Craig Kielburger
Who is this activist?
Craig kielburger started free the children in 1995. He was 12 at the time.Craig gathered 11 school friends to help him with the project. Craig lives in Thornhill,Ontario.It all started one morning when craig was looking at the newspaper. He was looking for the comics when Iqbal's story caught his eye.
What is this person fighting for?
Craigs interest in (stopping) child labor led to Free The children. Free The Children is not only about children and child labor it is also about school,clean water and jobs.Craig also has a little program called adopt a village. Right now they are working with that in 8 different developing countries. There are 2.3 million youth involved in Free The Children. Today Free The Children is an international charity and educational partner.
What makes this person special or unique?
Craig is special because he started at the age of 12 and has become a movement. He was in 7th grade when he started Free The Children. Craig has been doing this for 20 years. He also won the world of children award.
Eliazer Ben-yehuda
Who is this activist?
Eliezer ben-yehuda is a jewish activist. He was born Eliezer Yitzhak-Perlman. Eliezer was born on january seventh 1858 in luzuki. Eliezer died on december sixteenth 1922. He was a newspaper editor. By the age of 12 he was reading large portions out of the torah (jewish bible),mishnah and talmud.
What is this person fighting for?
Eliezer was fighting for hebrew to be a spoken language. Before it was a language only spoken when reading the torah and the torah only. It was a sacred language. Eliezer was also a big supporter of zionism (the belief that israel should be a country.)
What makes this person special or unique?
Eliezer made hebrew a spoken language not just a torah language. Eliezer also wrote two books: Dictionary of the hebrew language and thesaurus. He also lived to the age of 64 which for his time was old. He was married twice. The first time his wife died of tuberculosis. Devorah's final wish was for Eliezer to marry her sister paula. 10 days after Devorah died 3 of Eliezer's five small children died of diphtheria. 6 months later he married Paula, Devorah's sister.
Who is this activist?
Craig kielburger started free the children in 1995. He was 12 at the time.Craig gathered 11 school friends to help him with the project. Craig lives in Thornhill,Ontario.It all started one morning when craig was looking at the newspaper. He was looking for the comics when Iqbal's story caught his eye.
What is this person fighting for?
Craigs interest in (stopping) child labor led to Free The children. Free The Children is not only about children and child labor it is also about school,clean water and jobs.Craig also has a little program called adopt a village. Right now they are working with that in 8 different developing countries. There are 2.3 million youth involved in Free The Children. Today Free The Children is an international charity and educational partner.
What makes this person special or unique?
Craig is special because he started at the age of 12 and has become a movement. He was in 7th grade when he started Free The Children. Craig has been doing this for 20 years. He also won the world of children award.
Eliazer Ben-yehuda
Who is this activist?
Eliezer ben-yehuda is a jewish activist. He was born Eliezer Yitzhak-Perlman. Eliezer was born on january seventh 1858 in luzuki. Eliezer died on december sixteenth 1922. He was a newspaper editor. By the age of 12 he was reading large portions out of the torah (jewish bible),mishnah and talmud.
What is this person fighting for?
Eliezer was fighting for hebrew to be a spoken language. Before it was a language only spoken when reading the torah and the torah only. It was a sacred language. Eliezer was also a big supporter of zionism (the belief that israel should be a country.)
What makes this person special or unique?
Eliezer made hebrew a spoken language not just a torah language. Eliezer also wrote two books: Dictionary of the hebrew language and thesaurus. He also lived to the age of 64 which for his time was old. He was married twice. The first time his wife died of tuberculosis. Devorah's final wish was for Eliezer to marry her sister paula. 10 days after Devorah died 3 of Eliezer's five small children died of diphtheria. 6 months later he married Paula, Devorah's sister.