Since we began, our human rights-based education program has reached more than three million people, resulting in:
The Tostan Model
Our three-year non-formal education program puts rural communities in charge of their own futures. We help communities develop their own vision for development using an approach that is:

HUMAN RIGHTS BASED
Knowledge of human rights and responsibilities is the foundation for learning

RESPECTFUL & INCLUSIVE
Information is shared in a non-judgmental way

HOLISTIC & SUSTAINABLE
Program covers five key impact areas and has sustainability at its core
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Organization Overview: Tostan is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Dakar, Senegal and currently operating in six West African countries. Strategically, the organization is committed to continuing to develop its core competency of empowering education...
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Organization Overview Tostan is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Dakar, Senegal and currently operating in six West African countries. Strategically, the organization is committed to continuing to develop its core competency of empowering education...
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What is your background? I am an Italian national. I left Italy when I was 22 to get my Master's from the Science Po graduate school in Paris. I had always been interested in the world outside of Italy and I seized any possible opportunity to meet people from...
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