Togo: Assigno's Story

12-year-old Assigno lives in the village of Vo Asso Kedji. She has never seen her parents. Some have told her that they are dead; according to others, they are living in Côte D'Ivoire, over 700 kilometres away. Because of her family's poverty, and the fact that she has to help take care of her three sisters, Assigno could not afford the formal government schools.