Video: Angeline Murimirwa’s epiphany when launching the CAMFED Association
In this talk Angeline Murimirwa discusses her epiphany moment in 1998 with 400 other young women supported by CAMFED. They realized the power that they…
The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust steps up behind CAMA
The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust has just launched its new platform in support of youth leadership across the globe. With The Queen as Patron and Prince…
Ours is the power of proximity
My friend and colleague Angeline Murimirwa is preparing to speak at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford on the 12th of April, alongside social entrepreneurs…
CAMFED wins Cambridge social enterprise award
CAMFED has been named as the winner of the Kate Gross Prize for Social Enterprise at the Business Weekly Awards. At the ceremony Robert Marshall,…
Amazing public response to CAMFED’s UK Aid Match appeal
Today Cambridge-based CAMFED, the Campaign for Female Education, praised the generosity of the UK public during its UK Aid Match fundraising appeal. The girls’ education…
16 Days of Activism: To end GBV we must end child marriage
Throughout the 16 days between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on the 25th November, and Human Rights Day on the…
World AIDS Day: Ending child marriage is key to our fight against HIV/AIDS
In sub-Saharan Africa, 75% of the 6.2 million young people aged 15-24 living with HIV are female. That equates to over 4.6 million young women.…
Q&A : Why are so many girls at risk of child marriage?
Prisca Kaoma has been teaching at secondary school level in northern Zambia since 2002. In 2008, Prisca became a CAMFED Teacher Mentor. We met Prisca…
The power of GirlGuardians to end child marriage
CAMFED introduces the power of CAMA ‘GirlGuardians’ - young women once at risk of becoming child brides, who are now working together to help girls…
CAMFED launches UK Aid Match appeal to end child marriage
This International Day of the Girl, CAMFED launches a UK Aid Match appeal with real-life superheroes, giving UK residents the opportunity to change the world.…
Angeline Murimirwa Accepts Diamond Ball Award from Clara Lionel Foundation
Angeline Murimirwa, CAMFED’s Regional Executive Director, founding member of CAMFED’s alumnae association, and one of the first girls supported by our organization, was honored at…
Overwhelming generosity at Tes Schools Awards 2017
As the chosen charity partner of digital education company Tes, CAMFED was honored to be a guest at the Tes Schools Awards in London last…