Together, we’re sparking change for the next generation!
Thank you to everyone who supported CAMFED in 2026. Your support has helped young people to learn, thrive and lead in the face of global challenges.
You are part of a powerful movement committed to ensuring that children can learn today, young women can lead tomorrow, and communities can thrive for generations.
Over the course of 2026, our CAMFED Association grew to nearly 400,000 educated young women leaders. Fuelled by their deep commitment and your support, these leaders are helping more than a million children in their communities to access education each year.
No matter how big our ambitions, we never lose sight of the fact that each and every one of the numbers we strive for, is an individual girl, just like I once was, fighting for her place in the classroom and in the world.Angeline Murimirwa, CAMFED CEO
Don’t miss former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and CAMFED Association member and agriculture expert Nancy Musa from Zimbabwe in conversationon the Missing Perspectives podcast. Nancy shares her journey from being a girl financially struggling to stay in school to becoming a successful entrepreneur and business mentor to others. She says: “Hope in action means that we change the world for the better,” as the Hope Prize launches its annual anthology, with royalties supporting CAMFED.
“Through CAMFED, I’ve been able to see the warmth, the inclusivity, the vibrant sense of sisterhood and the determination for change. It’s always life affirming to get to meet those, like Nancy, who are taking the education that CAMFED supported for them, but just building on it and building on it and building on it every day and creating this powerful network that is making a difference locally, regionally, and ultimately across Africa.” — Julia Gillard, Patron of CAMFED
CAMFED is a beneficiary of The New York Times Communities Fund for the fourth year running, selected for its award-winning, grassroots-led model supporting girls in rural communities in Africa to go to school, succeed and lead.
CAMFED and CAMFED’s CEO, Angeline Murimirwa, have today been named as co-recipients of the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize.
Young women leaders, educated with CAMFED’s support, gathered in Ghana for the 2026 CAMFED Association Summit to turn lived experience into action and shape the future.
CAMFED CEO Angeline Murimirwa joins Kate Hampton, CEO, CIFF and Dr. Sam Koojo from Uganda’s Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to explore how development financing can drive more sustainable, locally led change amid shifting aid dynamics.
During a five-day STEM camp in Zambia, girls explored opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and showcased their potential to drive innovation.
Supported through CAMFED’s business training and mentorship, entrepreneurs Agnes, Stumai and Safiki now run successful farming enterprises, processing goods like sunflower cooking oil and cultivating mushrooms or horticultural crops. In turn, they give back to their communities by employing locals, donating school supplies, and training other youth in modern, climate-smart farming techniques.
In March 2026, CAMFED Ghana’s Executive Director, Fairuza Abdul-Rashid Safian, was celebrated “in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the social and economic development of Ghana in the Women’s Empowerment category.” The award was presented in Accra, as part of a range of national level events to mark International Women’s Day.
CAMFED Association members Fadila, Jemima, and Francisca from Ghana speak to the BBC about their journeys from overcoming barriers to education to completing MPhil degrees at the University of Cambridge. As Learner Guides, they now support the next generation of girls and women to navigate similar challenges.
In March 2026, Forbes Africa featured CAMFED CEO Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa in its Over 30 Under 50 list of tenacious leaders acting decisively to make lasting impact. In her interview for the list of powerhouses across the continent, Angie told Forbes, “I bring the child I once was into everything I do.”
Linda, an unstoppable leader in the CAMFED Association from Ghana, steps up as Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Youth Leaders.
In April 2026, the Skoll World Forum in Oxford brought together global changemakers, including members of the CAMFED Association, Africa's fastest growing network of women leaders
This year marks a decade since Julia Gillard, 27th Prime Minister of Australia and inaugural Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, became Patron of CAMFED.
Six CAMFED Association members are leading research into CAMFED’s livelihoods programs in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Vida, a midwife and CAMFED Association Deputy National Chairperson, and Margaret, a CAMFED Association member and CAMFED Programs Officer, speak about the power of girls’ education and women’s leadership on ChannelOne TV.
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