Chilufya Chileshe, from Zambia, has over thirteen years’ experience in the civil society sector. She has worked on policy advocacy, research, civil society strengthening, grant-making and monitoring and evaluation. Chilufya currently works as Regional Advocacy Manager for WaterAid in Southern Africa, is the current Board Chair of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and is on the Africa Regional Advisory Committee for the Open Society Foundation. She supports artistic development and empowerment of youth through, support to work with young adults with intellectual disabilities.