Fairuza Abdul-Rashid Safian delivering an speech
Camfed Ghana has signed partnership MoU with the National Service Authority to support needy but brilliant girls in rural communities across the country.
As part of its six year plan, CAMFED seeks to implement a comprehensive support system targeted at the most marginalised girls, enabling young women to transition and secure livelihoods and join the CAMA network, and drive adoption of the best practices in national education systems at scale.
Based on its mid-year key performance indicators, a total of 26,406 girls have received economic support (bursary) at secondary level, bringing to a total of 738,312 girls who have been supported with bursary since the inception of CAMFED operations in Ghana.
The Executive Director of CAMFED Ghana, Fairuza Abdul-Rashid Safian, made this known at CAMFED Ghana’s eleventh annual media partnership meeting held in Tamale in the Northern.
According to her, CAMFED’s vision is to ensure a world in which every child is educated, protected, respected and valued, and grows up to turn the tide of poverty.
“As the most effective strategy to tackle poverty and inequality, CAMFED multiplies educational opportunities for girls and empowers young women to become leaders of change,” she stated.
Madam Safian indicated that CAMFED will seek more collaboration with government and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to promote and improve livelihoods of their beneficiaries.
CAMFED has operations in six African countries namely Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, and now Kenya.
In Ghana, CAMFED operates in 46 districts across the Northern, North East, Savannah, Bono, Bono East, Western, Eastern, Greater Accra, Ashanti, Upper East, Upper West and Central regions.
Through its CAMFED Association (CAMA), CAMFED is transforming the landscape of girls’ education and women’s empowerment in Africa.
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale