# CAMFED founder wins regional Entrepreneur of the Year award

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/07/25/camfed-founder-wins-regional-entrepreneur-year-award/
- Published: 2004-07-25T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Ann Cotton, Founder and Executive Director of CAMFED International, has won the 
award for Social Entrepreneur Of The Year at the Central region finals of the nationwide
competition.
Beating 36 other short-listed entrepreneurs from all kinds of businesses,
Ann won the award for her passionate support of education and her ability to marshal
funds and people to support [CAMFED](http://www.camfed.org)‘s aims.

She founded CAMFED after visiting Zimbabwe in 1990, where she was moved by the passion
for education amongst girls in poor, rural communities. From supporting 32 girls
in 1993, CAMFED has expanded to reach over 237,000 children, young people and their
guardians.

On winning the award Ann said: “It’s great to receive this Award and I feel deeply
honoured – credit goes to all the sponsors for putting social entrepreneurship high
on their agenda.”

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Ann, the only woman among the 37 short-listed finalists in the Central region, will
now go on to compete in the National Entrepreneur Of The Year finals in October.
The overall Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004 will then go forward to compete for the
accolade of World Entrepreneur Of The Year in Monte Carlo in 2005.

The Entrepreneur Of The Year awards programme, now in its sixth year in the UK, 
takes place in over 35 countries around the world with nearly 10,000 entrepreneurs
competing at regional, national and international levels every year.

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