CAMFED calls for partnership to support marginalised girls

Participants at the programme

 Madam Angeline Murimirwa, the Chief Executive Officer of CAMFED International, has called for strong partnership to enhance support for marginal­ised girls and enable their tran­sition to secure livelihoods for better future.

She said it was important for stakeholders to play a vital role to support CAMFED girls’ education programme, which was the start­ing point for social change for the country’s development.

She said this during CAMFED National Annual General Meeting in Tamale on the theme: “Advanc­ing the CAMFED Guide Programme: Progress, Review, Key.

The event provided an opportu­nity for CAMFED Ghana to report on its major themes and pro­gramme of activities during the year under review and to receive from partners to inform strategies and approaches for the coming year.

It was also for CAMFED Ghana, its partners and champions to discuss critical issues, take stock and report on key activities as well as contribute to the formu­lation of the overall work plan of the organisation for the coming year.Madam Murimirwa said the challenges facing marginalised girls’ education and young wom­en in rural communities needed to be addressed in collaboration with strategic partners to work to co-create opportunities, which aligned to their objectives.

Madam Fairuza Abdul-Rashid Safian, the Executive Director of CAMFED Ghana, said CAMFED had designed a strategic programme to support girls to complete school, become entrepreneurs and good leaders in society.

Mr Samuel Asare Danquah, the Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning at CAM­FED Ghana said the organisation also established parents’ support group, which provided vital ser­vices to vulnerable girls and boys such as school meals programme and supervision at school hostels. -GNA