Tostan

04/09/2026

Khadim Fall Bamba came to Tostan's as an economic planning specialist with active projects already running.

He left with a different starting question. His clearest takeaway from the ten days of training in Thiès on Tostan's community-led education approach was that national visions fail when the public was never part of building them, and the same holds true at community level.

People are co-creators of the solutions that affect them, not beneficiaries waiting on a plan designed elsewhere.

Bamba says he is now going back through his own projects with that distinction in mind, checking where a plan was drawn up before the people it targets had a seat in the room.

Watch his video 👇

24/08/2026

29/05/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 in many rural communities is not ambition or capacity.

It is the absence of financial mechanisms that communities can actually use.

𝐍𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐡'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭.

𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 Tostan Senegal, Tostan Gambia, Tostan Guinea-Bissau 𝟐,𝟓𝟖𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝟗𝟓% 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞.

Every dollar invested circulated an average of 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 before leaving the system.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬

📖 𝐹𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛'𝑠 2025 𝐴𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡.
𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.



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28/05/2026

Eid Mubarak from all of us at Tostan.

To every community we walk alongside, every family celebrating today, every person who believes that dignity and joy belong to everyone this day is for you.

May this Eid bring peace to your home, warmth to your table, and strength to everything you are building together.
Eid Mubarak. 🌙

27/05/2026

🔔 The State of Changemaker Wellbeing Survey closes in THREE DAYS and we'd love for your voice to be part of it!

🌍 When does a survey become more than a survey? When thousands of changemakers from across the globe from grassroots organisers to large foundations, from every sector and every region come together to build the evidence base the field has never had.

💙 The findings being shaped right now will inform research and build the case for real support for the people powering social change worldwide. But every voice that joins between now and May 29 makes those findings stronger, more complete, and more powerful.

🗣️ If your network hasn't had a chance to be part of this yet, there's still time. Three days is enough to make a real difference but only if we act now.

👉 Share the survey with your community before May 29 and help make sure every voice is in it: Link in the Comments.

📅 Closes May 29 Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin–Madison,
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26/05/2026

𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌.

𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌, 𝑻𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒚 joined our partner 𝑺𝑬𝑭 (𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏) 𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒂, 𝑴𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚, 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒚𝒂 🇰🇪 not to launch the Collaborative Research findings/results, but to go back and unpack how the learnings can improve Community-led change.

The field visit was about 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒑𝒆𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂. 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕: 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆?
Did our work actually make a difference?

The Tracer Study findings we shared brought together SEF staff, Board members, community leaders, volunteers, mentors, and development partners because the results belong to everyone who was part of the journey. And because those results will now directly shape SEF's strategy and programming going forward.

This is what evidence-based, community-centred development looks like in practice. Not just measuring outputs but listening, reflecting, and letting communities help define what comes. We are Proud to do this work alongside partners who share that commitment. 🤝

22/05/2026

𝐀𝐭 𝟏𝟑, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞.

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝.

Her story is one of 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟏,𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 through Tostan's community education program across Senegal, Mali, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau.

The movement is growing. 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐋+ 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝟏 𝐌𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝟏 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞" 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to carry it to millions of screens across Africa. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲. It starts with education and dialogue.

20/05/2026

"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎."

Tostan's CEO, Sobel Aziz Ngom, could not have found a better reflection of𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚-𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮.

Their achievements reinforced our conviction that 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔' 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭.
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 👇

13/05/2026

📚✨ Learning was Fatimata's dream. When marriage interrupted her schooling, that dream didn't disappear; it found another way forward. 🌱

Today she trains facilitators 🎤, leads community discussions 🤝, and supports women across Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 who face the same early interruptions she once did. 💛

This is what education looks like when it adapts to people's realities. 🌍✨

🔗 Full article in the comments.

👧🏾📖 💪🏾 🇬🇼

12/05/2026

📢 Have you already added your voice to the first global survey on changemaker wellbeing?

🌍 The State of Changemaker Wellbeing Survey — led by The Wellbeing Project in partnership with the Center for Healthy Minds (University of Wisconsin–Madison) and Humin — is now open to every changemaker, everywhere. Available in 12 languages, fully anonymous, and designed to generate findings that will inform research and real support for the people driving social change worldwide.

💙 We're sharing this with our community because we believe your voice belongs in this research. The more diverse the voices, the stronger and more representative the findings — and the more powerful the case for real, systemic change.

📅 Open April 13 → May 29 Wellbeing Project for Healthy Minds

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬? 🌍✨

𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 💬📊, led by The Wellbeing Project in partnership with the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Humin. 🤝

📝 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬:
⏱️ Takes about 10 minutes
🔒 Fully anonymous and voluntary
🌐 Contributes to a global effort to better understand and support changemakers

By sharing your experience, you help build a collective voice 🗣️ to advocate for stronger support across the social impact sector.

💡 Because caring for changemakers is essential to lasting impact.