We can’t afford to lose our future leaders – it’s in our power to keep girls learning and safe from abuse
As a role model especially to girls, I help them discover their potential and their powers — for example the courage to become someone like…
Meet our three Mastercard Foundation-EARTH University Fellows tackling climate change
Three young women at the forefront of our movement have been awarded prestigious Mastercard Foundation-EARTH University Graduate Fellowships to enable them to grow CAMFED’s climate-smart…
Event – Women in Africa Leading Climate Action
In the world’s poorest communities, the education of girls is causally related to food supply for children and families, and a reduction in future carbon…
Nicholas Kristof unleashes groundswell of support for girls’ education among New York Times readers
Following CAMFED’s recognition as the Grand Prize Winner of Nicholas Kristof’s 2020 Holiday Impact Prize, announced in his column in the New York Times, generous…
Prisca
My name is Prisca. I am the mother of Suzen who is a Transition Guide* for Samfya district. My daughter Suzen was privileged to attend…
Girls’ exclusion from education is solvable
Angeline Murimirwa and Lydia Wilbard overcame great odds to complete education, went on to co-found the CAMFED Association of women leaders in Zimbabwe and Tanzania…
Earth Day 2021 – Education is Climate Action
This Earth Day, join us on Esnath’s cricket farm in Zimbabwe; meet Miriam, who is raising productivity while preventing soil erosion in rural Malawi, and…
Grassroots leadership benefitting girls, communities, and our planet
CAMFED is in the unique position of being able to draw on a pool of 178,000 experts — young women supported through school by CAMFED,…
Miriam
I got the opportunity to join tertiary education at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Now I can proudly say that I am an…
Dorcas
"The chance to go to school, and then to study sustainable agriculture, changed everything for me and will transform my community."
CAMFED 101
Watch a special virtual event with our Executive Director, Angeline Murimirwa, to learn why CAMFED was named the top organization in 2020 by New York…
Women’s leadership for girls’ education: Celebrating IWD 2021
On International Women’s Day (March 8) CAMFED’s global community showed up to celebrate the activism of our young women leaders across Africa, who are tackling…