Indian-origin girl wins laurels at Queen s Commonwealth Essay Contest [details]
Czaana Saxena, an Indian-origin girl, is the winner of the gold finalist award in the Queen s Commonwealth Essay Competition, which is the world s oldest such content.
Singapore girl wins laurels at Queen s Commonwealth Essay Contest
The satisfaction that is brought by achieving life goals is unparalleled. An 11-year-old Indian-origin Czaana Saxena is familiar with that feeling after receiving many accolades and most recently the prestigious gold finalist award in the Queen s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020. Out of 13,000 students from 58 countries, Czaana managed to secure the gold finalist award, giving her the much-needed boost to her motivation at such a young age.
February 4, 20211
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This month, OECS YES In Action caught up with Khadijah Halliday, a 19-year-old Spoken Word Artiste and Writer tackling the stigma of mental illness in the Caribbean through empowering videos, poetry and prose!
Khadijah Halliday
Tell us a little about yourself.
My love affair with words began at a really early age. My childhood years were spent going to school for eight hours and then coming home to read for another eight. After devouring book after book, I had the epiphany that I didn’t need to always be the one being inspired I could be the one doing the inspiring.