Video: When you educate one girl, you educate many
This film explores the transformative power of girls’ education. When girls are supported through secondary school and into economic independence and leadership positions after school,…
With the Right Education, a Girl Can Raise Her Village
In the lead up to International Day of the Girl, New York’s iconic department store is highlighting just what can be achieved when you educate…
We Can’t Succeed in Anything Unless We Succeed in Education
In his insightful and riveting Q&A with international education expert Julia Gillard (former Australian Prime Minister and now Board Chair for the Global Partnership for…
UN Week in New York: CAMA Stands with Malala
Standing together with Malala at seminal events throughout New York City during the week of the United Nations commitment to the new Sustainable Development Goals,…
CAMA’s New Politicians: The Exception that Changes the Rules
The rural district of Karaga in the Northern Region of Ghana has 33 district assembly members – 30 men and only 3 women. But 2…
Someone built my life. Now I can build other peoples’ lives.
When 22-year-old Natasha, who has just completed her second year at Ashesi University in Ghana, returned to her village in rural Zimbabwe this July, her…
Celebrating the Audacity to Dream, to Question, to Lead
This week at the House of Lords, digital pioneer Martha Lane Fox gave Camfed a platform to show the world what’s possible when young women…
From EARTH to Africa – Leading Lessons in Sustainable Agriculture
In January 2015, Camfed’s partner communities in Malawi and Zimbabwe experienced first-hand the mercilessness of changing weather patterns as villages and schools flooded. Subsistence farmers…
Achieving Social Transformation through Education
Julia Gillard delivers the keynote address alongside Hans Brattskar as Camfed teams up with the new Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at…
The CAMFED Association joins the First Lady: “We are ready to lead the charge”
It’s the Day of the African Child, and today in London, Fiona Mavhinga, one of the founding members of the CAMFED Association of women leaders,…
CAMA’s Action on Education Speaks Louder than Words
During Global Action Week on Education for All, young women from the CAMA alumnae network in Tanzania demonstrated the multiplier effect of girls’ education when…
A Journey with Camfed
In his powerful blog, Kiva fellow Alan Mathers describes his time with Camfed Zimbabwe, visiting young women graduates, now entrepreneurs, and their communities. Through Camfed’s…