Congratulations,  Hayat on winning her first public speaking award!  In November, she entered a speech competition with the Odd Fellows pilgrimage and United Nations.  She wrote a 7 minute speech discussing Sudan's democracy and current state. She researched for months and in January won 1st place!  The winners received a two week paid expense trip to New York to visit the United Nations and other places like Washington D.C, Ottawa, Boston, Philadelphia and more. She'll be representing southern Alberta as a delegate this coming summer in the United States. Thank you to her amazing teachers at Chinook High School who encouraged her to enter the competition and believed in her through the process.