Orphaned at the age of ten, Talent is now one of the top students in her class at medical school

When Talent was ten years old, her mother left the rural village where she and her three children lived in Zimbabwe to look for a job. She never returned. Two years prior to that, at the age of eight, Talent had lost her father to kidney failure. Now parentless, Talent and her two younger siblings were taken in by their aunt, a shopkeeper. She struggled to support the children, barely managing to scrape together the money to send them all to primary school. (more…)

This short film entitled Two Friends tells the story of Snoda and Abia, Camfed-supported schoolmates from Tanzania who provide comfort and camaraderie to one another when life gets rough. (more…)

We are delighted to announce that the Financial Times has selected Camfed for the second year running for its seasonal charity appeal to readers. (more…)

Bill Clinton highlighted Camfed’s work for girls’ education in Africa during a plenary session of the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York on Friday. Choosing Camfed as just one of three Commitments to be highlighted by the former US President, Clinton spoke about the importance of girls’ education, and Camfed’s efficacy in delivering its maximum returns.
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When Abigail’s parents died of AIDS, she was forced to drop out of school. She went to live with her elderly grandmother in rural Zambia, who struggled to support her orphaned granddaughter. With Camfed’s help, 18-year-old Abigail is about to finish her final exams at school. Today, she dreams of becoming a journalist or an accountant. (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…)