BEST NEWCOMER AMBASSADOR FINALIST - Ali Soda

Your Name: 

Ali Soda

Your Organisation/Company: 

Happylifetogether

Your favourite thing about West Belfast: 

The friendly community

Your First Job: 

Digger driver

What it taught you? 

It taught me to be very patient and very careful with my work because any minor mistakes can be very dangerous. It also taught me have a stronger mindset and believe in myself .

What do you think are the key ingredients needed to make a person or organisation the Best of the West?  Being friendly, respectful and having a good attitude in what you do. It's also about helping your community and being reliable.

I am Ali Soda, and I am from Syria and I moved here 9 years ago. When I first moved here the community in west Belfast helped me and my family and made us feel welcomed.

I wanted to give back to the community and help others, I volunteered and iam still a volunteer with barnardos.

This organisation "happylifetogether" started to help individuals who don't speak English as their first language and help with completing official forms for them.