Role Model Awards
2009 Award Winners
MALE WINNER;
Abdi Jama - Great Britain Men's Basketball team
Abdi Jama was awared this year's male Role Model Award for various reasons. Making his debut at the Paralympic games in Beijing 2008, GBR team member 26-year-old Abdi Jama came away with a bronze medal in the men's wheelchair basketball event. We have given this award to Abdi as his current achievements are spectacular. We were very pleased as Abdi joined us all the way from Liverpool to pick up the award only a few days after a tour from Turkey.
Born in Somalia and now living in Liverpool, Abdi trains with the Wolverhampton Rhinos under coach Murray Treseder and cites Muhammad Ali as his sporting hero. Having sustained a spinal injury following a fall from a window, it has done nothing to discourage the newcomer to sport, and he also enjoys bowling and football alongside basketball. Abdi felt very pleased and "honoured" to have received the award.
In basketball he plays the position of guard, and has competed in the World and European Championships 2006/07 in Amsterdam, Germany and in Manchester, where he has won both bronze and silver medals. He was honoured with the best newcomer award at the 13th annual British Wheelchair Sports Awards held in Essex in 2008.
We would like to wish Abdi Jama and the whole Great Britain men's Basketball team all the best for the London 2012 Paralympics. Gold medal on home soil? YES WE CAN!
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FEMALE WINNER;
Sagal Jama - Merseyside fire and rescue service
Sagal jama was nominated by Stuart Mckenna, The Diversity Manager at the Merseyside Fire and Rescue service. We at the Miss Somali UK were very pleased to have received this nomination from a national service. Sagal is the Bilingual Community Fire safety advocate covering the Somali coomunity within Merseyside. Before Sagal started working for the fire service, she had graduated from University with BSc (Hons) computer studies.
We were very pleased to have invited Sagal and her managers on the night, even better, they had enjoyed themselves greatly and "receiving the award was a bonus" for Sagal.
It is Sagal’s role to make the services of Merseyside Fire Rescue Service accessible to the ethnic minority communities by overcoming the barriers of language, culture and religion. Her main responsibilities are to promote fire safety awareness in Somali community to reduce the risk of fires and equip these vulnerable groups with fire safety education, at the same time building bridges between the fire service and Somali community. Sagal is trained to deliver Home Fire Safety Checks including fitting smoke alarms and also carry out fire safety presentations to community groups
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WHY DO WE NEED A ROLE MODEL?
The importance of having a role model can never be underestimated, role models help us to be driven, to be inspired, to focus on and achieve goals and strive to gain success. A role model can be a family member, a friend, a coach/mentor, teacher, community leader, a colleague, a neighbour. A role model is someone an individual can relate to and gain knowledge from, they are someone that one can look to for advice in a hard situation and know that they will give words of wisdom, you aspire to achieve what they have achieved in life and society. True role models are those who possess the qualities that we would like to have and those who have affected us in a way that makes us want to be better people.
Is there someone you look up to in the Somali community?
We want you to get in contact with us and let us know of your role models. We want to recognise people doing positive things in the Somali community. Let us know who these people are, what these people do, why they should be win Role Model of the year 2009.
Criteria for selecting winners
• Promoting a positive attitude and unyielding desire to enhance our quality of life.
• Taking an effective ad vigorous leadership role in the community.
• Striving to unite our community in collaborative efforts for its future prosperity.
• Making significant contributions in their specific fields of endeavor.
Nominations
You may nominate one male and one female to be considered who have distinguished themselves by:
• Promoting a positive attitude and unyielding desire to enhance our quality of life.
• Taking an effective ad vigorous leadership role in the community.
• Striving to unite our community in collaborative efforts for its future prosperity.
• Making significant contributions in their specific fields of endeavor.
Deadline for ALL nominations is 2nd week of October 2010
Role Models will be selected each year by a committee comprised of past Role Model honorees and members of The Miss Somali UK team. Since this is the first year in doing this, the judges for the pageant will contribute in selecting the winners rather than a past winner.
The Following information is required for nominations:
Nominee:
Name:
Company: Title
Address:
Occupation:
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Date of birth: (dd/mm/yyyy)
Nominated by:
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Company: Title:
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Role Model information:
We want to hear about your nominee in your own words. Please tell us why you belive your nominee should be honoured as Role model of the year 2009 in narrative format, plus provide information on the following categories:
Business accomplishments:
Community involvement:
Achievements and awards:
If you would like to nominate someone to be a role model, you can do so at any time by sending a letter of recommendation to info@misssomaliuk.com
Deadline for ALL nominations is 2nd week of October 2010
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