Since we began, our human rights-based education program has reached more than five million people across eight African countries.
Women’s Empowerment
women have been selected into leadership positions in their communities, with many running for public office
Health
people live in communities that publicly declared their intention to end female genital cutting
Child Marriage
communities have publicly declared that their daughters will not marry before the age of 18
The Tostan Model
Our three-year, non-formal education program puts rural communities in charge of their own futures. We support our partner communities to define and fulfill their own vision for wellbeing, allowing them to create positive and lasting social transformation. Our approach is:
HUMAN RIGHTS BASED
Knowledge of human rights and responsibilities forms the foundation for learning
RESPECTFUL & INCLUSIVE
Information is shared in a non-judgmental and participatory way, using local languages
HOLISTIC & SUSTAINABLE
The program has impact across multiple issues, with sustainability at its core
Ndéye Fatou’s Story: Walk On My Own
In Walk On My Own, 13-year-old Ndeye Fatou Fall tells the story of her community in Senegal and the social transformation they have sparked to end harmful practices and ensure education, self-determination and wellbeing for girls and women.
News and Stories
Shifting social norms in southwest Ethiopia: What Lale learned at the Tostan Training Center
“My experience at the Tostan Training Center was extremely insightful,” says Lale Labuko, “and greatly impacted my way of thinking and leading, as well as the course of action at Omo Hope. It helped me to see a different approach to solving our current challenges....
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Community comes together to support young Hawa’s education
Hawa is a 14-year-old girl from Sare Mamudou, one of the 30 communities undergoing Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program (CEP) in the Gambia. She is an exemplary student who ranked first of her 6th grade class in early 2019. Hawa’s father passed away when she was in...
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Empowered CMC leads the way to sustainable health for women and children in Song Kunda!
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This African proverb is ever so fitting to Song Kunda, a remote village located in the Upper River Region, Kantora District, and one of the first villages in the Gambia to participate in...
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“I have seen the importance of Tostan for my village in just three months of activity. The program reinforces peace within families, between people, between women and their husbands.”
- Drissa Sidibé, Village Chief of Tiéssoula, Mali.
"Knowledge is not only acquired in a formal school setting. We begin to gain knowledge at home. Sometimes people enter communities and use negative language: these are illiterates, under privileged, poor people who cannot learn. We judge the people. Tostan believes that everybody can learn, whether in their own language or in a foreign language, and people usually, when you speak to them in their language, it really touches their heart.
- Abraham Opoku-Baffour, participant in the July training, minister, and Director of the Christian Council of Ghana.
Witness Tostan Program Officer Godfrey Okumu, two Tostan Training Center Alumni, and several other Human Rights Defenders, #InTheirOwnWords
This #HumanRightsDay Tostan celebrates deep values aThe Carter Centerer defenders in this slide show.
Our collective impact is enhanced by partners like The Carter Center who convene us and elevate this work! #dignityforall
Le coordinateur national de Tostan Guinée, Mouctar Oulare, démontre l'engagement constant de Tostan pour le développement de la jeunesse, en partageant son expérience professionnelle et son parcours de leadership avec des jeunes entrepreneurs. Pour rappel, Tostan Guinée atteindra 80 autres communautés en 2020 et accompagnera plus de 600 jeunes leaders. #dignitépourtous
#INTERNSHIPOPPORTUNITY: supporting the GPM (Grant and Project Management) team for coordinating and tracking project progress and developing new proposals.
Tostan is seeking a Project Management Intern for a 6 month period starting in January. Send your CV and cover letter to hr@tostan.org or apply via www.tostan.org/get-involved/join-our-team/
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Get Involved Join Our Team We are comprised of talented, committed people ranging from program officers to Community Empowerment Program facilitators, directors to volunteers and interns. Each individ...JOIN US ON TWITTER
