Question

Imagine your school invites Malala to preside over the ‘Children’s Day’ celebration program. Draft a welcome speech for this guest of honour. Gather information about her from the Internet or your school library. While drafting a speech the following points should be kept in mind.

(1) Greeting and salutation

(2) Self-introduction and introduction of the topic

(3) A catchy thought/piece of news/short episode, to start with

(4) Body of the speech supported with related examples and episodes

(5) Conclusion

Answer 1

Honorable Chief Guest.

respected Principal. teachers and my dear friends,

               A pleasant good morning to you all. I am Ananya Iyer, the Cultural Secretary of the school. Today, on Children's Day. I have the pleasure and privilege of welcoming an eminent personality. Ms. Malala Yousafzai. as our Guest of Honour. Ms. Yousafzai Is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. northwest Pakistan,

              On 9 October 2012, while on a bus in the Swat District, Ma'am Yousafzai and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt in retaliation for her activism. Ma'am Yousafzai was hit in the head with a bullet and remained unconscious and in a critical condition. Following her recovery, she became a prominent activist for the right to education. She founded the Malala Fund, a non-profit organisation, and in 2013 co-authored I am Malala, an international best-seller. In 2012, she was the recipient of Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize and the 2013 Sakharov Prize. In 2014, she was the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Shri Kailash Satyarthi. Aged 17 at the time, this made her the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. In 2015, Ma'am Yousafzai was a subject of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary He Named Me Malala. 2013, 2014, and 2015 issues of Time magazine featured her as one of the most influential people globally.
               Ma'am, we are proud and privileged to have you with us today. We hope that your presence will inspire and motivate all of us here to greater heights. We request you to say a few words to the audience before the inauguration of the function. Thank You