THE MADRINHA TRUST
MENTEE AWARDS 2022

Medical Student from Palestine

GLOBAL MENTEE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022

This award went to an exceptional medical student from Palestine. Ansam is an outstanding student during all of her 6 years of study she has achieved the maximum scores she could gain and was one of the top among her colleagues in her class, in spite of the sad loss of her father at a critical time of her studies and living in a very difficult environment. Strict commitment to social work and supporting other younger medical students is one of her priorities. Caring for family is her responsibility at the moment in addition to looking for a coming career.

We thank her mentor Ayman Salman (Madrinha Alumni) for his excellent mentorship.

Medical Student from Palestine

EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AWARD 2022

A remarkable medical student, Asma is an example of everything one could wish in a young doctor. She is committed and happy to go the extra mile for others and wants to do well above all. She has contributed to her community on many occasions and deserves recognition for her efforts.

We thank Tarek Gardner for his dedicated mentorship.

Medical Student from St Vincent

STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022

Joel was selected as President of the Student Body at Trinity Medical School, organising welcoming committees for new students.

As well as being a very bright and excellent medical student Joel is also a youth coordinator involved in his local church, running programmes to reduce violent crime. He has taken a lead role in the training of altar servers, leading the initiative to train younger people in this role.

We thank Andrew Baird for his dedication as Joel’s mentor.

Business Science Finance Student, Cape Town, SA

MICHAEL GEOGHEGAN STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022

This award went to an exceptional student with continuous excellent academic credentials (top 3rd year Finance student and consequently being awarded a scholarship from reputable American consulting company, Bain & Company). Hannah also undertook a business development internship with Teach the Nation South Africa, upon which an offer was made to extend this internship in light of commendable performance. In her spare time, Hannah also tutors children in mathematics and is learning German in her spare time. Overall, Hannah is an exemplary all-rounder Madrinha Trust scholar with a promising future ahead.

We thank Nishil Mehta for his exceptional mentoring.

Medical Student from Palestine

JANIA GEOGHEGAN MENTEE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022

This award went to an extraordinary medical student from Palestine. Razan is a hard working student who has achieved good grades despite the turbulent environment she studies in and Covid restrictions over the past 2 years. She has lead multiple awareness campaigns as well as being a principal investigator in a cohort study. She has also addressed her personal wellbeing through her hobbies such as painting.

We thank Borzoueh Mohammadi for his dedication as her mentor.