“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;...
In 2016, ByKids supported Ndeye Fatou Fall in sharing the story of how Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program helped transform her community of Keur Simbara. Through her film Walk On My Own, she describes growing up as part of the first generation of girls in her...
Each morning in Sankuleh Kunda, a rural village in The Gambia’s Central River Region, 29-year-old Ramatulay arranges vegetables, spices, and packets of spaghetti outside her home. By evening, she switches to selling candles and small essentials. She doesn’t call...
By Sophie Champagne Donor and Tostan Canada Board member since 2023 After three decades in marketing, I began searching for a meaningful way to give back. I had volunteered on fundraising committees before, but I was craving something deeper and something that would...
By Judy McFarlane I first learned about Tostan several years ago when I met Gail Kaneb and Kelly Baxter. They told me about Molly Melching and what she had accomplished in Senegal and The Gambia. I bought Molly’s book, However Long the Night, and began to understand...
By Gail Kaneb and Alexandra Kaneb Board Members, Tostan Canada In our family, giving back is a tradition. For decades, we’ve worked to make a difference—first in our own community, and later through our family foundation. But it wasn’t until we met Tostan that we...
