MADINA – Saudi entrepreneur Ghada Ba’aqeil has won the “People’s Choice Award”, part of Youth Business International’s Entrepreneur of the Year competition, for her work in setting up the Ghada Madina Autism Center, the first and only center for autistic children in the city of Madina.
The competition was decided by votes from the general public who chose from 12 candidates from around the world shortlisted for the whole competition. Youth Business International, which has as its president the UK’s Prince Charles, started the competition in 2006 to celebrate the achievements of young entrepreneurs around the world, and Ghada was honored in London on Monday in the presence of the Prince.
Ghada received funding from the Centennial Fund for her project which currently has a staff of 17 women to tend to over two dozen children. – Okaz/SG