News & Stories
African Youth Wellbeing Challenges at the Forefront of the Hearth Summit Thiès
Thiès, September 30, 2024 – From October 7 to 9, 2024, Tostan is hosting the second edition of the Hearth Summit Thiès (Senegal), a wellbeing summit...
Mariatu Cande : Championing Human Rights in Guinea Bissau
In 2021, Mariatu Cande, a dynamic leader from Carauasse in Guinea-Bissau’s Gabu Region, stepped forward as a powerful voice for women’s rights and...
“Listen carefully…Support people to build upon what they already know.”- Cheikh Anta Diop
It all began with a library book. It was May, 1975 and I had recently arrived in Senegal, learning Wolof and studying at the University of Dakar. I...
AMFE, Grow Academy and Tostan launch the « Let’s give them wings » project in Matam
Matam, June 12, 2024 – The Association pour le Maintien des Filles à l'École (AMFE), Grow Academy and Tostan launched the “Donnons-leur des ailes”...
Long-Lasting Social Change From the Bottom-Up
Earlier this year, Elena Bonometti, was featured on an episode of System Catalysts, sharing Tostan's approach to wellbeing and our experiences with...
In Dakatéli, 27 communities proudly declare abandonment of female genital cutting and child marriage
Kédougou, May 26, 2024- On Sunday, twenty-seven communities in the Kédougou region (Southeast Senegal) organised a public declaration to promote...
In Senegal, Daga’s pledge to empower girls in her village
In southern Senegal, Daga Baldé has become a passionate advocate for girls' and women's education. Denied the opportunity to complete her own...
Spotlighting Women and Men, Change Drivers in Tostan’s community partners
In Tostan's community partners in Senegal, Gambia, Mali and Guinea Bissau, many women and men are at the forefront of advances in equal access to...
Tcherno Seide: The Imam Leading the Movement to Abandon FGC in Guinea-Bissau
Tcherno Malam Seide is a young imam who serves as the child protection officer for the Sintchan Alanso community in the Bafatá Region of...
A Teacher’s Journey : Change Through National Languages
In the heart of The Gambia, Muhamadou B. Drammeh, a teacher, had a transformative idea: ‘What if children in his country who have never been to...
Press release: In Thiès, Tostan hosts an inaugural African gathering on Wellbeing
Thiès, November 22, 2023 – From the 29th of November to the 1st of December 2023, Tostan is hosting in Thiès, Senegal, a unique African gathering: The Wellbeing Summit Dakar-Thiès 2023.
“Tostan taught us with a lot of patience and love”: Sene’s story from Guinea Bissau
Despite notable efforts by the Guinea Bissau Government and development partners, communities continue to face a complex set of challenges in the health, education, economic, environmental sectors and in activities related to the exercise of their citizenship.
Webinar: How can partnerships elevate evidence-based approaches for community-led development?
On Thursday 5th October, 2023, Tostan hosted a globally reaching webinar in partnership to ask: How can partnerships elevate evidence-based approaches for community-led development?
Gambia: Stories from the Field
Tostan’s Chief Partnerships Officer Carina Ndiaye visited communities across Gambia in 2023 as part of joining the organization and learning from our grassroots partners. Here, in a love letter to the county, Carina shares how she was surprised, awe-struck and heartened by the lessons and stories shared by community leaders along the way.
