 
Contact Address:
Tostan
Kololi, Senegambia
Banjul area Head office
PO Box 1740 Banjul
Kanifing Municipality
The Gambia
West Africa
Tel no: +220 4465509
Fax:
4465509
Email: info@tostan.org
totstangambia@gmail.com
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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."
Branches:
Djibouti
Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Senegal
Somalia
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