Tostan [to 8 November 2014]
November 7, 2014

Sewing and cloth dyeing skills training for detainees in Diourbel Prison
From the 20th to the 29th of October 2014, under the umbrella of the Community Empowerment Program(CEP), the Tostan Prison Project team delivered a training workshop in cloth dyeing.
This was the inaugural training workshop following the launch of the Prison Project in Diourbel in September 2014. 15 detainees took part in the workshop, which was overseen by Madame Awa Fall, an expert in the art of dyeing, who had herself taken part in the CEP whilst in prison. She had received a presidential pardon, and now provides training in dyeing in the five prisons where Tostan offers the CEP…