World AIDS Day: Ending child marriage is key to our fight against HIV/AIDS
In sub-Saharan Africa, 75% of the 6.2 million young people aged 15-24 living with HIV are female. That equates to over 4.6 million young women.…
Lydia Wilbard accepts international education innovation award at #WISE17
Today, six high-impact projects from around the globe were honoured with the 2017 WISE Awards, which recognize scalable and replicable projects that demonstrate a transformative…
Q&A : Why are so many girls at risk of child marriage?
Prisca Kaoma has been teaching at secondary school level in northern Zambia since 2002. In 2008, Prisca became a CAMFED Teacher Mentor. We met Prisca…
The power of GirlGuardians to end child marriage
CAMFED introduces the power of CAMA ‘GirlGuardians’ - young women once at risk of becoming child brides, who are now working together to help girls…
Stumai
Meet CAMFED alumna Stumai, whose work as a Learner Guide at a CAMFED partner secondary school in Morogoro District, Tanzania, transformed her community.
A day in my life as a teacher and mentor in rural Tanzania
Today, World Teacher’s Day, we share the story of an inspirational CAMFED Teacher Mentor, working tirelessly to fight poverty in Tanzania by educating, mentoring and…
CAMFED’s Learner Guide Program wins 2017 WISE Award
The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a leading international initiative for innovation and collaboration in education, has today named CAMFED Tanzania’s Learner Guide Program…
Angeline Murimirwa Accepts Diamond Ball Award from Clara Lionel Foundation
Angeline Murimirwa, CAMFED’s Regional Executive Director, founding member of CAMFED’s alumnae association, and one of the first girls supported by our organization, was honored at…
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…
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…
Paulina
Meet Paulina, a member of the CAMFED Association, a Learner Guide and entrepreneur from Chalinze District in Tanzania.
Sharifa
Like millions of girls across Africa who are denied their right to an education, for a time Sharifa from Tanzania wondered if she would ever…