About Us
Pamoja West Africa brings together 12 national networks of Reflect practitioners and supporters (National Pamojas) from anglophone, francophone and lusophone countries in the sub region and it is part of Pamoja, the Africa Reflect Network.
West African Reflect practitioners have been implementing a range of networking, capacity building and advocacy activities since the year 2000 and today National Pamojas exist in Benin, Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo, with a developing network in Morocco. Pamoja West Africa was registered in Mali in 2009.
The network aims to promote and facilitate access to quality lifelong learning for adults and young people in order to contribute to equitable and sustainable development in West Africa. It advocates for literacy to be made a priority in all countries of the subregion and promotes the use of the Reflect approach as an effective tool for empowering communities, social change, literacy and learning.
The 2011 Annual Meeting completed and validated the strategic plan 2011-2015 which has five specific objectives:
- To contribute to increasing adult literacy rates in member countries
- The establishment and monitoring of national Non Formal Education policies in member countries
- The allocation of at least 3% of national education budgets to literacy programmes in member countries
- To encourage the use of Reflect and shared learning from good practices
- The establishment of effective mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the implementation of commitments to youth and adult education
