Salamatu
Salamatu comes from a rural community in the North East region of Ghana. As a child, she had to walk nine miles to high school,…
Rhoda
Rhoda comes from Zomba District in southeastern Malawi. She has been a member of her local Mother Support Group since 2012. As Chairwoman of this…
Barbara Chilangwa joins Skoll World Forum political partnerships session
CAMFED Executive Advisor Barbara Chilangwa joined the very first Skoll World Forum 2020 virtual panel session, entitled ‘Partnering through political transition’, from her home in…
CAMFED Association: Advocates and Leaders During COVID-19
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, CAMFED Association members go above and beyond to support vulnerable children to stay safe and keep learning.
Angie Murimirwa’s TED Talk: Revolutionizing education through social interest
Angie Murimirwa’s TED talk introduces the revolutionary concept of ‘social interest,’ a new approach to lending which allows young African school graduates — considered ‘unbankable’…
Hanipha
Hanipha lives with her father and step-mother in rural Tanzania, and is the third born in a family of five children. With few resources and…
CAMFED Tanzania celebrates female pioneers on International Women’s Day
Across Tanzania, members of the CAMFED Association, CAMA, made International Women’s Day 2020 a day to remember. Staff at CAMFED Tanzania, together with partner community…
CAMFED Ghana supports Young Africa Works with women-led program to improve education outcomes
On International Women’s Day, CAMFED Ghana celebrated the expansion of a program, led by young women, which is designed to support girls and boys from…
Promoting young women’s entrepreneurship in Zambia
CAMFED Zambia has staged its first ever showcase to promote young women’s entrepreneurship. Members of the CAMFED Association (CAMA) — the network of women leaders…
New report: Transformative political leadership for girls’ education
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) has launched a new report and policy note on ‘Transformative political leadership to promote 12 years of quality…
CAMFED launches International Women’s Day campaign
CAMFED’s International Women’s Day campaign launches today, demonstrating the benefits that accrue when educated girls become independent, influential leaders of sustainable businesses
MacArthur Foundation: CAMFED among Top 100 world-changing solutions
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today revealed that CAMFED’s proposal to its 100&Change competition was one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as…