JEDDAH – Ceylon Toastmasters Club’s Youth Leadership Program (YLP – 2023) concluded with a glittering award ceremony under the supervision of Division H Director TM Mohammed Hasan Ilyas and DTM Dr. Khaja Yaminuddin, English YLP chair at the local restaurant here recently. The workshops were conducted every Friday morning for 9 -10 consecutive weeks.
Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program have always been the talk of the town in the Western Province and this was no different as a record number of 18 young students, the highest number ever for any Youth Leadership Program in Jeddah, participated in this program after Covid-19.
The ceremony started with the welcome address of Division H Director TM Mohammed Hasan Ilyas. The introduction of all the gaveliers was presented YL Manha Raushan followed by the opening remarks by YL Manha Usman.
The prepared speeches were presented by YL Ruqaiya Zaveen and YL Dawood Rausan with their titles “A miracle was born, when a miracle died” and A game changer.
The table topic session was conducted by YL Binuka where 3 young leaders participated with full enthusiasm.
The general evaluator for speeches was YL Rufaudah Abeer Yaminuddin, who evaluated the speakers very professionally. The Aah counter for the session was YL Heshma ALavi, the timer was YL Surayh Yousuf. The Grammarian for the YLP final session was YL Khaja Raaeduddin, who corrected the grammatical mistakes of all the performed speakers with very honesty. The award master for the event was YL Adeesha.
Inspirational speeches were given by District 104 director, DTM Saji Kuriakose, PQD, DTM Abdulhadi Hawsawi and CGD TM Bala. DTM Saji applauded the performances given by all the young leaders and requested the Division H director to convert the YLP to a gavel club.
Motivational speech was given by English YLP chair DTM Dr. Khaja Yaminuddin. He expressed his happiness and said that it is not easy for anyone to perform or speak on the stage. He further said that the performances of all the youth leaders were phenomenal.
Division H director, TM Mohammed Hasan Ilyas in his welcome speech said, today’s session will be a flying start with an incredible speeches from different young leaders who will mesmerize the audience with their profound vocabulary and diction. Later he announced in the presence of the District 104 club grown director DTM Bala Subramaniyan, converting this YLP into the first gavel club for this year.
Past District director DTM Joey Villanueva in his speech also appreciated the performance of all the young leaders and motivated them to continue learning as the motto of toastmasters itself says, “We do by learning”. He advised every speaker to be an influential speaker and use their skills to enhance people’s life by motivating them.
The event was attended and witnessed by Dsitrict 104 Trio, DTM Saji Kuriakose, DTM Abdulhadi Hawsawi, DTM Bala Subramaniyan. The other attendees were DTM Mohammed Ibrahim Maricar, DTM Basheer Ambalavan, DTM Seeni Ali, DTM Thangasamy, TM Sameer Veeran and TM Abdul Rahman M. Baig.
The certificates of appreciation were given to all the young leaders by DTM Abdulhadi Hawsawi. The event was concluded with a gala dinner.
