Nadia Khawaja

Nadia Khawaja Mahmud is the Co-Founder & CEO of Jolkona.org, which brings young people into development and philanthropy by connecting donors to global and local micro-giving opportunities. Since its launch, Jolkona has raised and given away over $200,000 to partner non-profits and brought volunteers to work and visit projects in East Africa and South America.  To date, Jolkona’s youngest donor is just 8 years old.  Prior to starting Jolkona, Nadia worked in the non-profit sector in Los Angeles promoting social entrepreneurship and financial literacy to inner city youth. She is passionate about global health and nutrition and spends her spare time volunteering with organizations helping to fight obesity in America and malnutrition abroad.