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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…

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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.…

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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…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Zimbabwe

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…

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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…

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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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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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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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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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