Drascilla Tariro Banda is the current International Public Finance (IPF) Intern at AFRODAD. Drascilla has been exposed to the professional world of project management through her stint at Tag International as a Project Assistant as well as at Higher-life Foundation as a Field Assistant (Child Protection). She is currently pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Child Sensitive Social Protection Policies at Women’s University in Africa (WUA). She holds a Master of Science Degree in Disaster Management from National University of Science and Technology (NUST) and A Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Politics and Public Management attained from Midlands State University (MSU). She is knowledgeable in quite a myriad of development related issues that include development economics, social protection, social sensitive budgeting, child protection, women empowerment, disaster management, climate change as well as human rights and HIV programming.