Hellen
Meet Hellen, a teacher at a CAMFED partner school in Kibaha District, Tanzania. For seven years, Hellen has enjoyed teaching Swahili to secondary students, and…
Vida
When Vida tragically lost her father at a young age, her family fell into financial hardship, and the prospect of her going to school hung…
Tusekile
Meet Tusekile, a Teacher Mentor at a CAMFED partner school in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania. As a child, Tusekile dreamed of being a teacher and helping…
CAMFED Celebrates CAMA Milestone of 100,000 Empowered and Educated Women
On the evening of September 12th, Miranda Curtis, CAMFED International Board Chair, hosted an unforgettable event to celebrate CAMFED's CAMA alumnae network reaching 100,000 members.…
Five lessons for harvesting success through home-grown school meal programs
In light of International Day of Charity, Angeline Murimirwa, Regional Executive Director of CAMFED Africa, tells of the lessons she has learned from establishing home-grown…
Celebrating charity with built-in sustainability
This International Day of Charity, we celebrate the philanthropy that happens in our communities every day — where time, love and labor multiply the financial contributions we…
It is time for our voices to be heard
This blog is the valedictorian speech delivered by Mastercard Foundation graduate, Adamu, who reflects on the importance of education and the responsibility she and her…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…