Those who have the will, will eventually succeed<br/><br/>

A 12 year old child from Toronto named Craig Kielburger was searching in the newspapers for comic strips on a morning in 1995 when he came across an article, “Battled Child Labour, Boy, 12, Murdered.” He was puzzled by the news and wanted to investigate. With his parents’ permission, he set off with a young Toronto humanitarian to Bangladesh, Thailand, India Nepal and Pakistan to visit the children for seven weeks.<br/><br/>

Craig came to realize that it was a waste of time opposing child labour because the root causes of the problem are poverty and lack of education. So he founded the organization, Free the Children, when he came back to Canada. Free the Children aims to raise youths’ awareness about child labour in developing countries and collect donations for building schools in areas of poverty. He believes that youths can also achieve something when they are still young and do not have to wait till they grow up to contribute to the society.<br/><br/>

Within the past ten years, over one million youths participated in the program and helped to build over 400 schools in areas of poverty across 45 countries.<br/><br/>

Craig is currently studying at the University of Toronto. His brother, Mac, has just graduated with a law degree from Harvard University and has taken up the position as legal consultant for the organization. Their motto is “Me to We” (fulfilling others’ needs as our responsibility). Website: www.freethechildren.com