The Chief Govt Officer of the United Kingdom-registered charity, CAMFED, Angeline Murimirwa, has been awarded the Africa Training Medal 2024,one of many continent’s most prestigious schooling accolades, for her pioneering work in selling women’ schooling throughout 5 African nations.
Based by T4 Training and HP Inc., the medal recognises people who’re remodeling schooling throughout Africa, celebrating their impactful tales and management.
Murimirwa has devoted her profession to advancing women’ schooling and girls’s management by way of CAMFED, a grassroots non-governmental organisation that tackles poverty, inequality and injustice.
Founder and Chief Govt Officer of T4 Training, Vikas Pota, stated the Africa Training Medal honours leaders working tirelessly to remodel studying within the area.
To satisfy UN sustainable improvement purpose (SDG) 4 of common high quality schooling, finish studying poverty, shut studying gaps, and unlock the continent’s potential, Pota emphasised the necessity to give a platform to changemakers from throughout the society who’re making an actual distinction.
On his half, Senior Training Enterprise Chief at HP, Mayank Dhingra, stated Murimirwa’s work has led the way in which in breaking boundaries for ladies in schooling.
“We all know that so many others can be impressed to comply with in her footsteps to construct a world the place each youngster receives high quality schooling that’s their proper.”
An elated Murimirwa, expressed gratitude for the popularity, dedicating the medal to your entire motion advocating for schooling fairness. “Collectively, we’re elevating the flag for a extra equitable world,” she acknowledged.
CAMFED’s work highlighted the challenges women face in rural Africa, the place majority don’t full secondary schooling, addressed obstacles stopping marginalised women from attending college and collaborated with governments to boost academic methods to raised serve women’ wants.
Past secondary college, CAMFED helps younger ladies in transitioning to employment or entrepreneurship, empowering them to turn into group leaders.
Murimirwa was additionally the primary chair of the CAMFED affiliation, a community of 279,000 ladies leaders throughout Africa. Every member is dedicated to financially supporting not less than three different women of their group, serving to to make sure they continue to be at school.
Having been one of many first women supported by the organisation to attend secondary college in Zimbabwe, she brings private perception into the challenges women face in accessing schooling.
Murimirwa was chosen from a aggressive pool of finalists, comprising leaders from numerous academic initiatives throughout the area.
The Africa Training Medal will give her a platform on the World Faculties Summit in Dubai between November 23 and 24, the place she can even nominate a faculty for T4 Training’s Greatest Faculty to Work programme, geared toward enhancing instructor recruitment and retention.
