ISLAMABAD: Three Pakistanis, Mahnoor Syed, Hassan Mujtaba and Haroon Yasin, have been honored with the Queen’s Young Leaders awards.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, joined Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace for a reception honoring the Queen’s Young Leaders on Tuesday.
The award recognizes and celebrates exceptional people aged 18 to 29 from across the Commonwealth countries, who are taking the lead in their communities and using their skills to transform lives.
“Winners of this prestigious Award received a unique package of training, mentoring and networking, including a one-week residential program in the UK and to collect their Award from The Queen,” the Queen’s young leaders program said on its website.
The winners of the prestigious award
Mahnoor Syed supports underprivileged people in her community, the Queen’s young leaders program said.
“Her startup Spread the Word began by partnering with seven schools to provide extracurricular workshops to students on issues such as bullying, child abuse, mental and physical health,” the program added.
“Mahnoor has also collected money and books to secure the creation of two libraries in Lahore and has raised funds to sponsor the education of 24 children from disadvantaged backgrounds who attend one of her partner schools,” her profile details read at the program website.
Haroon Yasin received the honor for his dedication to giving children from underprivileged backgrounds the chance of a good education.
“He is the founder of a group which teaches children in Pakistan the national curriculum through an engaging digital education model,” his profile reads at the Queen’s program website. “Haroon and his team are now teaching around 1,300 children primarily in rural areas of Pakistan, through a specially developed cartoon series.”
Hassan Mujtaba Zaidi uses art to help educate marginalized young people in Pakistan.
“He is the founder of Discovering New Artists (DNA), which provides free art education, and primary and secondary education, to students unable to afford school fees,” the Queen’s Young Leaders program said.
It added: “Through DNA, Hassan also supports the construction of libraries in underresourced schools, and funds various college and university student internship and volunteers.”
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