Andrew Collodel is working for HelpAge International as the Emergency Programme Coordinator (Livelihoods). He has more than twenty years of experience in international development working mostly in Africa and is specialized in livelihoods and Humanitarian response.
During the civil war in Mozambique and in the post war recovery period he has lived and worked there for ten years in rural areas. He has built two Corn Soya Blend food factories, that produced fortified foods for school lunch programs in Mozambique and Angola. Andrew Collodel has first-hand experience of the burden African women bear in sustaining their families and building sustainable livelihoods in remote rural locations.