There are 37 important ethnical groups in Togo. In the north the Kabre dominates. Togo has about 4.1 million inhabitants.
Compulsory schooling exists for children in the age between six and twelve years.
Mission schools still play an important role in the training system of the state. On 27 April 1960 Togo became independent and in September of the same year they became a member of the United Nations. VUM structured an infrastructure for neiborhoodprojects of the Humanist Movement in Togo. At present the Humansit Movement has 150 local coworkers in Togo. Lacking education, missing equipment, as well as restrictions set by the quasi-democratic government, make communication and the availability and dissemination of information more difficult for, within and about the projects.