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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

 

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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