribution idea: Water and meeting places strengthen everyday life locally – practically, collectively and for long-term use.

Contribution: Community house and well in Fokpo
Website: www.heidelberg.com

For many generations, Ackermann has stood for high-quality calendars with strong imagery – from nature and landscape photography to art and themed calendars. The calendars are produced in Germany; paper, printing and the connection to forests play a special role for the company.

The company helped support tree donations for the Ackermann corporate forest. The contribution supports the development of forest areas and makes visible that contribution also becomes concrete where companies have a direct connection to paper, images and nature. Especially in forest projects, it is not only the planting itself that matters. What is decisive is that areas are maintained, protected and developed over the long term.

Contribution idea: The Ackermann corporate forest connects paper, nature and responsibility – visibly, long-term and in line with the company’s own history.

Contribution: Tree donations / Ackermann corporate forest
Website: www.ackermann-kalender.de

The EDEKA network is one of the leading food retailers in Germany and is organised as a cooperative. It connects independent retailers, regional structures and local supply. EDEKA helped support tree plantings in Germany. This contribution stands for regional forest ecology: developing native forest areas, strengthening biodiversity and making areas more resilient.

Contribution idea: Contribution can also have a regional impact – through tree planting, forest ecology and the development of resilient areas.

Contribution: Tree planting in Germany
Website: www.edeka.de

Gebrüder Weiss is an international transport and logistics company based in Lauterach, Austria. The company offers transport, warehouse logistics, supply chain solutions and digital services, among other things.

As part of PROJECT TOGO, Gebrüder Weiss helped support two cargo trikes and bicycles. Mobility is a very practical building block in project work: people, materials and tools need to get to where they are needed. This makes routes, transport and daily processes easier locally. In this way, project work becomes more mobile – quite literally.

Contribution idea: Mobility makes project work easier: routes become shorter, transport becomes simpler and support arrives more effectively.

Contribution: two cargo trikes and bicycles
Website: www.gw-world.com

Long Story Short makes complex business topics easier to access – with self-checks, clear questions and guidance for everyday business.

As part of PROJECT TOGO, Long Story Short supported the project with 25,000 euros. The contribution creates room for local initiatives, infrastructure, organisation, materials or training – wherever support is currently needed on the ground.

Contribution idea: Free project funding creates flexibility – and helps make work possible where it is needed at that moment.

Contribution: 25,000 euros for PROJECT TOGO
Website: www.long-story-short.xyz

The Togo-Förderverein Rheda-Wiedenbrück has supported concrete projects in Togo for many years – from education and well construction to women’s initiatives and local development.

In PROJECT TOGO, the association helped support a vegetable plantation and the dredging of a small lake. The contribution connects agriculture and water: the plantation strengthens local supply and potential income sources, while the lake improves water availability and irrigation locally.

Contribution idea: Agriculture needs water, knowledge and reliable structures – the contribution strengthens exactly these foundations locally.

Contribution: Vegetable plantation and dredging of a small lake
Website: www.togo-foerderverein.de

Interquell Petfood is part of Interquell GmbH and stands for pet food, including brands such as Happy Dog, Happy Cat, Goood and fisch-fit.

In PROJECT TOGO, Interquell helped make an experiment in the area of herding dogs possible. This supported a practical approach that connects animal husbandry, herd protection and local project work.

Contribution idea: The contribution helps test new solutions locally – practical, animal-related and close to people’s everyday lives.

Contribution: Experiment in the area of herding dogs in Togo
Website: www.iq-petfood.de

Sonepar Deutschland is an electrical wholesaler with a broad range of products and services related to procurement, logistics and electrical products.

Sonepar is involved in ecological projects in various German regions – including plantings and peatland rewetting. This means the contribution stands for regional contribution: wherever native ecosystems are strengthened, areas developed and natural carbon sinks restored.

Contribution idea: Contribution can also have a regional impact – through plantings, peatland rewetting and ecological development locally.

Contribution: Regional plantings and peatland rewetting in Germany
Website: www.sonepar.de

CERTANIA is an international group for testing, inspection and certification. The company bundles testing, inspection and certification services for various industries.

CERTANIA supports PROJECT TOGO with financial donations. Such contributions create room for project work that cannot always be reduced to one single element: organisation, materials, local initiatives or practical support on the ground.

Contribution idea: Financial project funding creates room for action – and helps make work possible where it is needed at that moment.

Contribution: Financial donations for PROJECT TOGO
Website: www.certania.com

The Tourismus-Agentur Lübecker Bucht makes the Bay of Lübeck tangible as a holiday region and connects tourism, leisure and regional communication.

The Tourismus-Agentur Lübecker Bucht made a tree learning trail possible in PROJECT TOGO. Such a learning trail makes nature, trees and ecological connections tangible – especially for children, young people and local people who can experience and better understand the project.

Contribution idea: The tree learning trail connects education and nature – and makes ecological development locally understandable.

Contribution: Tree learning trail in Togo
Website: www.luebecker-bucht-ostsee.de

va-Q-tec develops technical solutions for thermal energy efficiency and temperature-controlled supply chains.

The company supported forest edge design in the Rhön. At first, this may sound unspectacular – but ecologically, it is very important. Forest edges are not simply boundaries between forest and meadow. They are transition spaces: places where different habitats, light conditions, plant species and animal species meet.

A well-designed forest edge has a graduated structure: with herbs, grasses, shrubs, young trees and larger woody plants. Exactly this diversity creates habitat for insects, birds, small mammals and many other species. At the same time, a stable forest edge protects the forest behind it – for example from wind, drying out and strong temperature fluctuations.

Many people first think of tree planting when they think of forest projects. But forest ecology often begins at the edges. This is where it becomes clear how resilient a forest will be to heat, drought, storms and other pressures. A species-rich forest edge can retain water better, promote biodiversity and make the transition between forest and open landscape more vibrant.

The forest edge design in the Rhön therefore shows very clearly how regional contribution can become concrete: not through a symbolic planting campaign, but through the ecological enhancement of an area intended to create more stability and diversity over the long term.

Contribution idea: Forest edge design strengthens regional ecology – where diversity, protection and climate adaptation come together.

Contribution: Forest edge design in the Rhön
Website: www.va-q-tec.com

BEKO TECHNOLOGIES develops components and systems for the treatment of compressed air, compressed gas and condensate technology.

BEKO TECHNOLOGIES supported PROJECT TOGO with 40 bicycles. In the project region, bicycles are a very practical contribution: they make routes easier, improve mobility and help better connect work, school, everyday life and project organisation.

Contribution idea: Bicycles create mobility – and make everyday life, routes and project work easier locally.

Contribution: 40 bicycles for PROJECT TOGO
Website: www.beko-technologies.com