Chrissy Dumaduma Zimba

Chrissy Dumaduma Zimba is the Program Officer for Malawi for the Disability Rights Fund and the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund. She works closely with other program team members and serves as a liaison between the Funds and grantees in Malawi.

Chrissy is an advocate for equal employment opportunities for young people with disabilities in Africa, and brings with her 6 years of experience researching and promoting disability-inclusive, rights-based development. Prior to DRF, she worked as a Disability Inclusion Associate for the African Union Commission in Ethiopia where she was responsible for mainstreaming disability throughout the Commission’s work.  She also worked as a Youth Researcher for the African Union Commission, where she contributed to the drafting of the 2018 Status of Africa Youth Report. In addition, she worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the Mzuzu University Centre of Excellence in Water and Sanitation in Malawi, where she was responsible for monitoring all donor-funded WASH projects.

Chrissy holds a Masters in Public Policy and Governance from Africa University in Zimbabwe, a Bachelor of Science in Information and Communication Technology from Mzuzu University in Malawi, and a Certificate in Financial Accounting. In 2019, Chrissy was honored as a Mandela Washington Fellow and spent fellowship time with the American Association of People with Disabilities in Washington, D.C.