Senegal

Population: 15,020,945 (July 2018 estimate)
Capital: Dakar
Number of communities currently implementing the CEP: 19
Location of Tostan country coordination office: Thiès
Languages used in the CEP: Wolof, Serrer, Fulani, Soninké, Mandinka, Diola, French, English
Regions we work: Dakar, Thiès, Diourbel, Saint-Louis Matam, Tambacounda, Sédhiou, Kolda

Partners: Anti-Slavery International, Peace Corps, Association Demnagal Am, GIE Tambadjiro, Government of Senegal, Mutuelles de Crédit, Path, RADDHO, Solar Household Energy, UNICEF, UNFPA, Gates Foundation, Orchid Project, Ofod Naforé, FODDÉ, La Lumière, Le Centre Conseil ADO de Kolda, ENDA Youth Action, ISU, Coalition of Organisations of Civil Society on Child Marriage, National Technical Committee for FGC Abandonment, Ministry of Justice (Office of Prison Administration), Ministry of Women, Family, and Gender (Office of the Family and Gender and Departmental Services of Community Development), Ministry for Good Governance and the Protection of Children (Office for the Promotion of Children’s Rights), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education (IA IEF and schools), US Embassy in Dakar, Dutch Embassy, Pouponnière de Mbour Vivre Ensemble, Village Pilote, Centre Polyvalent, Methodist Church, RTS, Sud FM, Committee of Former Cutters of Tamba, Planet Wheeler, Social Investors, Cartier Foundation, Radio Sweden, World Children’s Prize, Malin & Lennart Philipson, USAID, Johnson & Johnson, Barefoot College, Association Kawral Ngenar & Bossya (Fouta), Association for the Promotion of Women’s Rights (Fouta), Ganga Bouri (Fouta)

We are currently implementing the Community Empowerment Program (CEP) in 19 communities in two regions in Senegal, Thies and Matam. In addition to the CEP, Tostan Senegal also participates in: the Peace and Security Project in 30 communities across three regions, Kolda, Sedhiou, and Ziguinchor; the Prison Project in six prisons; the Community Development Grants module; and a projet of quranic school modernisation for child protection, in 35 centres across three regions. Previously, Tostan Senegal has implemented the Solar Power! Project and Reinforcement of Parental Practices Module. From 2017, Tostan has been testing a pilot project on citizen engagement for sustainable development in Senegal.

The Tostan Training Center (TTC), which opened to external participants in 2015, is also located in Thies, Senegal. At the TTC, we host international training courses in English and French on its human rights-based approach to community-led development.

Throughout 2018, Community Management Committees (CMC) in Senegal vaccinated 3,324 children under the age of five, enrolled 596 children in school, organized 1,239 community clean-up days, and officially registered 1,028 children for birth certificates.

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