[PORTRAIT] Tibou Kambaye is passionate about teamwork
[NIGERIA] Sharing Tostan’s model
Tostan first started training partners in Nigeria in 2015. This expanded in 2020 with Tostan pursuing a wider partnership strategy with a range of international, government, religious leaders networks and Civil Society Organization (CSO) networks/stakeholders to...
[MALI] International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Tostan participates today in the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula in Mali, in the region of Koulikoro. Over the past several years, Tostan has enabled hundreds of women in the Koulikoro region suffering from fistula to receive medical treatment...
[MALI] Towards well-being and dignity for all
Tostan Mali launched local consultations on Tostan's 2030 Strategic Engagement Plan in Bamako. Aminata Dembélé, in charge of cleaning and cooking at Tostan's national office in Bamako testifies: "My participation in this consultation gives me the feeling...
[STAFF STORIES] Get to know the Amazing Teams behind our work!
Tostan's community successes and achievements over the last three decades have been made possible by Tostan’s incredible staff. It is their dedication and commitment to empowering partner communities that every day advances Tostan’s vision of dignity for all....
[THE GAMBIA] Balanced diet food supplement for malnourished children
In the month of March 2022, the Community Management Committees (CMCs) and Facilitators from the communities of Dobo, Yonna, Tankong Kunda and Kunting gathered at Dobo Community and helped the CMC cook a balanced diet food supplement for seven malnourished children...
[PORTRAIT] Drissa Diarra, a passionate social mobilization agent
[PORTRAIT] Oumou Diop leads community’s meetings
[SENEGAL] Marième Bamba, an award-winning woman leader
THROWBACK TO 2022 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY Marième Bamba is a woman in her fifties from Soudiane, a village located in the department of Fatick in Senegal. She is a very dynamic woman and mother of four children who used to work in agriculture and trade...
[THE GAMBIA] Tostan’s celebrating 30 years in Basse
Today Tostan in The Gambia commemorated Tostan's 30 years anniversary in our offices in Basse! This was witnessed by partner communities in URR and CRR, but also Social Mobilization Agents, women leaders, district and technnical advisers community...
[PORTRAIT] Youssouph Sané, from Sédhiou to girls’ empowerment
[SENEGAL] Women of Tostan: Marième, From Child Bride to Changemaker
To mark Women’s History Month, we are highlighting a woman whose story returns to us again and again, bringing with it a new triumph each time. She is constantly evolving and growing as her passion for telling others what she’s learned and for helping her...
[PORTRAIT] Fatoumata Oury Tamega, dignity for all as a motivation
Kër Tostan, a physical space to celebrate Tostan’s last 30+ years
Tostan celebrated its 30th anniversary with a series of activities during the week of March 14-18, 2022 at the Tostan Training Center (TTC) in Thiès. It was a moment of sharing, testimonies, communion, filled with love and emotions. The official celebration...
[SENEGAL] Women of Tostan: Penda’s Voice of Change
During the month of March, we’re continually inspired and impressed by the Women of Tostan. From our Tostan staff leaders to the women who have participated in our CEP and have become leaders in their community. They’ve found their voice and use it...
[SENEGAL] International Women’s Day: Tostan with the prisonners of Kaolack prison
Leaders, development change makers, at the heart of lives... the important place of women in society in general is no longer questioned. Every year, Tostan celebrates International Women's Day in Senegalese prisons. This year, on March 8, 2022, the choice was...
[SENEGAL] The Awe-Inspiring Women of Tostan
Time to get inspired! From our staff to our program participants, every Tostan Woman is an inspiration to us as they work to help the people around them and strive for a better life. That’s why we’re celebrating the Women of Tostan. During the month of...
[SENEGAL] Tostan Youth Hub: a new community-led-development concept
Youth - Entrepreneurship - Innovation Three key factors for success and development. Tostan is an international NGO that does not exclude any age group in the execution of its program, the CEP (Community Empowerment Program). Therefore, the NGO in close...
[PORTRAIT] Finté Boiro, a human rights passionate
[SENEGAL] Tostan and the Reinforcement of Parental Practices
This Wednesday, February 23, 2022, under the presidency of the administrative and local authorities, Tostan launches the Reinforcement of Parental Practices, project funded by Bezos Family Foundation and VROOM in the department of Medina Yoro Foulah, in the...