Working together to deliver a bold vision to 2030
We are thankful to every member of the CAMFED community for supporting us to deliver on these ambitions and for championing a more equitable world through education.
In 2024, 738,673 girls in Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe newly benefited from economic, social and academic support through CAMFED’s program — putting us well on track to achieve our ten-year goal of reaching 8 million by 2030.
The CAMFED Association of women leaders educated with CAMFED support numbered 312,747 graduates by the end of 2024 — with over a third of that cohort acting in leadership positions in schools and the wider community.
In one year, the number of districts with an active youth-led mentorship program increased by nearly 20% through expanded government integration of CAMFED’s Learner Guide model, as we partner to improve education systems for all children.
Explore CAMFED's 2024 Annual Review“I am proud to be patron of CAMFED and I genuinely do believe educating girls is the foundation of achieving gender equality, promoting women into positions of leadership, and ultimately finding a more peaceful, sustainable, equitable and prosperous future for our world.”The Hon Julia Gillard AC, speaking at the 2024 Transformative Education Symposium
In 2024, nearly 2 million children were reached with social and learning support provided by over 21,000 Learner Guides (peer mentors), an achievement supported by our partnerships with governments. We are working towards a goal of 15 million children benefiting from the My Better World life skills and wellbeing program (delivered by peer mentors) by 2030.
Over 30% of schools with active Learner Guides are part of a government-partnered roll-out, delivering youth-led mentorship in national education systems at scale. Government ownership of this initiative is an important step — testament to CAMFED’s collaborative and respectful engagement that centers the co-creation of bespoke solutions with ministries, communities, women, and girls.
Discover the power of Learner Guides
My aspiration for the Learner Guide program is to see it go worldwide! Learner Guides can help ensure young people are confident and competent in everything they do — in their personal lives, in their career, and in solving local and global challenges.Diris, CAMFED Association policy leader, Tanzania
The CAMFED Association surpassed a third of a million members in 2024. Together, these young women used their own resources to support over 1.1 million children and young people in education — including 694,597 girls at primary and secondary level. Their power was multiplied by the growing global community of dedicated partners and supporters that sits behind our movement — enabling us to support over 50% more children with tailored packages of support than in 2023.
CAMFED Association members also give their time as Learner Guides and Transition Guides, mentoring children in the classroom and offering skills training after graduation, to kickstart lives of independence and influence. As trained Business Guides and Agriculture Guides they are supporting many more women to strike out as entrepreneurs, helping whole communities become better nourished and more prosperous.
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We say ‘it’s all about ubuntu.’ Ubuntu means thriving together; ubuntu means togetherness; ubuntu means humanity for others. This is exactly what CAMFED’s sisterhood is all about. We meet together, and then we go out in the community, we plow back...Harriet, CAMFED Association National Chairperson, Zambia
The launch of the Agriculture Guide program in Ghana and Tanzania means that over 2,000 female champions of sustainable agriculture are now active across five countries.
Together they reached over 20,000 CAMFED Association agripreneurs in 2024, with techniques such as drip irrigation, crop diversification, mulching and crop rotation. This knowledge helped young women to both prepare for and adapt to the unprecedented drought conditions that had a devastating impact in rural communities this year.
We know that food insecurity pushes children out of school and girls into early marriages – hunger inhibits learning, and a lack of surplus crops means families are unable to raise the funds they need to keep their children in school.
Learn more about the work of our Agriculture GuidesAfter graduation, I joined the CAMFED Association and was inspired to start a business through networking in this group. I’m now the proud founder of a seasonal farming business producing organic vegetables. I’ve created paid employment for myself and for my parents. In this way, I can support my young sisters through school, as well as using my profits to buy educational materials for others.Alice, CAMFED Association Entrepreneur, Ghana
In 2024, CAMFED’s CEO, Angeline Murimirwa, was recognized with the continent’s most prestigious education accolade, the Africa Education Medal. She was also honored as “Lebgimsim Naa” (Chief of Development) of the Choggu Traditional Area in Northern Ghana.
CAMFED Zambia scooped the 2024 UNESCO Prize for Women and Girls’ Education; CAMFED Malawi was honored as best promoter of girls’ education by the government; and CAMFED Ghana won an Inspiration for Change Award.
Meanwhile CAMFED was awarded the Al-Sumait Prize for African Development and named a beneficiary of The New York Times Communities Fund for the second year running. Our Agriculture Guide program was awarded the 2024 iF Social Impact Prize, and our fundraising team was recognized with the National Fundraising Award for Best Supporter Experience of the Year.
More about CAMFED's Awards and Prizes
“Education is the best escalator to a better life, for individuals and for countries...Opportunity engine CAMFED [is doing] heroic work advancing girls’ education in Africa.”Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist
This short documentary, made possible by our partners at the Yidan Prize Foundation, explores how technology built with and for youth mentors (CAMFED Learner Guides) in rural Africa is helping young women keep vulnerable children in their communities in school.
A new research report by Aisha D. Sykes explores the methods by which CAMFED is successfully partnering with government entities responsible for education and young people’s lives.
In 2024, we've continued to build and strengthen our movement for girls' education and equality. Thank you for joining us on this journey - together we are multiplying hope and opportunity for girls and young women across Africa!
CAMFED's Lydia Wilbard, an Echidna Global Scholar, presents her findings and recommendations at BROOKINGS policy symposium
Julia Gillard's conversation with our CEO, Angie Murimirwa, charts the journey of a girl financially struggling to stay in school in rural Zimbabwe to a leader at the very top of our organization. Today, Angie spearheads a movement ensuring that generations of girls have the opportunity to learn, thrive and lead - and one day won't have to feel like that's an audacious thing to do.
New research shows that CAMFED’s Learner Guides have become “agents of change” in challenging harmful gender social norms in their communities.
Roly Meddows-Taylor £100
Jake Chang $21.4
Elle West $14
Henry To $2000
Rama Varanasi $25
Perry Dempsey $106
John Saunders $106
Ilene Cooper $14
Sahand ZP £57.4
Sarah Jacobson $50
Dixie Groce $52.9
Carmen Prejean $10
Virginia Robertson $158
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Kathleen Bracken $10
TIME100 Most Influential People
CAMFED CEO, Angeline Murimirwa, named to TIME’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people.
