SANATU ZAMBANG STUDIOS (Podcast)

The Neglected Capital in the Fight against Poverty and Injustice Camfed founder Ann Cotton travels to Davos this week, where she will ask the world to rethink what capital means in the fight against poverty and injustice. Armed with thousands of stories from over 20 years of Camfed’s work in girls’ education, she describes the transformational leadership provided by young African women graduates in the poorest districts of sub-Saharan Africa. Camfed alumnae in the CAMA network are helping to develop the rich capital innate in their communities, using their experience of exclusion, and their empathy, to impact on the lives of generations, delivering scalable, sustainable change at personal, community, school, national and international level. “The world needs to listen to and learn from poor communities,” says Ann. “Camfed’s program was designed by the communities we serve, and has proven its scalability. In 1991, I supported 32 girls to go to school. By 2014...

When You Educate Girls, THIS is What Change Looks Like  March 17, 2015 in Ghana , Malawi , Tanzania , United Kingdom , Zambia , Zimbabwe , CAMA CAMA Ghana holds an International Women’s Day rally and forum. Camfed supported the media outreach, partnering with The MasterCard Foundation In the week culminating in International Women’s Day, the world celebrated the achievements, diversity, strength and resilience of girls and women, while passionately discussing ways to break down the many challenges and obstacles to gender equality that still remain. For Camfed and the young women in CAMA, the Camfed alumnae association, this week was about showing the world what change really looks like when groups of girls are supported to go to school through a partnership that galvanizes all the resources in th...

Diseases linked to dirty water and the lack of safe toilets are the fifth biggest global killers of women, according to new analysis released today by the international development organisation WaterAid. This hidden killer causes more deaths amongst women than diabetes, HIV/AIDS or breast cancer, taking a woman’s life every 40 seconds. A WaterAid analysis of Institute of Health Metrics figures, released just ahead of International Women’s Day, identified the Top 10 deadliest diseases for women across the globe. Illnesses related to a lack of water, basic sanitation and hygiene were responsible for the deaths of almost 800,000 women around the world in a single year – making it the fifth biggest killer of women behind heart disease, stroke, lower respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Some 88% of all diarrhoeal diseases and half of all nutritional deficiencies* are related to the lack of these basic services. More than 370 million wom...

WaterAid has set the Pupil Pipeline challenge, calling on children to take a break from the classroom and devise innovative ways to transport water along a line without spilling a drop, while also raising vital funds for the international charity. Using buckets, bottles, jars or even wellies to pass along the water, this fun and educational activity will get pupils thinking about the importance of water and inspire them to help get this vital resource to children who need it most. To add a competitive edge, schools can form the longest, fastest or most innovative pipeline they can, or even incorporate it into their summer sports day. All pupils taking part will be asked to donate £2 – the cost of one metre of pipeline, which could help transport clean, safe water to children in the developing world, like those at Ras Zesilas School in Ethiopia, where 2,500 pupils currently shared one tapstand. Hiwot, 17, a pupil at Ras Zesilas, said: “If you are really thirsty, wil...