Damaris Chawinga

Damaris Chawinga, a 32-year-old woman born in Lilongwe Malawi, is a registered optometrist with 7 years of experience in providing primary eye care services at a clinical setup. Damaris has worked with the organizations and private sectors in Zimbabwe in provision of good eye health for 5 years.

She has been working with the Government of Malawi for over 2 years and currently, she is working with Optinova eye care in Zimbabwe. She has a degree in bachelor of Science obtained at Mzuzu University in 2015 and she is also studying for her master’s in international public health with the Liver Pool John Moore’s University.

Her passion goal is to pursue her education to a PhD level in public health for community eye care to reinforce her technical skills with research skills and share her knowledge and skills with her colleagues

She is interested in charity organizations hence she is mostly volunteering in charity organizations and she loves playing chess and listening to music.