Senior Manager for Tostan Training CenterTostan
Birima began working with Tostan in 2006 as bilingual trainer and program officer at Tostan International, mainly to expand the Tostan Community Empowerment Program (CEP) in West and East Africa. From 2011 to 2013, he oversaw part of Tostan’s expansion to East Africa as the National Coordinator for Tostan in Somalia. Upon his return to Senegal in 2014, Birima began working at the Tostan Training Center (TTC) as deputy project manager to prepare the TTC for trainings both logistically and pedagogically. During the first pilot trainings at the TTC, he worked as Manager of Training and Pedagogy, mostly focusing on designing content and facilitating training sessions. In his current role, Birima oversees the Tostan Training Center, which has trained more than 600 participants of 49 nationalities since 2015. Tostan’s training participants are mostly religious and traditional leaders, human rights activists, NGO workers and individuals who seek more experience on women and girls’ empowerment, on community- led development and promotion of peace and wellbeing in their communities.