Bushra is a community development specialist with a strong background in social justice. Her expertise in stakeholder engagement and conflict resolution is at the core of her skillset.

She has worked across the African continent, as well as internationally. Countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon, Ireland, Czech Republic, and South Africa are some of the countries where she spent significant time in social justice work and community engagement. Bushra’s experience in the development sector includes working with Standard Chartered Bank and their global initiative Seeing is Believing, Christian Blind Mission, Islamic Relief South Africa, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Peace Child International.

At the age of 11, Bushra interviewed Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. At 12 she participated in the Millennium Young People’s Congress in Hawaii, and at 13, she co-edited her first book. These early life events are hallmark, and forever paved the way for living her authentic self and passionately striving toward social justice for all. Bushra is one of the 100 young South African leaders that were selected for the prestigious Mail & Guardian Mzanzi Top 100 list and is the winner of the Power Woman of the Year Award in Innovation.

In South Africa, Razack was instrumental in the establishment of a much-needed orphanage and emergency placement centre in Mitchells Plain. Bushra was the first female to be appointed as National Program Manager at Islamic Relief South Africa.

Bushra is highly driven and committed to ensuring honest and positive outcomes to make the world a better place. She is an incredible place maker and recognizes local and community assets, inspiration and potential. She successfully creates spaces and programs that are relevant and harnesses ideas and assets of the people that these projects affect in a way that is not just a box ticking exercise. The ground in communities, recognizing the power of community ensuring that outcomes are not just a box ticking exercise but that they achieve real shifts and meaningful results.