Follow finance guru Alvin Hall as he travels to rural Zambia to meet some of the girls and women who are benefiting from Camfed’s work. Part of an eight-week TV series focused on social entrepreneurship, the Camfed episode of “Alvin Hall’s Guide to Good Business” will air on BBC World News on March 27th and 28th. The series, produced by RockhopperTV in partnership with the Skoll Foundation, features Alvin Hall visiting social entrepreneurs and their projects around the world.
In Zambia, Alvin meets children, community members, and businesswoman Gift Namuchimba, who proudly gives him a tour of the house she built for her family. He also visits a group of girls who leave school each year during the caterpillar season to earn money for educational supplies and fees. “It’s ironic,” Alvin remarks, “that these girls must leave school in order to stay in school.”
By supporting a girl’s full education, you will help ensure that she is never forced to miss classes, or to drop out of education for good. Camfed scholarships provide girls with everything they need to stay in school and succeed.
The Camfed documentary will air on the BBC around the world this week. Please take 30 minutes of your time to watch it! Here’s the broadcast schedule:
In the U.K.: March 27th at 01:30am and 08:30am and March 28th at 3:30 pm and 9:30 pm
In Africa, the US, and worldwide: Get a full schedule by time zone here.
To learn more about social entrepreneurship, visit The Skoll Foundation.
I’m watching your BBC documentary in Canada on your web link on your web site and I think there may be a problem with the sound….lots of gaps with no sound. I think maybe a voice over track is missing. Just thought I should let you know.
Looks like a great documentary.
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Dear all,
This morning I saw the BBC documentary about CAMFED and congratulations on the fantastic project you have set up in Zambia to enable girls to have a proper education and thus a chance on a better future. We have set up a similar NGO in Morocco with a couple of friends with the same goal: education for girls!
I invite you to have a look on our website: http://www.educationforallmorocoo.org
I think there are many similarities and it made me very happy
to see the documentary about all you do in Zambia and especially to see that there are many people in this world with the same goal: to give girls a better chance in life which all starts with education.
With kind regards,
Marijke Stroosnijder
Marrakech, Morocco
Thank you Kia for your comment. We have fixed the problems with the sound, and hope you enjoy watching the documentary!
Ryan Quiel, Camfed
[...] Camfed has a page related to the broadcast where you can find out about ways to get involved in their work. You can find that here. [...]