Pamoja West Africa brings together Reflect practitioners from the anglophone, francophone and lusophone countries in the sub region. It is part of Pamoja, the Africa Reflect Network, which has its secretariat in Uganda. The francophone Reflect network started in 1999 when the francophone sub regional office was set up to complement the anglophone office which was already established in Ghana. Since the year 2000 West African Reflect practitioners have been meeting annually and National Pamojas currently exist in Benin, Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo, with developing networks in Liberia and Morocco.
West African Reflect practitioners' meetings:
- 2000 in Bamako, Mali
- 2001 in Banjoul, The Gambia
- 2002 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- 2003 in Accra, Ghana
- 2004 in Kaoloack, Senegal
- 2005 in Siguiri, Guinea Conakry
- 2006 in Bamako, Mali
- 2008 in Dabola, Guinea Conakry
- 2009 in Cotonou, Benin
- 2010 in Banjul, The Gambia, in November 2010
In 2006 the wish to unite Reflect practitioners from the francophone, anglophone and lusophone countries of West Africa as part of the ongoing evolution of the Pamoja network, lead Reflect practitioners' representatives from Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Mali, Guinea Conakry and Nigeria to hold a General Assembly in Bamako to establish Pamoja West Africa. The proposal for the structure and running of the network was formalised at the General Assembly in in Guinea in 2008. Pamoja West Africa was formally registered in Mali as an association on February 18th 2009.
Contact the team
Coordinator: Sue Upton
Assistant: Sissako Namissa Diallo
Pamoja West Africa is housed with Jeunesse et Développement in Bamako, Mali
E-mail: ongjd95@yahoo.fr
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Tel: (223) 2029 3240