Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, charity CEO

Published: May 30, 2021, 10:45 a.m.

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Amanda Khozi Mukwashi is the chief executive of Christian Aid, leading development and humanitarian work in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Amanda was born in Twickenham and grew up in Zambia and Rome where her stepfather worked in the diplomatic service. She studied international trade and investment law at the University of Zambia in Lusaka and during this time she began to develop her political outlook and commitment to the issue of social justice.

She moved to the UK in 1996 where she took a master\\u2019s degree at the University of Warwick. But even with two degrees and considerable work experience she was unable to find a job and retrained as a care worker. She says her time working in nursing homes \\u201creshaped\\u201d and \\u201chumbled\\u201d her.

Later she worked for the VSO and served with the United Nations Volunteer programme in Germany before landing what she calls her \\u201cdream job\\u201d at Christian Aid in 2018.

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Presenter: Lauren Laverne\\nProducer: Paula McGinley

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