Doreen Chizyuka
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist
World Vision Zambia
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Doreen Mutinta Chizyuka has fed her insatiable interest and passion for disability inclusion in in development across the Zambian rural communities.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Project management and has enhanced her disability knowledge through studying and recently obtained a postgraduate qualification with London school of Hygiene and Tropical medicine in Global health and Disability, and further under took a Global Health certificate course at Drexel University.
Doreen Is a certified practitioner of WASH in Emergencies (WASHiE) and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and is employed by World Vision Zambia.
Doreen is a mother of a 23-year-old severely disabled daughter due to cerebral Palsy and delights in using her experience to encourage mothers of children with disabilities.
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Thursday, 6 March 2025
15:40 - 16:40
Entrepreneurship support programmes for persons with disabilities
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Five Zero Project Awardees from Latin America and Africa prove otherwise, highlighting how to build and grow entrepreneurship ecosystems for persons with disabilities, with or without a traditional accelerator programme setup.