CAMFED shortlisted for the Charity Awards 2016
CAMFED has been shortlisted for the Charity Awards - the longest-running and most prestigious awards scheme in the charity sector. This recognition is for our…
Skoll World Forum 2016: A Young Leader Reflects
Diana N-Peline Kombui, a CAMFED scholar from Ghana, reflects on her experiences at the Skoll World Forum. As a representative of CAMFED’s CAMA alumnae network,…
Walking the path together: collective action drives gender parity in rural Africa
Young women leaders in the CAMA alumnae network demonstrated their deep commitment to collective action for gender parity this March. They celebrated International Women’s Day…
Video: We are CAMFED
The inspiring women in this film are all part of the Campaign for Female Education’s unique alumnae network, CAMA. Supported to get an education, they…
Julia Gillard Becomes Patron of CAMFED
Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia, Chair of the Global Partnership for Education, and Distinguished Fellow with the Center for Universal Education at Brookings,…
Graça Machel provides support and inspiration to CAMFED’s alumnae leaders
Young women leaders from across CAMFED’s pan-African alumnae network were honoured and inspired to meet with Graça Machel in Johannesburg this week. Mrs. Machel, the…
Introducing Rural Africa’s Change Makers
On a visit to meet with UK partners and colleagues, Nasikiwa Duke, CAMFED Tanzania’s Program Manager for Young Women’s Empowerment, told the remarkable story of…
#CAMFEDcan change the world: new campaign launched
Sending girls to school in some of the most remote regions of Africa is a difficult proposition. Because of the daunting nature of the challenge,…
FT Technology: “CAMFED is a game changer”
Speaking to Jane Bird in an interview for the Financial Times Technology Leaders Report, Charlotte Finn, Vice President of Programmes at Salesforce Foundation, lauds CAMFED’s…
Why don’t poor parents send their daughters to school?
“ 'Why' the international development sector asks, 'don’t parents send their daughters to school and reap the returns?' Parents cannot send their daughters to school…
Bvumai
Meet Bvumai, a CAMFED scholarship recipient and CAMFED Association member who lives in Mola, Zimbabwe.
Young Africa Works Summit 2015: Inspiring Agricultural Entrepreneurship
Six members of Camfed’s CAMA alumnae network travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, this October to take part in the first Young Africa Works Summit…