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CAMFED Association Member Every year,

CAMFED Association Member millions of girls

CAMFED Association Member are denied their right

CAMFED Association Member to education.

CAMFED Association Member Trapped in a cycle of poverty,

CAMFED Association Member their limitless potentials are wasted.

CAMFED Association Member I was from a poor family.

CAMFED Association Member I was a single orphan.

CAMFED Association Member I was destined to be a child bride.

CAMFED Association Member Right now,

CAMFED Association Member 28 million* girls in sub-Saharan Africa are out of school.

CAMFED Association Member Each girl has the talent and determination.

CAMFED Association Member They simply lack the funds.

CAMFED Association Member But when you educate a girl,

CAMFED Association Member everything changes!

CAMFED Association Member I am a doctor.

CAMFED Association Member I am a social worker.

CAMFED Association Member I am a leader.

CAMFED Association Member I am an advocate of change.

CAMFED Association Member We don’t just think that education can transform lives,

CAMFED Association Member we have lived it.

CAMFED Association Member We were supported to get an education.

CAMFED Association Member Now we are working together,

CAMFED Association Member helping the next generation of girls to go to school.

CAMFED Association Member We are the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED).

CAMFED Association Members Join us! (x7)

Text over white screen *UNESCO latest data (2019): 32.6 million girls of primary & lower secondary school age are out of school in sub-Saharan Africa. *This number rises to 52 million when including girls of upper secondary school age. Together we can change that.