Outstanding Supporter: Anna's Friends Organize Pop-Up Shop to Raise Funds for Tostan
Tostan supporters play an integral role in building momentum for our community-led development programs. Our Outstanding Supporter Blog Series highlights their creative efforts to inspire support for Tostan in their communities. It […]
Keinti Coulibaly shares her journey to economic empowerment
Keinti Coulibaly, a Community Empowerment Program (CEP) participant, works at the weekly regional market in Sirakorola, Mali, where she cooks small bean and dough pastry snacks, selling them nearly […]
Kathy LeMay’s “Transformation in 2015” – Excerpts
Kathy LeMay is the founder, president and CEO of Raising Change, an organization that “transforms philanthropy and giving.” Kathy recently visited Tostan in Senegal. She has since shared her thoughts […]
Celebrating Tostan’s Empowered Women on International Women’s Day
“The world will never realize 100 percent of its goals if 50 percent of its people cannot realize their full potential. When we unleash the power of women, we can […]
Dallo Tounkara on the Power of a Human Rights Education: “Now I know that my life can change”
A hundred kilometers northeast of Tambacounda, Senegal, we make a right turn off the paved road onto a sandy two-track that gives way into a landscape populated by baobab trees, […]
The Journey of Mamie Drammeh: From child bride to outspoken advocate for the rights of African women
At 33 years old, Mamie Drammeh describes herself as “an African woman who has overcome a lot of challenges”—including forced marriage, childbirth complications, family and in-law problems, and the painful […]
What is a public declaration? A milestone in the movement to abandon FGC and child/forced marriage
In the small community of Vélingara Ferlo in northern Senegal, a large tent is erected. The sun rises in the sky and the heat of the day begins to simmer. […]
Book Excerpt, However Long The Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph, by Aimee Molloy
However Long The Night isn’t just the story of Molly Melching and Tostan. It’s the story of the amazing men and women of West Africa who are leading social change […]
Oxford Student Combines His Love of Sport with Interest in Global Development
Tostan supporters play an integral role in building momentum for our community-led development programs. Our Outstanding Supporter Blog Series highlights their creative efforts to inspire support for Tostan in their […]
Gambian Youth take part in 7th Annual Youth Caravan to Share Knowledge on Human Rights
Tostan’s Youth Caravans in The Gambia give young people the opportunity to share human rights knowledge from Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program (CEP) with community members. From November 24th to […]