The Wellbeing Summit Dakar-Thiès 2023
Regional Wellbeing Summits
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ABOUT THE SUMMIT
“In the spirit of teraanga: for openness and sharing”
The Wellbeing Summit Dakar-Thiès, hosted by Tostan, was a transformative gathering aiming to empower individuals, organizations and communities to foster wellbeing in professional, personal and community settings.
In an increasingly challenging global context, a focus on holistic wellbeing has never been more relevant, especially for those at the center of social change and wellbeing efforts.
In Senegal and across West Africa, when challenges arise, a gathering – referred to as a “pénc” in the local language of Wolof – is called to bring together the whole community for discussion.
Tostan is delighted to be part of this global movement and to host an African-based, African-led, globally-connected, Regional Wellbeing Summit to explore the intersection of wellbeing as a global goal and wellbeing as a daily practice in our organizations, communities, and personal lives.
Over three days at Tostan’s Training Center in Thiès, Senegal, participants: shared proven experience, cutting-edge theory, and practical approaches to supporting wellbeing; guided fellow participants on a journey of self-reflection, mindfulness, and inner wellbeing; and explored the intersection of organizational, community, and collective wellbeing.
INTERCONNECTED WELLBEING FOR ALL
KEY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
The programme took changemakers on a journey connecting wellbeing on the individual, organizational, societal, and planetary levels, exploring themes such as:
- “The Africa We Want To See”: Pan-African perspectives on and aspirations for wellbeing
- Youth empowerment and intergenerational wellbeing
- Feminism and gender equality
- Mental health for all, particularly children and young adults
- Trauma, healing, and resilience
- Indigenous cultural and artistic preservation and revival in the modern era
- Spirituality and inter-faith dialogues
- Individual and collective wellbeing practices
- Governance and economic models for wellbeing
- Plastic pollution, waste management, and climate change
In the Spirit of Teraanga
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Three Days at the Heart of the Pan-African Wellbeing Movement
RELIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE SUMMIT
SPEAKERS
The Wellbeing Summit Dakar-Thiès welcomed activists, NGOs, community leaders, academics, policymakers, and practitioners working in the field of sustainable development and human rights from across the African continent.
Young people and women leaders who play a crucial role in driving positive change within their communities were particularly encouraged to join the event. The Summit was an inclusive gathering, welcoming individuals and organizations from Africa and beyond who are committed to fostering wellbeing and social transformation.
The event’s amazing line-up of speakers and artists featured leaders such as:
- Ame David, Regional Capacity Development Specialist, Global Fund for Children
- Nafissatou Diop, Director, Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend, UNFPA
- Sister FA, Senegalese singer, rapper and activist
- Sobel Ngom, CEO, Consortium Jeunesse Senegal
- Fatim Soumaré, Senegalese artist
- Yafane, Senegalese artist
WORDS FROM THE ORGANIZERS
WORDS FROM THE ORGANIZERS
“The potential challenge of a decline in wellbeing is especially relevant in West Africa, where a social sector already confronted in recent decades by major issues — in health, education, economic hardship and many others — now faces many new challenges simultaneously – as climate change joins pandemics, challenges to peace and security and the erosion of democracy, and increasing inequality.
Yet West Africa also has many positive aspects and major contributions to make to our world.”
THE WELLBEING SUMMIT DAKAR-THIÈS
In The News
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HOSTED BY
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO THESE GENEROUS SPONSORS, FUNDERS, AND PARTNERS
CGF Gestion, Consortium Jeunesse Sénégal, Fondation Sococim, Ford Foundation, Girls Not Brides, Global Fund for Children, MIYA, Partcours, Rescapart, The Carter Center, The Wellbeing Project, Wellbeing Economy Alliance, Yaakaar Youth Hub, and Zéro Dechet Senegal
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