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BlogCAMFED Association (CAMA)Zimbabwe

These young women remain, and deal with the challenges in their communities

This blog by Sinikiwe Makove, Women Empowerment Manager, CAMFED Zimbabwe, gives an insight into the ways CAMFED graduates are supported and mentored by herself and…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

What does women’s empowerment mean in rural Africa?

On a recent trip to the United Kingdom, Sinikiwe Makove, Women Empowerment Manager at CAMFED Zimbabwe, had the opportunity to describe the impact CAMFED’s partnership…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Multiple countries

CAMFED in the Guardian’s girls’ education podcast

In her latest podcast, the Guardian’s Global Development Editor, Lucy Lamble, investigates the barriers that keep girls around the world from accessing an education, and…

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BlogPovertyMalawi

These girls understand what it means to fall below the line

Harold Kuombola, National Director, CAMFED Malawi, 2015-2019 shares the letters of girls asking secondary schools for funding and tells how the 17 district offices in…

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NewsSupporting CAMFEDMalawi

Letters from Malawi

Here in Malawi, September brings one of our most difficult decisions. We have to draw a line between the girls who will go to school…

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BlogLearner GuidesTanzania

For me, literacy is about more than reading. It’s about how you deal with life.

CAMFED Learner Guide and literacy technology expert, Deborah, tells her story of being a CAMFED supported student in Tanzania, to becoming a CAMFED Learner Guide…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Tanzania

Becoming literate in life

On International #LiteracyDay we celebrate the young women in our CAMA alumnae network, who are returning to their local schools in rural Tanzania as Learner…

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Talent

When Talent was eight years old, her father passed away. When she was 10, her mother, in an effort to take care of all of…

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BlogSecondary EducationMultiple countries

Five strategies to achieve the 2030 education goals

Alice Saisha, CAMFED Association member and United Nation Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) Youth Representative, uses her experience to detail the five strategies we need to…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)Global

CAMFED alumna named UN Girls’ Education Initiative Youth Representative

Today, on International Youth Day, the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) announced that CAMFED alumna Alice from Zambia was chosen as its Global Advisory…

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NewsSecondary EducationGlobal

Our progress toward educating one million adolescent girls

With the release of its latest impact metrics, CAMFED is raising the bar for what can be achieved in girls’ education in sub-Saharan Africa. Through…

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NewsCAMFED Association (CAMA)United Kingdom

Girls’ Education Forum: Taking the Revolution Worldwide

7th July 2016, London: CAMFED alumna Fiona Mavhinga and Nasikiwa Duke were invited to represent CAMA, CAMFED’s 55,000-strong pan-African alumnae network, at the Girls’ Education…

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