Meanna Yeung
Meanna joined Oxfam in February 2015. She works in the International Programme Unit and her work focuses on South-South partnership. She likes travelling, reading and practicing yoga.
Development Programmes, Oxfamily, Other parts of Asia11 JUN 2015
Children in an orphanage in Bloemfontein were singing to welcome us.
I first became interested in the issue of poverty during my first year of university. In a course about economic geography, my professor talked about the uneven distribution of resources and the issue of global inequality. His enthusiasm for the topic was contagious, so I started reading up on poverty and inequality. Since then, I have become greatly interested in the issue of poverty and international development. That said, I only decided to pursue a career in international development at the end of university.