“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”
-African proverb
This International Development Week, we are celebrating the power of partnership. At Tostan, lasting prosperity doesn’t come from solutions imposed from the outside; it grows when communities lead, and when local actors, governments, civil society, and funders work together.
For over 30 years, Tostan’s community-led approach has shown that when women are empowered, education is strengthened, and human rights are upheld, entire communities thrive. Progress is not achieved alone, it’s built together.