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Traditional Dance Ends Inspiring Awards Night

Apr 2, 2013

Last Thursday in Oxford, the Skoll World Forum awards ceremony ended in an unusual way: with dancing! Molly Melching, Founder and Executive Director...

Video: Molly Melching Receives the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

Apr 2, 2013

Yesterday, the world looked to Oxford University where Molly Melching and other recipients were presented with the Skoll Award for Social...

Tostan honored this evening at the Skoll World Forum

Apr 2, 2013

This evening at 17:30 GMT, Tostan was presented with the 2010 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Foundation has recognized Molly...

Africa-Middle East Microcredit Summit

Apr 2, 2013

Cody Donahue, Tostan’s Coordinator of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning reports from Nairobi, Kenya on the Africa-Middle East...

Africa-Middle East Microcredit Summit

Apr 2, 2013

Cody Donahue, Tostan’s Coordinator of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning reports from Nairobi, Kenya on the Africa-Middle East...

The Village of Gniling Mbao, Senegal, Completes Tostan's Community Empowerment Program

Apr 2, 2013

The small Senegalese village of Gniling Mbao in the region of St. Louis recently celebrated completion of Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program...

Tostan’s Jokko Initiative: Empowering Communities through Mobile Technology

Apr 2, 2013

THIES, Senegal 19 March 2010: 30 Tostan facilitators traveled from regions across Senegal in order to attend a four-day Jokko Initiative Training...

Tostan Program Participants Share Successes at Inter-Village Meetings

Apr 2, 2013

KAOLACK, Senegal March 2010 -- As a volunteer in the Tostan Kaolack office, I have had the opportunity over the past two weeks to travel with my...

Tostan and Molly Melching receive the 2010 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

Apr 2, 2013

This morning the Skoll Foundation named Tostan as a recipient of the 2010 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Tostan is to be honored at the...

Musicians Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze at Tostan

Apr 2, 2013

Performing in Washington, DC for the first time, Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze visited the Tostan office before their show at Twins Jazz on March...