Official website (http://www.tostan.org/)
Tostan
Sign in to saveTostan (meaning "breakthrough" in Wolof) is a US-registered 501(c)(3) international non-governmental organization headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. The organization's mission is "to empower communities to develop and achieve their vision for the future and inspire large-scale movements leading to dignity for all" in several West African countries, including Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Mali, and Mauritania.
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- Revenue
- 8423710
- Official website
- www.tostan.org
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- inception
- 1991-00-00
- donations
- 8518561
- Commons category
- Tostan
- total assets
- 5253773
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Work on intersecting issues
- Approach
- Theory of change
- Community Empowerment Program
- Changes to the CEP
- Other programming
- Modified CEP Programming
- Partners, awards and recognition
- See also
- References
- External links
Tostan (meaning "breakthrough" in Wolof) is a US-registered 501(c)(3) international non-governmental organization headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. The organization's mission is "to empower communities to develop and achieve their vision for the future and inspire large-scale movements leading to dignity for all" in several West African countries, including Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Mali, and Mauritania.
Tostan takes a holistic, integrated approach to development by facilitating human rights-based, non-formal education programs, most notably the Community Empowerment Program (CEP), which aims to support and empower participants and communities to lead their own development. The organization employs over 500 people and works to foster and promote community engagement in projects relating to literacy, health and hygiene, child welfare, human rights and democracy, environmental sustainability, and economic empowerment.