A youngster from North Lanarkshire has been introduced as a finalist on this 12 months’s Sunday Mail Younger Scot Awards in recognition of their unbelievable achievements.
Sameeha Rehman, 22, is a finalist within the Enhancing Schooling class.
At simply 21, Sameeha began her personal social enterprise, Ubuntu Scotland to assist enhance equality within the schooling sector.
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The organisation presents help in 5 key areas: creativity, office, finance, psychological wellbeing, and social interplay, and Sameeha has efficiently taken the work of Ubuntu Scotland into main and secondary faculties throughout Glasgow and Lanarkshire to assist educate lecturers and younger individuals.
She does this in probably the most deprived areas and companions with group teams to create connections between them and the varsity group. Sameeha works for the organisation alongside full time employment, learning, volunteering and tutoring kinship children.
Sameeha, from Stepps, impressed an esteemed panel of judges along with her excellent contributions to her group.
The Sunday Mail Younger Scot Awards goals to recognise and encourage extraordinary younger individuals from throughout the nation who're making an actual distinction to the lives of others.
Now in its sixteenth 12 months, the awards spotlight the triumphs of younger individuals in a variety of classes - from sport and the surroundings to enterprise and volunteering – and shine a lightweight on the invaluable contributions made by exceptional younger individuals throughout Scotland.
The outcomes shall be introduced on April 27 at a star-studded red-carpet awards ceremony hosted at Edinburgh’s Worldwide Convention Centre.
The winners will be part of a prestigious roll name of earlier recipients together with RuPaul’s Drag Race champion Lawrence Chaney and social media star Jamie Genevieve.
Kirsten Urquhart, chief govt (Interim) at Younger Scot, advised us : “The inspiring work of Sameeha is a testomony to what the Sunday Mail Younger Scot Awards are all about – recognising, championing and celebrating the achievements of Scotland’s younger individuals.
“Congratulations to the entire 2022 finalists.”
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