Zainab Manji - Teacher & volunteer coordinator

Zainab was born in Uganda but arrived in the UK as a refugee while just a small child. She did a teaching degree and has taught in schools, colleges and at the Zainabiya Sunday School in Granby. She is also a committee member of the Milton Keynes Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education. She is a volunteer for Milton Keynes Hospital and she won a MK Local Heroes award for her voluntary work for Welcome MK during the Afghan Refugee crisis in 2021. She supported the refugees for 2 years in a variety of ways whilst they stayed in temporary accommodation at hotels in MK. She teaches English in the ESOL department at MK College and is co-chair of the Abrahamic women’s group MK.

For Zainab’s story click on the audio bar above her photo.