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.
We’re here to support each other on the journey to independence and influence, and in turn send more girls to school. Together, we’re shifting mindsets, and changing the narrative for women in all walks of life. Join us!
Watch the videoOur 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 5.5M children to go to school in Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, including 1.6M girls at secondary school
The CAMFED Association - our powerful network of women leaders educated with CAMFED support - is 254,470 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
This International Women's Day, join our #WeAreGameChangers campaign and watch our sisters on TV and international panels as we embrace equity and act and advocate for girls' education and women's leadership.
View a list of upcoming events about girls' education, women's leadership, and climate action with CAMFED leaders, or catch up on some past events.
Join us as we discuss climate education in the classroom and the community, with equity at its heart. Climate activists Harriet Cheelo and Natasha Lwanda join climate specialists Christina Kwauk and Kartick Kumar, CAMFED Ghana's National Director Sally Ofori-Yeboah and our Executive Director for Enterprise and Climate, Catherine Boyce.
Today, Michelle Obama's Girls Opportunity Alliance announced CAMFED as one of its non-profit collaborators on a new initiative to educate and empower more girls.
CNN’s African Voices Changemakers highlights the leadership of Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa, CAMFED’s Executive Director - Africa, and her sisters in the CAMFED Association, using their lived experience to achieve gender equality, economic development and climate action through girls’ education.
We are thrilled that CAMFED has been awarded the 2021 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to a nonprofit in recognition of extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering.
Mary Madha £120
Joan Deverteuil $50
Roger Walker £500
George Marshall £20
Barbara Ferreira €53
Cheryl Peck $20
Mariama Walker $10
Jacqueline Shaldjian $100
Pete Rodriquez $5
Bamidele Adewola $25
Jack Tappin £33
Jing Ma $10
Derek Juno $580
Marcia Hart $60
Chris Malone $150
