This Christmas Day, listen out for Camfed’s Christmas Appeal on BBC Radio 4. Lastminute.com founder and Camfed patron Martha Lane Fox will be delivering Camfed’s Christmas message for the first time at 07.55am on December 25th and you can also listen online by clicking here. So don’t forget to tune in! (more…)

Time is running out in the countdown to Christmas. And time is running out too for girls like 15-year-old Siamini, who would not be able to go to school in the New Year without your help. Siamini was sent from her rural village in Tanzania to work as a domestic servant in the urban centre of Iringa as soon as she finished primary school. But with Camfed’s support, she is about to begin her second year of secondary school in January. (more…)

Two years ago, photographer Mark Read spent ten days in one of the poorest regions of Zimbabwe meeting dozens of young women who have been able to go to school with Camfed’s support. The result was 120 rolls of beautiful photographs, which were turned into an inspiring book about Camfed’s work called I Have a Story to Tell. (more…)

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support this year to stop poverty in its tracks by educating this generation of girls. With a common goal to give every girl the chance to realise her full potential through the power of education, together we have made great strides. Yet there is still much more to be done. (more…)

When Lydia Wilbard was just ten years old, her mother died. From that moment on, Lydia dreamed of becoming a nurse so that she could help to cure people when they got sick. But growing up in a small village in rural Tanzania, her ambitions seemed like an impossible dream.

Lydia was sent to live with her aunt who had seven sons of her own. Conditions were tough and Lydia had little time to go to school because she was too busy cooking, cleaning, collecting wood and washing clothes for her male cousins while they went off to school. (more…)

You may have noticed a few changes to Camfed’s web pages since you received your last edition of enews. That’s because we’ve just relaunched our website to give you up-to-the-minute news about Camfed’s work in just a few easy clicks. (more…)