The Camfed Model
The Camfed Model is working in hundreds of rural communities. It enables girls to complete their primary and secondary education, start and develop businesses or go on to higher education. Young, educated women are supported through Cama – the Camfed alumni – to become role models and leaders for the next generation.
The four stages of the support are:
- primary education;
- secondary education;
- economic empowerment; and
- leading change.
Once Camfed commits to support a girl, she is supported throughout her childhood and adolescence into young adulthood. Camfed provides all the material and social needs necessary for a girl to succeed and feel secure.
The Camfed model includes social and financial auditing systems that ensure money reaches the intended target in a process that safeguards girls and young women. For example:
- there are just two transactions between the receipt of money by Camfed and the girls who benefit, each of which is under Camfed's control;
- all families know their daughter's entitlement to support;
- the surrounding community knows the criteria by which girls are selected for support;
- the accounts of all partner schools are audited by Camfed;
- mentors are trained at each partner school to give girls protection and emotional support throughout their education.
Read about the first stage of the Camfed Model - girls complete primary education.
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