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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…

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NewsAwards and PrizesMultiple countries

Ann Cotton: Ahimsa Award Recognizes Girls’ Education Imperative

Ann Cotton, Founder and President of Camfed, which for over 20 years has supported girls in sub-Saharan Africa through school and into independence, today received…

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With the Right Education, a Girl Can Raise Her Village

In the lead up to International Day of the Girl, New York’s iconic department store is highlighting just what can be achieved when you educate…

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We Can’t Succeed in Anything Unless We Succeed in Education

In his insightful and riveting Q&A with international education expert Julia Gillard (former Australian Prime Minister and now Board Chair for the Global Partnership for…

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UN Week in New York: CAMA Stands with Malala

Standing together with Malala at seminal events throughout New York City during the week of the United Nations commitment to the new Sustainable Development Goals,…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Someone built my life. Now I can build other peoples’ lives.

When 22-year-old Natasha, who has just completed her second year at Ashesi University in Ghana, returned to her village in rural Zimbabwe this July, her…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Celebrating the Audacity to Dream, to Question, to Lead

This week at the House of Lords, digital pioneer Martha Lane Fox gave Camfed a platform to show the world what’s possible when young women…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

From EARTH to Africa – Leading Lessons in Sustainable Agriculture

In January 2015, Camfed’s partner communities in Malawi and Zimbabwe experienced first-hand the mercilessness of changing weather patterns as villages and schools flooded. Subsistence farmers…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Achieving Social Transformation through Education

Julia Gillard delivers the keynote address alongside Hans Brattskar as Camfed teams up with the new Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Zimbabwe

A Journey with Camfed

In his powerful blog, Kiva fellow Alan Mathers describes his time with Camfed Zimbabwe, visiting young women graduates, now entrepreneurs, and their communities. Through Camfed’s…

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Medals in Mauritius

Huge congratulations to 16-year-old Nomatter, a shining athletics star! The Camfed bursary student from Rushinga District in Zimbabwe won a silver and a bronze medal…

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