1. Career
    2001-2004: Muslim Youth Helpline  2005-2010: Ansar Youth Project and Queen's Crescent Community Association  2011-2012: Al-Mizan Charitable Trust  2013–2018: Sufra  2019-present: Kijana Kwanza  

2. Education

3. Awards

4. Organisations

5. Citations

6. References

7. External Links

Career

2001-2004: Muslim Youth Helpline

Mohammed began his career in the voluntary sector at the age of 18 years whilst studying for his A-levels, when he founded the award-winning charity Muslim Youth Helpline in February 2001. This is today considered the Muslim community's premier youth counselling service in the UK.^[3] It was at college that Mohammed first realised the extent of isolation that today's young Muslims experience; while problems such as drug misuse, depression and sexuality are issues common among many young people, he believed that young Muslims often need advice that takes into account broader religious and social contexts, which is why he created the helpline.^[4]

After helping to secure its financial base, Mamadani retired as a trustee of MYH to take up fresh challenges: he became a trustee of the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, a charity that promotes social entrepreneurship by offering financial awards and support packages to individuals with creative ideas for achieving social objectives.^[5]

2005-2010: Ansar Youth Project and Queen's Crescent Community Association

4 years after Muslim Youth Helpline, Mamdani set up Ansar Youth Project, a community based model in faith and culturally sensitive youth-work as a response to the 7/7 London bombings. He had been the Head of Operations of Ansar Youth Project until 2009. Also, between 2005-2007 Mohammed was appointed to the Board of Trustees for UnLtd, the Foundation of Social Entrepreneurs.^[6]

During January 2010, Mamdani was employed as a Capacity Building Manager and Head of Youth Services at Queen's Crescent Community Association.^[7] Mamdani joined QCCA in an effort to increase his experience and knowledge on how to run charitable organisations, primarily those who support disadvantaged people. He wanted to set up organisations which tackle homelessness, food poverty in the United Kingdom, debt amongst other communal problems. Mamdani used his knowledge from QCCA to set up the initial charitable trust; Al-Mizan during the summer of 2011. Mamdani left QCCA in October 2011 to work closely with his newly found charity.^[8]

2011-2012: Al-Mizan Charitable Trust

Mohammed Sadiq Mamdani, founded Al-Mizan Charitable Trust in October 2011.^[9] This became the UK's first Muslim grant-funder that supports individuals living in poverty, regardless of their faith or cultural background. Every month, the Trust receives more than 40 applications for financial support, of which only half of eligible applications can be supported with a grant or interest-free loan of up to £500.

Although the Trust prioritises applications which provide long-term benefit, rising poverty and unemployment has forced the charity to consider funding more and more applications for basic household and subsistence costs. The fundraising appeals are run in partnership with grassroots organisations, so that the packs reach the people who need them the most.^[10]

2013–2018: Sufra

Brent Council approved the growing garden project growing garden in 2016.^[17] The garden project was located just a minute walk away from Sufra's main office and was named St. Raphael’s Edible Garden.

On 15 January 2019, Mamdani resigned from Sufra as the director^[18]. After five years of developing the charity into a vibrant Community Hub, Mohammed has moved on to his next project based in rural Tanzania, a country with which he has a deep personal connection.

2019-present: Kijana Kwanza

In January 2019, Mamdani launched the Kijana Kwanza project. Kijana Kwana, which means Young People First in swahili, is a youth organisation based in Moshi, Tanzania that promotes education, employment and enterprise skills amongst young people. ^[19] It is his first commercial work outside of the UK.

Education

Mamdani's enrolled for Richmond upon Thames College in September 1999, located in South London from where he proceeded to Oxford to study Arabic and Persian with Islamic Studies. He took a year out from his undergraduate studies at Oxford University to pilot the Muslim Youth Helpline service. Mohammed graduated from St. John's College, Oxford in 2009. He studied towards a Master's in Arabic and Islamic Studies from SOAS, University of London a year after.^[20]

Awards

His awards include Volunteer of the Year from BT & the Telephone Helplines Association (2003), Whitbread Youth Achievers Award (2004) and CSV Year of the Volunteer Medal for Innovation (2005). His citation for the Whitbread award noted, "Mohammed is an inspirational example of what young volunteers can do in their communities, through determination and commitment. This is a project that is making a real difference to hundreds of lives."^[5] Mamdani was added to The Independents "Good List" of 50 people in 2006, where Paul Vallely was involved in the selection process.^[21] In January 2015, Mamdani was one of 67 who had been awarded the Halifax Giving Extra Award.^[22] As well as receiving this reward, Sufra was entitled to receive £300 in bonus bond vouchers.^[23]

Organisations

• Muslim Youth Helpline
• Ansar Youth Project
• Al-Mizan Charitable Trust
• Sufra
• Kijana Kwanza

Citations

References

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External Links

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-sadiq-mamdani-82066b34/ Mohammed Mamdani] on LinkedIn

• Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 2003
• Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 2006
• Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 2009
• Liberal Party of Canada leadership conventions
• Liberal party of Honduras
• Liberal Party of Jura
• Liberal Party of Labrador
• Liberal Party of Newfoundland & Labrador
• Liberal Party of Norway
• Liberal Party of Ontario leadership convention, 1943
• Liberal Party of PEI
• Liberal Party of the Philippines
• Liberal Party of the UK
• Liberal Party of Vaud
• Liberal Party of Yukon
• Liberal Party (Ontario)
• Liberal Party (PEI)
• Liberal Party (Prince Edward Island)
• Liberal Party (Puerto Rico)
• Liberal Party (Quebec)
• Liberal Party (Saskatchewan)
• Liberal Party (Solomon Islands)
• Liberal Party (Spain)
• Liberal Party (Spain, 1880)
• Liberal Party (Spain, 1976-1989)