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Feb 20, 2006
"Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom." --E. B. White
Campaign for Female Education
During a trip to Zimbabwe in 1990, Ann Cotton realized that Africa would never conquer poverty and disease unless its women were educated. She found that families that could not afford to educate all their children would give priority to boys. She knew that educated women were more likely to not contract HIV/AIDS, to marry later, and to have fewer children who were healthier and more likely to go to school. She launched CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education) in 1993, starting by selling baked goods to send 32 girls to school, today CAMFED supports 68,290 children in school.
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