CAMFED Ghana officials with stakeholders
The National Director of CAMFED Ghana, Fairuza Safian, has revealed that about 663,455 girls have been supported with bursary since the beginning of CAMFED operations in Ghana.
According to her, about 18,980 comprising 16,436 at secondary level and 2,544 at primary level has received economic support adding that 35,894 enterprises have been supported since the beginning of CAMFED’s operations in Ghana.
Addressing participants at the 2023 National Annual General Meeting in Tamale, National Director of CAMFED Ghana, Fairuza Safian, indicated that CAMFED will continue to complement the efforts of government to expand access to quality education for all Ghanaian children.
“We will continue on the path we have been on these years and intensify our campaign to ensure that children in Ghana are provided with the resources for their education,” Mrs. Safian said.
The National Annual General Meeting provides a platform for CAMFED Ghana, its partners and champions (stakeholders) to dispassionately discuss critical issues around the chosen theme and also provide a unique opportunity for CAMFED Ghana to report on the major team and programmatic activities that have been undertaken in the year and to receive input from champions that will inform strategies and approaches for the ensuing year.
Mrs. Safian, stated that this year’s national AGM is being held at a time when CAMFED Ghana is at the threshold of another important phase of the organization – the implementation of a new strategic plan that would be implemented across the consortium beginning from January 2024.
“The new strategy builds on previous strategic plans that were implemented from 2015 to 2019 and 2020 to the end of this year. The 2015 to 2019 strategy focused on three strategic goals which were to unlock new resources for girls’ education, unleash new potential through young women’s leadership, and ignite new action to accelerate change.
Building on the successes and lessons from the plan, the 2020 plan had three strategic imperatives which are to anchor the strategy in the multiplier effect, scale-up the Learner Guide Program, and invest in enterprise development”.
Mrs. Safian disclosed that despite challenges, CAMFED Ghana has remained resilient and true to its clients, the girls and young women the organization works for and that CAMFED has kept its focus and delivered on its mandate.
“The challenges we faced, the successes we chalked, and the lessons we learned have given CAMFED the impetus to develop a new strategy that provides the blueprint and framework for the organization’s new strategic phase. CAMFED plans to triple its impact over 30 years during the six-year period.
The strategy represents a progression from CAMFED’s existing work and not a change of direction. The core components of CAMFED’s model therefore remain in place and are organized into three levels of work”.
The CAMFED Ghana National Director stated that over the next six years CAMFED will implement a comprehensive support system targeted at the most marginalized girls, enable young women to transition to secure livelihoods and join a powerful peer network of leaders, and drive adoption of best practices in national education systems at scale.
BY Eric Kombat, Tamale