Amana Parveen

Age:

Home Town: Kochi, Kerala.

Education: BA hons in Political Science, University of Delhi.

Specific Field Interests: Advocacy, livelihoods, decentralized development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian aid, women empowerment and economic development

Placement: Fair Trade Forum India, New Delhi (Livelihoods)

Area of Focus:

Fellowship Project: To facilitate empowerment and sustainability of the grassroots artisans and crafts persons through fairness and transparency in trade, alleviating poverty, ignorance and unemployment in India and ushering in human development and social change.

Highlights: Amana hails from Kochi, Kerala. She has developed extensive industry knowledge and academic experience in the social impact sector through her involvement over the last three years. She is a Political Science Hons graduate from the University of Delhi, India. Along with her bachelor's degree, she completed a diploma in Women empowerment and development. She also holds certifications in Human Rights and Legal Literacy. She has worked in a diverse range of impact environments stretching from education, livelihoods, fundraising, relief, communications, corporate engagement, and advocacy. Previously, she has worked on a project named "Let's reach out Kerala", which aimed to offer psychosocial support to guest workers stranded in and outside the state of Kerala, India, during the first phase of the pandemic. After that, she went on to work on a vaccination project to provide Covid-19 vaccines to 200 guest worker families in Delhi-NCR, India. Through her various experiences, Amana acquired considerable skills, such as project management, communications, graphic designing, development of concept notes, collaboration, and research. Amana is a self-motivated and passionate individual who envisions an empathy-driven world.