The Power of Community-Led Development: A Special Look at Mali

With a firm belief in dignity for all, Tostan implements programs across West Africa to support the most vulnerable communities in their quests for well-being and community development. Our flagship program, the Community Empowerment Program (CEP), is a three-year...

Learning The Tostan Way

Semester at Sea is an experience of a lifetime that provides students with the opportunity to enhance their global perspective about the world around them.  My specific voyage, known as the Atlantic Exploration, takes me and fellow students, faculty, staff, and...

Ensuring Support for Children Orphaned by Ebola in Guinea

The village of Banfélé is located about 10 kilometers outside of the urban municipality of Faranah in Guinea. It is in this small village of four households where eight-year-old Karamo Keïta lives. He comes from a family of three children, all of whom are boys. Like...