IT’S approaching 5pm and most of the staff in Christian Aid’s Edinburgh office, deep in the bowels of Augustine United Church, have gone for the evening.
The organisation’s chief executive, Amanda Mukwashi, apologises for being tired after a long day of travel and meetings. But other than a request for throat sweets, it really doesn’t show. She is warm, passionate and – about nine months in – obviously deeply in love with her new job, the charity itself and its supporters.
“I think it’s an amazing role to have at a time like this. And every day… sometimes I think I understand just how amazing it is, and then I meet other people and I think ‘my goodness, it’s even more amazing than I thought’.