Linda Brenda Sichali

Linda Sichali has more than four years’ experience as a volunteer in community work in Malawi. She is a founding member of Girls Platform for Social Action (GIPSA), an organization that promotes girl-child education in rural areas. Linda serves as an advocate against cultural practices that promote early marriages among girls. Linda sees herself as a key player in mobilizing resources and efforts towards girls’ and women’s empowerment, particularly in rural areas. After the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Linda plans to continue her work to empower girls and young women. She dreams of setting up a resource center in her rural home town to provide young women and girls with academic and career guidance, as well as entrepreneurship and agribusiness skills.