The story of the struggle of seven children who were really making me thrilled ... how a child fighting for his rights to remain acceptable to society because the environment of HIV ... what a struggle is worthy of appreciation ... really touching .... see details below ....1.Nkosi Johnson, 1989-2001
Born in 1989 in johanesburg.ia never knew was Suffering ayahnya.Nkosi HIV-positive since birth, he was adopted by Gail Johnson started memjadi johnson.Nkosi public attention in 1997, when an elementary school in the city of Johannesburg Melville refused to accept it as a student because HIV-positive disease who he derita.kejadian causes the highest level political furor southern Africa, the constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of status is a core medis.Nkosi talks in 13 International AIDS Conference, where he encouraged AIDS victims to be open about the disease and to obtain sama.ini treatment is an excerpt speech Nkosi:
"we are all human beings are equal, we have hands, we have legs, we can walk, we can talk, we have needs like everyone else, do not be afraid of us, because we are all equal"
Nelson Mandela called Nkosi as an "icon of struggle for survival. "
Together with the foster mother, Nkosi founded a refuge for HIV positive mothers and their children, Nkosi's Haven, in Johannesburg.Pada November 2005, Gail represented Nkosi when he received the International Peace Prize from the hands of Mikhail Gorbachev's child. Nkosi's Haven received U.S. $ 100,000 prize money from the Foundation KidsRights and sculpture which has been named the Nkosi in Nkosi Johnson's kehormatan.kehidupan Nkosi is the subject of the book We by Jim Woote.
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2.Hector Pieterson,1964 – 1976Hector Pieterson (1964 - June 16, 1976), the iconic image of rebellion in 1976, apartheid in
South Africa when the news photograph by Sam Nzima of Hector's death is being car
ried by his
friend, has been published worldwide. He was killed at age 12 when police fired on student
protesters. June 16 stood as a symbol of resistance against the atrocities of the apartheid government. Today,
known as National Youth Day - a day in South Africa that respects young people and bring attention to their needs.
16 June 2002, has inaugurated a Hector Pieterson museum near where he was in Orlando West.
picture below is 16 June 1976 Sam Nzima photograph of Hector Pieterson Mbuyisa Makhubo brought, accompanied by Hector's sister, Antoinette.
3.Iqbal Still, from 1982 to 1995Still Iqbal was a Pakistani boy aged 4 years and have sold into the carpet industry as a slave with a price of U.S. $ 12. He was put to work for twelve hours per day. Because of long hours and hard work, less food and care, Iqbal has a very small body. At the age of twelve, Iqbal's stature do not like boys are 6 years old. At age 10, he fled from brutal slavery and later joined the Labour Liberation Front Pakistan bond to help stop child labor around the world, iqbal meolong more than 3,000 Pakistani children out of labor, the escape to freedom.
He was killed on Easter Sunday 1995. Suspected by many that he had been murdered by members of the "Carpet Mafia" because it brings publicity against child labor in industry.
In 1994, Iqbal was awarded the Reebok Human Rights Award. In 2000, when the Prize for the Rights of the Child was formed, he was awarded this prize as one of the Laureates.
4.Thandiwe Chama,1991thandiwe Chama is a 16-year-old Zambian girl, he gets scooped the 2007 International
In 1999 when thandiwe was 8 years old, his school was closed because no teachers, thandiwe along with 60 other children to walk to find schools lainnya.akhirnya all children are accommodated at the Jack Cecup School.diperkuat with his achievements, thandiwe always shouting about the rights of school children to get education which layak.thandiwe kept silent, for example by speaking in front of the church about children and AIDS, but the problem is not always easy gereja.bersama discussed with his friend he write and illustrate a book called "The Chicken with Aids" that tells the story of children with AIDS.
"It's very important to know that children also have rights. At school I learned about rights. And then I know that this is something I want to fight. Because if the children had been given the chance, they sure can contribute in this world make a better place. "- Thandiwe Chama5.Om Prakash Gurjar,1992
At age five, she was taken from her parents and worked the fields for 3 tahun.setelah that he became the Bachpan Bachao Andolan activist, he campaigned for free education in rajasthan.dia then helped set up a network known as the "child friendly Villages" , where children are respected and the rights of child workers are not allowed. He also set up a network that aims to give all children a birth certificate as one way to help protect them from exploitation. He also worked to ensure children are given birth certificates. He said the registrar is the first step towards enshrining children's rights, proving their age, and to help protect them from slavery, trafficking, forced marriage or serving children as soldiers.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Child International by former South African President FW de Klerk, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.6.Samantha Smith,1972 – 1985Samantha Reed Smith was the American schoolgirl from Manchester, samantha became
famous in the era of Cold War America and the Soviet Union. In November 1982, when Smith was 10 years old, he wrote a letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, he asked why the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States so menegangkan.kemudian letter published in the Soviet newspaper Pravda. Samantha is very happy to know that the letter had been published, however, he did not get a reply. He then sent a letter to the Soviet Union's in the United States Ambassador to ask if there is no response from Mr. Andropov. On April 26, 1983, she received a response from Andropov.
Smith attracted extensive media attention in both countries as a "Goodwill Ambassador", and became known as the "United States Ambassador to the younger" to participate in peace activities in Japan. He wrote a book and co-star in the television series, before his death at the age of 13 in Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 plane crash.
7.Anne Frank,1929 – 1945
The reader must have heard about the furor diary anne frank ..
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (June 12, 1929 - February / March 1945) was a Jewish woman who wrote a diary when he was hiding with his family and four friends in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of Holland during World War II. After hiding for two years, the group they were betrayed and they were taken to concentration camps which resulted in all were killed except for Otto, Anne's father. Otto returned to Amsterdam and she found her diary. Because certain of these unique records, Otto tried to publish it.
The diary was given to Anne on the thirteenth birthday and chronicled the events of Anne's life from June 12, 1942 until the last record on August 1, 1944. Finally, the diary was translated from Dutch into many languages and became one of the most widely read book in the world. Some theater and film production also raised the theme of this diary. The diary described as mature and insightful work that is handed portrait of daily life deep under Nazi occupation; through her writing, Anne Frank became one of the victims of the Holocaust's most discussed.
