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Girls’ Education Forum: Taking the Revolution Worldwide #SheWill
7th July 2016, London: Camfed alumna Fiona Mavhinga and Nasikiwa Duke were invited to represent CAMA, Camfed’s 55,000-strong pan-African alumnae network, at the Girls’ Education Forum hosted by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), galvanizing action for girls’ education around the globe. Here are some of the highlights...
- Fiona Mavhinga, one of the first girls supported to go to school by Camfed, joined a roundtable of global leaders, challenging the international community to ensure that no marginalized girl is left behind in the drive for quality education for all. Describing her journey from a childhood of extreme poverty in rural Zimbabwe to a high flying career as a lawyer and co-founder of the CAMA network, Fiona gave powerful testimony to the transformational power of education.
- "My story - of a girl struggling to maintain her grip on education - is the story of millions of girls around the world... My life is so drastically different today because of one thing: the power of education" - Fiona Mavhinga
- "I am here to show how, together with 55,000 other educated young women across Africa, I am unleashing that power for new generations of girls... We are an unstoppable human revolution, started by the education of girls. And with the right financing in place, together we can take that revolution worldwide" - Fiona Mavhinga
- Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, committed to partnering with Camfed to analyze the true cost of supporting a marginalized girl through secondary school and improving her learning.
- "Our partnership presents an unrivalled opportunity to create a global reference point, contribute valuable research for use by policy makers and practitioners, and further strengthen the evidence base for the value of Camfed's model in improving the retention, achievement and progression of girls through school and into independence and leadership" - Fiona Mavhinga
- Meanwhile, at the fringe event, Camfed Tanzania's Nasikiwa Duke showcased our Learner Guide Program, enabling young women secondary school graduates to return to local schools as mentors and role models to marginalized children.
- Nasikiwa later delivered a life skills session from the Learner Guide Program's My Better World Curriculum during a Self-Esteem Workshop.
- "Using our personal experience and deep knowledge we developed a curriculum that helps children build self-knowledge, discover their talents, build resilience, select role models, set goals and learn how to achieve them" - Nasikiwa Duke
- Young people talk about self esteem in @Nasikiwa_Duke 's Learner Guide life skills workshop @DFID_UK #SheWill pic.twitter.com/s2zY7OwKy0
- "We are pushing up learning outcomes among the most marginalized, and supporting their transition into productive livelihoods" - Nasikiwa Duke
The Camfed Learner Guide Programme: transforming young people's prospects in AfricaA partnership to ensure marginalised girls access school, stay in school, learn and succeed Alumnae who return to local schools as mentors and role models, helping students navigate challenges and build a better life by...A conextualised life skills curriculum which helps students gain: - self knowledge- confidence- communication- resilience- problem solving skills- goal setting skills innovation under Transforming young people's prospects in Africa IntroducingLearner Guides 1.- During the closing plenary, Fiona and Nasikiwa shared the impact and successes of Camfed’s approach, with educated young women as the experts in girls' education, changing the status quo in their communities.
- "Just like the girls we support to go to school, we young leaders lack neither the talent nor the determination - we simply need concerted investment to support our phenomenal plans for a better future for all" - Fiona Mavhinga
- In a panel with Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, and Chair of the Global Partnership for Education, Julia Gillard, moderated by the inimitable Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Camfed CEO Lucy Lake underlined Camfed's commitment to supporting one million girls in sub-Saharan Africa to go to secondary school by 2020 . She discussed the importance of creating a safe, quality learning environment for girls at school, and support for their transition to productive and fulfilling livelihoods after school.
- "This is our commitment: We will support one million marginalized adolescent girls through secondary school and into independence by 2020" - Lucy Lake
- @JustineGreening @JuliaGillard @Camfed powerful demo of how #leadership moves the needle in #GirlsEdu. #SheWill pic.twitter.com/KftsvbXkvh
- In the evening, Fiona and Nasikiwa shared insights and experiences with young activists Live at the View from the Shard, as Global Citizen brought together inspiring speakers and intimate music by Laura Mvula and Tom Odell.
- Inspiring #globalcitizens Nasikiwa+Fiona support @lauramvula #shewill campaign for girls education #phenomenalwomen pic.twitter.com/ODQmeLFqRL
- "What does revolution look like in Tanzania? I am leading the CAMA movement of young women leaders of change... They are fighting to ensure when a girl goes to school, she ain't coming back home" - Nasikiwa Duke
- .@Camfed on #Periscope: Camfed's @FionaMavhinga, a living testimony to the power of #GirlsEdu Join us Live at the S… https://www.periscope.tv/w/ak1j0jF3QktBZGRPTldWUVB8MU1uR256a0xSUmVHT7CSEWp0adCRdtN6gGXo-N61-33lSnaKGHq379eFnn1S …
- We'll support 1million girls to get education.We know we can do it, we've done it before.Ready to do more? #shewill pic.twitter.com/J6FIYlxzL6
- "This is the power of the young women that are aiming to transform the world... My question to you: are you ready to support us?" - Nasikiwa Duke
Together we can send one million more girls to schoolEvery year, poverty keeps millions of girls from going school. Often a uniform, school supplies or exam fees are all that stand between a girl and the education she needs to secure a brighter future. With your support, we can break the cycle of poverty.



