Camfed

Registered charity 1029161 · since 1993camfed.org·Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

CAMFED's stated priority countries are Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and its themes are girls' education, women's leadership, economic development and climate action, so a project that fits both is the one to test against its work.
No grant range is stated, and the annual report gives no readable grants figure, so there is no typical grant to aim at, and a request should be tied to a costed piece of work rather than a sum borrowed from elsewhere.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so the only route given is the contact shown for getting in touch; a short enquiry to that contact before preparing a full request is the sensible first step.
Neither the annual report nor its website says how competitive its giving is or how far it depends on existing relationships, so that first conversation is the way to find out.

Overview

CAMFED is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1029161).

CAMFED supports the most marginalised girls in rural Africa to go to school, learn, thrive, and become independent and influential leaders. It supports the education of girls in 8,201 government schools across 220 districts in six countries. Its country partnerships extend across Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

What they fund

Priority Areas

CAMFED supports vulnerable girls and young women in disadvantaged rural communities in Africa to access school, thrive, and grow into independent leaders. It addresses poverty and gender barriers through financial and social support tailored to girls’ education. Its work continues after school through training and support for young women entering further education, employment and livelihoods. Schools receive infrastructure grants, while community groups can receive grants to establish local enterprises whose profits support children’s education. CAMFED’s programmes are grassroots-led and developed with young people, owned by partner communities, and delivered alongside schools and education authorities. Community committees identify children in need and verify circumstances through home visits. Its country partnerships extend across Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Themes

Girls’ education
Women’s leadership
Economic development
Climate action

Geographic Focus

Priority: Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£61,655,929	£31,739,328	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£50,363,204	£40,941,789	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£47,717,513	£44,396,913	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£91,348,022	£40,549,470	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£84,638,714	£61,671,461	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.