children birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
christopher , barbara , sandy , david and elizabeth blagden , east grinstead , sussex , england 05 december 1929 jack elsworth margaret elsworth
 margaret elsworth director of the african scholars ' fund
margaret elsworth

dr margaret elsworth mbe -lrb- born 5 december 1929 , east grinstead , sussex -rrb- was the founder of the african scholars ' fund and the african scholars ' fund uk .
she was educated at micklefield and herschel girls school .
she graduated in 1954 from the university of cape town with a mbchb .
as a student she helped her father , sandy blagden , establish cafda , an organisation that raised funds for the development of poor communities living on the cape flats by selling second hand books .
cafda bookshops still flourish today .
during those years she also co-founded shawco .
iafter years of working at the red cross hospital she realised the priority of education in helping families rise above their impoverished conditions , and began recycling school textbooks from privileged white schools to poor black schools .
in 1970 she founded the african scholar 's fund , and later tecsat -lrb- technical college student aid trust western cape -rrb- .
she has worked as a medical officer for the janet bourhill institute from 1961 to 1994 .
in 1987 she was awarded an honorary master of social sciences from the university of cape town .
in 1996 she was awarded an mbe from queen elizabeth ii for her work for charity .
her husband , dr jack elsworth , died in 2003 .
she was elected to the order of simon of cyrene in 2010 .
