A sisterhood of leaders celebrates #AfricaYouthDay
For this year’s Africa Youth Day, we asked some of the 120,000 members of the CAMFED alumnae network, CAMA, the question: “What does CAMA mean…
New partnership for female entrepreneurs in Ghana
Ghana's National Board of Small Scale Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CAMFED. The partnership will serve to train more young women, helping…
Michelle Obama welcomes CAMFED to the Girls Opportunity Alliance
Girls’ education champion and former First Lady Michelle Obama marked International Day of the Girl (October 11th) with the launch of a new Girls Opportunity…
Belawu
The story of secondary scholar Belawu, who was forced to drop out of school by poverty. Everything changed when she met members of the CAMFED…
Sazini
Together with 12 CAMA sisters from Zimbabwe, Sazini is part of the first large cohort of CAMFED alumnae to qualify as ECD teachers. For these…
Fiona Mavhinga
Fiona Mavhinga was one of the first young women who completed her education with CAMFED's support. Today, Fiona is a lawyer and leads on the…
Video: My Better World and Secondary Students Philomena and Deborah
In an exciting collaboration, the Discovery Learning Alliance (DLA) has adapted CAMFED's My Better World life skills and wellbeing curriculum, developed with young women in…
Why community support networks are so important for marginalized girls
For International Day of the Girl 2018, “With Her: A skilled GirlForce”, Fiona Mavhinga shares 4 ways we are changing the world.
Day of the Girl: This is how the world will change
On International Day of the Girl Child (11 October) we’re highlighting the importance of empathetic support networks at every level, which are vital in keeping…
Fatima
As well as local leadership and activism, Fatima has been invited to participate in events at national and international level. In March 2015, she travelled…
Celebrating a new generation of teachers
Ahead of World Teachers’ Day (5th October) we spoke to three of the newly qualified ECD teachers, who told us what education and the opportunity…
Celebrating a new generation of teachers
A recent triumph for us was seeing 13 more CAMFED alumnae (CAMA members) from Zimbabwe achieving teaching qualifications. These women, whose own right to education…