CAMFED catalyzes the power of the most vulnerable girls and young women to create the future they imagine: for themselves, for their communities, and for Africa.
What we do
Through the CAMFED Association, women are leading action on the big challenges their countries face - from child marriage, and girls’ exclusion from education, to unemployment and climate change.
Social justice starts with educated girls, supporting each other to become independent, influential women, working together with communities to provide equal access to tools and opportunities for all.
When women gain access to skills training, resources and opportunities to grow rural enterprises, they gain economic independence and agency, supporting themselves, their families and communities to thrive.
Educated women make choices that reduce future carbon emissions and increase community resilience to climate change, including through leadership for sustainable futures and the adoption of climate-smart technologies.
With your help, we can not only support girls to enroll in school, but ensure that they truly thrive in their education – and beyond.
Be the reason a girl thrivesOur grassroots-led movement is transforming the lives of girls and their communities by educating a new generation of game changers:
Since 1993, we have supported 7.2 million children to go to school in Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, including 2.2 million girls at secondary school
The CAMFED Association - our powerful network of women leaders educated with CAMFED support - is 278,959 strong and counting
Evidence shows that girls supported by CAMFED are three times less likely to drop out of school
Learning outcomes among girls supported by CAMFED have significantly improved, and 95% say they are better able to shape their life goals
CAMFED graduates can join Africa’s largest and fastest-growing sisterhood of leaders, the CAMFED Association. Each member, on average, supports another 3 girls to go to school with her own resources, as well as mentoring and encouraging many more. And as a network of activists, we create employment and opportunity, tackling inequality and injustice.
This is the CAMFED Multiplier Effect, and what Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times calls a “perpetual motion machine” — the positive impact a girl’s education has on others’ lives.
Discover CAMFED's Multiplier Effect
In conversation with Chris, Angie shares her inspiring journey rising to CEO of CAMFED – the very organization that supported her through school and introduces listeners to trailblazing women in the CAMFED Association sisterhood.
Read CAMFED’s 2023 Annual Review to find out how together we are transforming the lives of millions of young people in Africa through education and women's leadership.
At a symposium hosted by the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge, the University of Dar es Salaam and CAMFED, representatives of government Ministries, researchers, global philanthropic organisations and practitioners joined forces to explore how community engagement, women's leadership and a conducive policy environment can provide the perfect recipe for education systems transformation.
Discover the stories of young Zambian women ensuring that all children — including those living with disabilities — can learn and thrive in a changing world.
Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa, CEO of CAMFED, helped found our sisterhood of leaders for girls’ education – the CAMFED Association – 25 years ago. Watch her TED Talk to see the world through the eyes of a girl in rural Africa, find out why school is not enough, and experience the difference that a ‘Big Sister’ can make.
CNN’s African Voices Changemakers highlights the leadership of Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa and her sisters in the CAMFED Association, deploying their lived experience and deep expertise to achieve gender equality, economic development and climate action through girls’ education.
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