"Minister Syed Saddiq's video interview gave me my AHA moment on this programme. He introduced the phrase 'youthfulness is not a weakness'. This phrase has changed how I view my youthfulness."
Name: Emmanuel Salia Gaima
Position: Student
Company: Fourah Bay College,University of Sierra Leone
Industry: Higher Education
Programme and year attended: Commonwealth100, 2019
Hometown (City, Country): Freetown,Sierra Leone
What/Who inspires you? Minister Syed Saddiq.
What was your biggest learning from the programme? Youthfulness is not a weakness.
Why did you choose to attend a Common Purpose programme? The programme offers a hands-on platform for the development of minds for not only today's century, but also tomorrow's! Thus,I chose to be part of a sub-programme under it – Commonwealth100, in 2019.