Camfed
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Camfed is an international non-profit organization tackling poverty and inequality by supporting girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change.Camfed has a Zimbabwean chapter.
Since 1993, Camfed’s innovative education programs in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, and Malawi have directly supported more than 2.6 million students to attend primary and secondary school, and more than 5 million children have benefited from an improved learning environment.
Background
Education is not freely available to everyone - and in many parts of the world, girls are the first to be excluded from it. Girls are the first to drop out of school and the first to be failed by the system, facing the perils of early marriage, early pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS.
In sub-Saharan Africa, 28 million* girls are out of school. Poverty is the greatest barrier to accessing an education – overcoming this barrier by investing in girls and women is a proven way to improve the health and wealth of entire nations. It's also one of the most effective ways of tackling climate change. With access to education, we can do amazing things: launch businesses, become health workers, run schools, and lead governments, making the world a better place for everyone
