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Teenage Entrepreneur: Sumaira Sheikh helps her mother

Teenage Entrepreneur: Sumaira Sheikh helps her mother

By Iliana Biutu
10/03/2025
14-year-old Sumaira Sheikh of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School

The 14-year-old Sumaira Sheikh of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School always helps her mother sell clothes on weekends and during school breaks.

While speaking to fijivillage News Sheikh says she loves helping her mother run the business since she was raised by her mother alone.

Sheikh says assisting her mother in this way is a way of acknowledging her mother’s hard work.

The 14-year-old urges children to help their parents because they have gone through a lot to provide for their essential needs.

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