Where We Work
Where We Work
We partner with communities to implement our Community Empowerment Program (CEP) in five African countries – Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, and The Gambia.
Over 200k direct participants since our founding
Over 2 million people reached through organized diffusion
Over 5.5 million lives positively impacted by the movement to abandon harmful traditional practices
5Where We Work
We partner with communities to implement our Community Empowerment Program (CEP) in five African countries – Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, and The Gambia.
5 countries
200k+ direct participants since our founding
2m+ lives impacted since our founding
Programs
Child Protection Module
The Child Protection Module helps build consensus around human rights and children’s rights while building awareness of the various moral, social, and legal norms that affect children…
Community Development Grants
Community Development Grants are small grants provided to Community Management Committees (CMCs) to help fund community development projects as well as to establish CMC-run microcredit funds…
Peace and Security Project
Our Peace and Security Project works to strengthen and support our proven grassroots strategy of community-led development to improve peace and security in the West African region…
Solar Power! Project
Our Solar Power! Project launched in 2009 in collaboration with the Barefoot College in India, and it aims to address the issue of limited access to electricity by empowering …
Reinforcement of Parental Practices Module
Our Reinforcement of Parental Practices Module aims to reinforce knowledge gained in the Community Empowerment Program that encourages parents and other community members to…
Prison Project
The Prison Project aims to help detainees reintegrate back into their communities through participation in a modified version of the Community Empowerment Program…
Blog
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Young women from a Tostan partner community attend a public declaration to end harmful practices in Matam, Senegal (2018). Kolda, Senegal — Tostan...
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