CAMFED – Ghana has held a media partnership meeting on their activities for the year 2024 under review.
The meeting is part of their annual activities to get the public informed and also engage the media to propel the NGO in the ensuing year.
This includes strengthening the partnership relationships in the operation of their activities.
Addressing the media ,the National Director of CAMFED – Ghana , Abdul-Rashid Safian took the opportunity, on behalf of CAMFED -Ghana, to formally welcome media partners to the 2024 CAMFED-media partnership meeting.
She said this is the eleventh in the series of media partnership meetings to be organized by CAMFED Ghana since 2014.
CAMFED’s vision is of a world in which every child is educated, protected, respected and valued, and grows up to turn the tide of poverty ,she said
This includes the most effective strategy to tackle poverty and inequality.
She stated that CAMFED multiplies educational opportunities for girls and empowers young women to become leaders of change focusing on girls and young women in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
CAMFED works in six countries in Africa namely Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, and now Kenya. In Ghana, CAMFED operates in 46 districts across the Northern, North East, Savannah, Bono, Bono East, Western, Eastern, Greater Accra, Ashanti, Upper East, Upper West and Central regions.
Madam Safian stated the the work is increasingly driven by the CAMFED Association, the alumnae network of young women who themselves received support from CAMFED to attend school and are now leaders for girls’ education in their communities.
CAMA she said is Currently growing across the six operational countries in Africa and is now a strong social movement which is transforming the landscape of girls’ education and women’s empowerment in Africa.
CAMFED Association members support each other through this network, using it as a platform to become agents of change within their communities and beyond.
On the partnership and advocacy front, for CAMFED, partnership means working together on equal terms in a formal, mutually agreed collaboration with shared goals and responsibilities.
In light of all this they have signed partnership MoUs with the National Service Authority, Absa Bank Ghana Limited, and TECHAIDE.
But however applauded the Mastercard Foundation, the Ministries of Education, Food and Agriculture, Gender, Children and Social Protection, as well as their departments and agencies for their continuous collaboration with CAMFED .
On the mid-year key performance indicators, Madam Safian stated that the number of girls receiving economic support (bursary) at secondary level is 27,406. In total, 738,312 girls have been supported with bursary since the beginning of CAMFED operations in Ghana.
The number of enterprises by mid-year stands at 427. In total, 36,364 enterprises have been supported since the beginning of CAMFED operations in Ghana.
The number of CAMA members at the end of 2023 stands at 68,924.
She announced that , CAMFED has developed a new strategic plan for the period 2024-2029.
She explained that 2024- 2029 strategic plan was builds on our experience and momentum to set a game-changing ambition. Over the years of implementation,
CAMFED she said value and cherish the role that the media play in the socio-economic development of any society.
That in light of this, CAMFED have worked to build a mutually beneficial strategic partnership with the Ghanaian media as partners in development.
This meeting therefore provides a unique opportunity to brief the media about our work and to discuss ways in which the media can advance our programmes and activities.
This event further provides a platform, through an open forum that is part of our agenda , for the media to gain a deeper understanding of our contribution towards girls’ education, women’s empowerment as well as the SDGs 4 and 5.
source: yagbonradioonline
