In January, we brought you the news that Camfed had identified 50 young women from some of the poorest families in rural Tanzania to take up places at teacher training college. In fact, we’re thrilled to announce that, with your support, we have been able to offer support to 84 young women to attend this fast-track one-year teacher training course. (more…)

Camfed’s vital work to improve educational opportunities for girls in some of the world’s poorest countries has received international recognition with an invitation to co-chair the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) in 2006. The joint role with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) gives Camfed a unique position to transform girls’ educational opportunities in the poorest areas of the world. (more…)

Camfed International is delighted to announce that its Founder and Executive Director Ann Cotton has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List. The award is in recognition of her services to girls’ education in rural Africa. (more…)

In Tanzania, just ten percent of children are enrolled in secondary school – one of the lowest enrolment rates in the world. But the Tanzanian government has set an ambitious target to increase the secondary school enrolment rate to 50 percent by 2010, and more teachers are needed in order to reach this goal. In particular, female teachers are critical to provide a more girl-friendly environment for girls to learn and flourish in a school system where less than one in three teachers are women. (more…)

We would like to take this opportunity on behalf of all the people Camfed’s programmes have benefited over the past year to say a big THANK YOU for your continuing support. Without your donations, we could not work with communities like those in the Wedza District of rural Zimbabwe.

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