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This uncertainty continues into 2021, affecting millions of children in Africa — including in our partner communities in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Malawi, where Ministries are having to make agonizing decisions about delaying school openings, or closing schools again. Against this backdrop, CAMFED, led by our Association members and bolstered by our community Champions, will continue to safeguard and support the girls we serve.
CAMFED Association members (graduates supported through school by CAMFED) may not have lived through a pandemic before, but they have faced crisis situations — from hunger to bereavement, discrimination to ill health — which threatened to push them out of school permanently. Their expertise in supporting the most marginalized girls to learn will be highlighted in a UNESCO panel discussion themed ‘Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation’ taking place on Monday, January 25.
Our 157,005 leaders will be represented by Patience Mkandawire, a CAMFED Association member from Zimbabwe, part of our movement galvanizing community action for out-of-school students. Her work, alongside her fellow Learner Guides, focuses on narrowing the digital divide that renders children from rural communities without access to online learning:
Amid ongoing school closures, a teacher in Zimbabwe recorded this video – shared via a Learner Guide – to help a student with a question about the circulatory system.
Watch the panel live on Monday, 25 January 2021 at 8:20 a.m. EST, 1:20 p.m. GMT, 3:20 p.m. SAST:
In 2021, our community activists will continue to work with agility and ingenuity to ensure children keep learning, stay safe, and remain hopeful.
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