"Finishing Senior High School is the juncture where real life starts… I can imagine what Ghana will be like 10 to 30 years from now when we are the leaders in business, government and civil society. It will be a better and stronger nation” – Adamu, Mastercard Foundation Scholar at Camfed, Ghana
These are the words of valedictorian Adamu, whose speech captured the joy, hopes and expectations that she and her peers felt on reaching this momentous milestone. Reflecting on how different life could have been had their schooling been cut short, Adamu extols education as the great equalizer, opening the door of opportunity towards a brighter future both for women and their country as a whole. Educated women earn more, have smaller, healthier families and reinvest 90% of their earnings back into their families.
Among the newest members of CAMA, Camfed’s pan-African alumnae network, Adamu and her fellow graduates are committed to plowing back the benefits of their education into their communities. Now almost 85,000 strong, CAMA members provide peer support to vulnerable young women to help them transition to and navigate through life beyond school. Only through investment in girls’ education can we begin to close the gender gap, enabling women to take control of their futures and bring about real and lasting change for the benefit of all.
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