Our Impact

Uzma was selected as a Generation Amazing youth ambassador in 2014 and acted as Vice Chair on the Youth Advisory Committee.  She was the first female to establish a girls’ football team for Lyari at a Generation Amazing football pitch. Since then, Uzma has gone on to college where she is in her final year of her Humanities degree. She continues to engage her fellow students in football, and elsewhere, aspires to be in the police force when she graduates. Uzma is a good example of how young women are being impacted through GA, to make important life choices in terms of study and career. She currently sets up tournaments and matches in her local GA pitch when she has time.

Qatar goalkeeper Shaima Abdullah plays her football with a smile. As well as being the last line of defence for the Qatar women's team, Abdullah has become a valued member of Generation Amazing's local coaching talent. She started playing sports as a six-year-old in school and went on to become a member of her school football team and then the women’s national team. She then studied economics, marketing and management at Qatar University, while also playing for the national team. She started taking coaching courses with Qatar Football Association, which led to Shaima learning about Generation Amazing. She now works as a Generation Amazing coach in schools across the country and splits her time humbly between university and teaching children new life skills through football. Shaima’s dream is to play for Qatar at the Women's World Cup and Women's Asian Cup one day. When she finishes playing football, Shaima would like to become a goalkeeping coach, as the first Qatari woman to do this job for her national team.