 
Contact Address Details:
Tostan
Banjul area head office
PO Box 1740 Banjul
Kololi, Senegambia
Kanifing Municipality, Ksmd
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: +220 4465509
Fax:
4465509
Email:
totstangambia@gmail.com
info@tostan.org
Branches:
Djibouti
Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Senegal
Somalia
Office in Washington DC
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Information:
The Tostan Gambia Chapter is a registered non-governmental
organisation and is a community led non-formal education and
community development project which is headquartered and was
founded in Senegal in 1991.
It currently operates a Community Empowerment Program (CEP)
in 6 African countries and began the program in Gambia in
2007 in partnership with UNICEF in over 150 Upper River Region
communities.
CEP is an award winning scheme which is a 3 year, informal
human rights education program. Tostan organises group talks
and offers training that empowers people to head social change
and development programs within their local urban and rural
communities.
The institutions ultimate aim is to meet the UN Millennium
Development Goals. These are tackling issues related to poverty
& hunger, primary education, gender equality & empowering
women, maternal health, child mortality, HIV / Aids, malaria
& disease, environmental sustainability and global partnership.
Donors:
• anti-slavery
• Comunidad de Madrid
• Nike Foundation
• Radio Sweden Foundation
• Sida
• Sigrid Rausing Trust
• Skoll Foundation
•
Svenska Postkod Lotteriet
• The Caleb Group
• The Greenbaum Foundation
• The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
• UNFPA
• UNICEF
and thousands of private individuals contributions.
Mission Statement:
"Tostan's
mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable
development and positive social transformation based on respect
for human rights."
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