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StoryHealthZimbabwe

Runyararo

Runyararo was born in rural Zimbabwe into a large and loving family, with two brothers and six sisters. Though her parents encouraged education, the family’s…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Ghana

Mentors Matter – CAMFED Supports Ghana’s Guidance & Counselling Strategy

Guidance and counselling, and the crucial role of Teacher Mentors in supporting the mental wellbeing of marginalized students, were at the heart of the Annual…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Dorcas Apoore: A young leader on the global stage

At the age of 23, Dorcas Apoore’s list of achievements is astonishing. A young woman from a vulnerable background, she has overcome all odds to…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

Health & Education: Connecting the dots

On Thursday 17 May, Faith Nkala, National Director of CAMFED Zimbabwe, CAMFED alumna and founding member of the CAMA network, travelled to Brussels to participate…

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StorySecondary EducationMalawi

Steria

Steria is a secondary scholar from Malawi, supported by CAMFED and the Mastercard Foundation. She would like to be a nurse one day to support…

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StoryCommunity ChampionsZambia

Headwoman Kalima

Headwoman Kalima is a farmer, traditional leader, and CAMFED Community Champion, overseeing the activities in her rural village in Zambia. She is actively involved in…

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StoryCAMFED Association (CAMA)Zimbabwe

Angie Murimirwa

Many of CAMFED's supporters in North America got to know Angie's story from the best-selling book ‘Half the Sky’ by Nick Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn,…

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StorySecondary EducationZimbabwe

Isaac

Isaac is one of six children, three girls and three boys. His father is a part-time builder and his mother is unemployed. The family struggled…

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StorySecondary EducationZimbabwe

Tafadzwa

Tafadzwa is the youngest of six children. His parents work on a farm in exchange for accommodation, and his home is 7 km away from…

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StorySecondary EducationZimbabwe

Lameck

Lameck, along with his mother and sister, has dwarfism, a disability that has caused a painful barrier to his education. His father passed away several…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

3 ways young women are championing quality education to transform a continent

CAMFED has stayed optimistic over the last 25 years, because we know that educating girls and supporting young women’s leadership presents a powerful solution to…

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BlogSocial JusticeGhana

Raising my voice for justice and gender equality

I feel a sense of injustice for my mother. She was just a girl when she married my father, a much older man. When he…

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