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…
Jafari
Jafari chairs a Parent Support Group in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania, where he lives with his wife and four sons. Although his children are now enrolled…
Video: Every Girl Counts – Desderia’s story
On International Day of the Girl, we celebrate the incredible courage and determination of millions of girls from vulnerable backgrounds, who, like Desderia, will do…
E-readers boost girls’ education in Tanzania
It’s a winning combination: the lived experience of young women graduates in CAMFED’s CAMA alumnae network paired with e-reader technology, which brings thousands of books…
We need global action on girls’ education — and here’s what works
It’s Global Action Week on Education, and today’s letter from the UK’s International Development Committee (IDC) to the Secretary of State for International Development couldn’t…
Fear doesn’t live here: Fighting inequality and marginalization in sub-Saharan Africa
Fiona Mavingha, Executive Advisor of the CAMFED Association speaks to Mary, a CAMFED Association leader from Tanzania who is fighting inequality in sub-Saharan Africa.
Fear doesn’t live here – CAMFED Association leaders confronting inequality
At this week’s Skoll World Forum on Entrepreneurship in Oxford, UK, CAMFED joins delegates from nearly 65 countries under the uniting theme “Fault Lines: Creating…
Pearson extends partnership with CAMFED for girls’ education in Africa
Today CAMFED’s CEO, Lucy Lake, and CAMFED Zimbabwe’s Women Empowerment Manager, Sinikiwe Makove, join Pearson’s Chief Corporate Affairs and Global Marketing Officer, Kate James, at…
I met my former high school teacher on an extraordinary day
When Lydia Wilbard, National Director of CAMFED Tanzania visited a school in Korogwe District to roll out CAMFED's Learner Guide program, she never expected to…