Stories: What young people have achieved
In every country of the world there are young people just like you taking a stand – and taking action – to make sure their rights are met. Here are their stories.
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First educated in a refugee camp after fleeing her home in Southern Sudan, Suku now takes her mission to the airwaves by encouraging other children to go to school. Read more about Suku >>> |
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Madeleine, a former child soldier from Democratic Republic of the Congo, courageously speaks out about the difficulties girls like her face in returning to a normal life. Read more about
Madeleine >>> |
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Cristian Traicu, who was diagnosed with HIV as a baby, is not only a survivor but a fighter. He founded a youth network to promote AIDS prevention and fight discrimination against people living with HIV in Romania. Read more about Cristian >>> |
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"It is the rule of my life to do something little and then maybe with time it makes a big thing," says Dolly Akter, a 17-year-old from Bangladesh who has helped transform her poor Dhaka neighbourhood into a healthier place. Read more about Dolly >>> |
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Nicaraguan Digital Diarist Jorge Luis Contreras interviews his peers about the tough issues many children face – discrimination, violence and abuse. Read more about
Jorge Luis >>> |
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Maia Azore’s passion is for nature and the environment, and she has managed to encourage a great deal of positive change in her native Philippines. Children, she stresses, also have a role to play. Read more about Maia >>> |
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Raising their voices together as one, a group of children from Kasane, Botswana took advantage of the Day of the African Child to press their leaders to protect them from one of the greatest threats to their childhood – child trafficking. Read more about Kasane >>> |
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Bilaal Rajan was only eight years old when the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated the lives of so many a world away from his native Toronto. That did not stop him from from becoming one of UNICEF’s youngest fundraisers and an advocate for other children. Read more about Bilaal >>> |
