Camfed on BBC World Service

Leading Camfed alumna Fiona Muchembere features in a thought-provoking interview about social entrepreneurship with BBC World Service presenter Peter Day.

Interviewed at the 2008 Skoll World Forum at Oxford University, Fiona talks about the power of education to transform lives and strengthen communities. With the support of Camfed, which was founded by social entrepreneur Ann Cotton in 1993, Fiona was the first girl in her rural community in Zimbabwe to attend university. After graduating as a lawyer, Fiona is now in a position to support 22 members of her family through school.

In her interview with Peter Day, Fiona talks about her belief that social entrepreneurship should focus on empowering communities to find the solutions to their own problems, whether through education or other means.

Hear Fiona’s interview on BBC World Service

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Read an interview in the Guadian with Camfed’s Ann Cotton about social entrepreneurship