Leading Camfed alumna Fiona Muchembere features in a thought-provoking interview about social entrepreneurship with BBC World Service presenter Peter Day.

Interviewed at the 2008 Skoll World Forum at Oxford University, Fiona talks about the power of education to transform lives and strengthen communities. With the support of Camfed, which was founded by social entrepreneur Ann Cotton in 1993, Fiona was the first girl in her rural community in Zimbabwe to attend university. After graduating as a lawyer, Fiona is now in a position to support 22 members of her family through school. (more…)

This short film features Mgata, a teacher-mentor in a school in rural Tanzania who sees it as her mission to help any girl who is on the verge of dropping out of school. Her goal: to provide them with social and financial support, enabling them to finish school and become leaders in their community. (more…)

Walter Turner, the host of KPFA Radio’s “Africa Today”, talks to Fiona Muchembere, one of Camfed’s first beneficiaries, about the manifold benefits of educating girls in rural Africa, and about the problems that arise for girls who are deprived of an education. Click on the play control below to listen to the interview.

Hear from Grammy-nominated singer songwriter and Camfed Board Member Joan Armatrading on the dramatic impact that education can have on a girl’s path in life, and on the health and education of her future family.

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Doreen never went to school, and was married by age 15. In this video, she talks about how learning to make films about subjects that affect her life has given her a sense of purpose and contentment. (more…)

In this short film, we tell the story of Yactina, who dropped out of school and left her family at age 13 so she that could work as a domestic servant. Her hope: to earn enough money to pay her own school fees. (more…)