When 27-year-old Forget Shareka looks back at her life she points to her introduction to Campaign for Female Education, or CAMFED, as a turning point. In 2008, when her grandmother was unable to pay for her school fees, CAMFED took over responsibility for her tuition and supported her secondary education.
In addition to tuition, the organization also provided Shareka with funds for school uniforms, stationery, and toiletries and followed up on her during a period when she was forced to drop out of school to help care for her sick brother.
“CAMFED was like, ‘where is our child, she is supposed to be in school.’ They just followed me up and got me back to school,” she said in an interview.