Camfed’s Facebook Challenge: A Runaway Success!

At the beginning of December, a Camfed donor pledged to invest $10,000 in keeping 400 girls in school through Camfed’s Safety Net Fund program if we could persuade 5,000 new supporters to join our Facebook Cause by June 1st 2009. We were delighted to see that, with the help of a devoted group of champions, our Cause had attracted 1,000 new supporters in less than a week. In less than two weeks, we were halfway to our target!

Inspired by the energy and motivation behind our Cause, our anonymous donor pledged to put an additional $5,000 toward educating African girls if we reached our goal of 5,000 supporters before December 31st. We reached that target almost two weeks early—on December 20th—and the number of Camfed Cause supporters continues to grow, now past 6,000.

Camfed would like to extend our profound gratitude to everyone who has helped spread the word to friends, family, and colleagues, and to the thousands of new supporters who are now part of Camfed’s mission to make sure that the most disadvantaged children in the world have access to the opportunities unlocked by education. We look forward to continuing to work together with this group to grow our community even more! If you haven’t had a chance to join Camfed’s Cause, visit www.causes.com/camfed.