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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Ghana

Results week: Young women graduates shaping the future

Graduation season is upon us, with many young people across the UK this week receiving their long anticipated exam results. It is a pivotal moment,…

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StoryHigher EducationGhana

Ruth

As a family of six living in a single roomed house in the Central Region of Ghana, Ruth’s parents struggled to make ends meet, let…

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Ayisha

Ayisha grew up in Bole District, northern Ghana. Not having had the opportunity to go to school herself, Ayisha’s mother was determined she would get…

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Education isn’t just for school, it’s for entrepreneurship and empowerment

Dorcas Apoore, Mastercard Foundation Scholar at CAMFED, member of the CAMFED Association, and founder of the non-profit organization Advocacy for Social Inclusion and Girls’ Education…

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NewsEventsGhana

Turning the tide of poverty through education

A few weeks before world leaders met for the G20 Summit, young men and women from across Africa met at the Mastercard Foundation Baobab Summit…

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StoryEntrepreneurshipGhana

Saviour

As a young single parent in northern Ghana, Saviour’s mother could not afford even the basic items required for her daughter to go to school.…

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Paulina

Meet Paulina, a member of the CAMFED Association, a Learner Guide and entrepreneur from Chalinze District in Tanzania.

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StorySecondary EducationTanzania

Sharifa

Like millions of girls across Africa who are denied their right to an education, for a time Sharifa from Tanzania wondered if she would ever…

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The young women graduates fighting for education

Four years on from Malala’s first speech at the United Nations, calling for universal access to education, we celebrate Malala Day 2017. On this day,…

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NewsPublicationsGlobal

CAMFED Annual Review 2016: An unstoppable human revolution

With our CAMA alumnae network — projected to grow to 100,000 this year — we are more than halfway towards our five-year goal of supporting…

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BlogCommunity ChampionsZambia

Together with a rural community, we built a school dorm to keep girls safe

CAMFED champion, Patrick Hayes, tells how his group of friends fundraised for CAMFED to build a dorm after traveling through Zambia taking photos and listening…

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