WAO-Afrique recognises the importance of reliable and accurate information. For over a decade, WAO-Afrique has made considerable effort in acquiring documentation related to children’s rights in general, with a particular emphasis on child trafficking, child labour, sexual exploitation and abuse. This documentation was then made available to all interested parties and, over the years, WAO-Afrique became increasingly known as a source of information on children’s issues.
In August 2002, with the support of the regional office of Save the Children Sweden, WAO-Afrique opened a Regional Documentation and Information Center on the Rights of the Child in order to augment the number and diversity of the collection and facilitate access to these resources. There are currently more than 300 documents in the collection.
The Center is located at the WAO-Secretariat (Rue des Frères Franciscains, in the district of Adidogome, a suburb of Lome) and is open from 7:30h to 12:30h and 14:00h to 17:00h.