Sirkka Jendis is the managing director of Tafel Deutschland, the umbrella organization for over 970 food banks in Germany. Previously, the communications science graduate was a board member of the German Protestant Kirchentag, a lecturer, and held a leadership position in the ZEIT publishing group. She lives in Berlin with her husband and their three children.

 

Interviewed by herCAREER
„Wir müssen erkennen, dass Armut kein individuelles Schicksal ist, sondern ein systemisches Problem“