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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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…)

Camfed’s work with young women received a significant boost this summer when the Big Lottery Fund awarded a generous grant of £355,829 to support Camfed’s expanding programme in Tanzania. With these new funds, Camfed will be able to help 16,500 girls in the impoverished Iringa Region of Tanzania to complete primary school and go on to secondary school. (more…)

In June, best-selling author and journalist Allison Pearson launched Camfed’s Class of 2010 Appeal to raise support for 2,000 girls in Africa to complete secondary school in 2010. Since then, Camfed’s supporters have pledged an astonishing £65,000 over the next four years to help some of the poorest girls in Africa. (more…)

Inspired by a talk given by Camfed patron and Evening Standard columnist, Allison Pearson, Maureen Stapleton decided she would go that extra mile to support girls in Africa to go to school. In fact she went an extra 26 miles – completing the gruelling London Marathon last month! (more…)

Record-breaking polar explorer and Camfed board member, Caroline Hamilton, faced one of her toughest challenges yet when she led a team of Camfed supporters across the ice. Caroline, who has already conquered the North and South Poles as part of the first all-women team, lead the all-women Camfed team on an amazing adventure. (more…)