For Immediate Release

Contact: Kimberley Sevcik
Phone: 415-979-1556
Email: pr@camfed.org

Camfed founder Ann Cotton receives top award from the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Founder Heads Leading Organization Supporting Girls’ Education and Economic Empowerment in Africa

San Francisco, CA (January 10, 2008) — Camfed founder Ann Cotton has been selected from a pool of international candidates as one of five Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs for 2007 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organization of the World Economic Forum. (more…)

We are delighted to announce that the Women’s World Summit Foundation in Switzerland has awarded Angeline Mugwendere the Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life. (more…)

Camfed International is delighted to announce that its Founder and Executive Director Ann Cotton has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List. The award is in recognition of her services to girls’ education in rural Africa. (more…)

On 31st March, at the second annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Camfed was awarded the prestigious Skoll Foundation award for Social Entrepreneurship. The award came with a grant of $505,000 to invest in Camfed’s growth over the next 3 years. (more…)