Supporting girls to learn, earn and accelerate Africa’s economic transformation
In the next phase of our long-standing collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, we’re supporting girls to thrive in school and 62,000 young women to transition…
Lydia Wilbard is conducting vital research. Her Brookings blog explains why.
As a 2024 Echinda Global Scholar, CAMFED's Lydia Wilbard is exploring pathways into educational leadership in Tanzania, with the goal of deepening our understanding of…
Getruda: Education helped me see that I can influence positive change in the world
I’ve been on a transformative education journey with CAMFED, and now I’m plowing back into my community by supporting young women in Tanzania to access…
Rukia, Agripreneur, Tanzania
I am using my profits to improve my life, support my family, and educate my younger brother.
From school student to confident business woman: How I turned my love for baking into a thriving business
I’m passionate about supporting other young women to succeed and have trained 15 of my fellow CAMFED Association sisters in baking.
Day of the African Child 2024
This Day of the African Child (June 16) hear from the girls we serve and from the school community members who will stop at nothing…
Research Symposium: Community action is the bedrock for systems transformation
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…
Earth Day 2024: Young women growing green skills across rural Africa
CAMFED - led by young educated women - is ensuring the most marginalized girls and communities across Africa can build resilience to our changing climate.
Sara: How I cultivated a thriving agribusiness in rural Tanzania–and teach other women to do it too!
I’m now an educated leader and trailblazing agripreneur, committed to plowing back to my community by training other women in climate-smart agribusiness.
New Research: How Learner Guides are shifting gender social norms
New research shows that CAMFED’s Learner Guides have become “agents of change” in challenging harmful gender social norms in their communities.
Video: I’m Shamsa. Count me in to create youth employment!
Because I'm educated, now I'm included in developing sustainable ways to help or to empower youth economy. If you want to create employment for youth,…
Video: I’m Husna. Count me in to protect the environment!
Because I am educated, now I am included in city planning to protect people from climate change. If you want to protect the environment, you…