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Twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger, upset by a newspaper article about the forced slavery and subsequent murder of a child in Pakistan, began in 1995 to research worldwide injustice against children. Armed with the disturbing facts, he convinced friends at his Canadian grade school to form a group to advocate for children's rights. With world-changing zeal, Free the Children gathered information, wrote world leaders, and led conferences on the issue with other youth. Kielburger himself was given the opportunity to accompany a human rights worker through cities in South Asia.
The young man witnessed shocking abuse from which most middle-class Western children have been carefully shielded: he met an 8-year-old girl whose job was to recycle bloody syringes without gloves or other protection, children in a factory working with extremely hazardous materials to provide fireworks for a Hindu religious celebration, and children sold for sex on urban streets. On returning to his home in Canada, Kielburger bore witness to what he had seen and asked a simple, devastating question: "If child labour is not acceptable for white, middle-class North American kids, then why is it acceptable for a girl in Thailand or a boy in Brazil?"
Free the Children is now a powerful organization in support of the world's youth, and this book is sure to be a call to further action--certainly for all young people, and perhaps for many adults who have previously felt hopeless about the possibility of ending abusive child labor and poverty. "We simply do not believe that world leaders can create a nuclear bomb and send a man to the moon but cannot feed and protect the world's children," says the author. "We simply do not believe it." --Maria Dolan -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Not since Anne Frank has a child so effectively borne witness to the madness of adult reality. This volume retains the language and voice of 15-year-old Kielburger, its young co-author, while its subject matter achieves the status of an important work on grassroots political organization and international human rights. Inspired at the age of 12 by a newspaper article about the assassination of Iqbal Masih, a freed child laborer and international rights activist from Pakistan who was reported also to be 12 years old at the time of his death. Kielburger, a Canadian, began to research the issue of child labor in South Asia. He enlisted the help of schoolmates and began spreading the word about conditions in factories in such distant countries as India, Pakistan, and Thailand. Free the Children, which he founded, grew into an internationally recognized organization and has raised awareness of labor conditions in South Asia as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars for the cause. Kielburger convinced his parents to allow him to travel to South Asia accompanied only by a young activist named Alam. He returned with reports of children beaten by their masters; hung upside down by their feet for punishment; poisoned in fireworks factories. He told of wounds from carpet knives dipped in hot oil or cauterized with match chemicals; of both boys and girls sold into prostitution at very young ages; of 18-hour workdays; and of lives cut off from future possibilities. Kielburgers message is ultimately one of hope that the youth of South Asia may be set free from their inhuman labor. He hopes equally that the youth of the industrialized world will be set free from feeling they are cut off from the ability to get involved and make real changes in the world in which they live. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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This by far was THE best book i have ever read. It is extraordinarily powerful and inspiring. I have had the privlege to here Craig speak, and I truly believe that if the youth of our world join together, we can make a difference before it is too late.
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well this is accually sally lambert's daughter, Beth. I went to the religious education congress in anahiem a month ago and i had the privelage to hear craig speak. my mom hurried to order the book for me and i can honestly say that it is the best book i have ever read. the book is well written, thoughtout, and so interesting! i hope one day to meet craig because his words are so inspirational and he has definetly changed my life.
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Im only 14 and i attended youth day 2000 this year and i heard Craig Kielburger speak twice and both times i was so amazed! He really gets the audiences attention he is so amazing and only 16! Craig had mentioned his book about his orginization and i was so touched that i decided to go buy this book...it was very good, it made you think about your life and it had a major impact and i reccomend it for everyone! These children are suffering so much..sometimes we take it for granted! BUY THE BOOK!
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An Inspiration and Call to Action Against Child Labor
It has been my pleasure to recently read "Free the Children," an autobiography/travelogue from Craig Kielburger, the founder of the youth-run Free the Children... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. April 2000 von Paula M. Pierce
Great and touching book....
....I saw this kid on Oprah and so i got this book, it was amazingly powerful. I recommend this book to anyone who cares about kids in anyway. It will totally touch you.
Veröffentlicht am 8. Januar 2000 von Jess Stafford
Insperational! I can't wait to start an FTC chapter!
I too saw Craig at NCYC in St. Louis last month. For those who don't know, NCYC is the National Catholic Youth Conference. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Dezember 1999 von S. Dunn
Wonderful Book, Inspiring, Craig is a very powerful person
I loved "Free the Children", it's one of the best books i have read in a long, long time. Craig has a way of bringing what he saw and did to life, he makes you feel like... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Excellent eye opener
First, thank you Craig for sharing your passion and enthusiastic quest for the truth. Thank you to the many children working with you around the world to enlighten us all on the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Oktober 1999 von David
...It has changed how I think about child labor.
It hasn't only changed me but it has made me to do further reasearch and actually get-up and do something. This book is incredible! There is no way to describe this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
A book both to inform and to stimulate us all to action.
Someone has defined a best seller as a book that fills a need, leaves the reader a different person, and makes you want to rush out and buy one for a friend. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Juni 1999 von psprinkle@juno.com
Great Book!
Read it! It will really move you
Veröffentlicht am 8. Juni 1999 von katie@hotmail.com
This book shows how powerful a single soul is.
This book is a great book. I have read it 3 times. It is intresting to hear about what childhood is half way around the world. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Free The Children: an eloquent and enlightening discussion
Free the Children is an eloquent discussion of the proper and improper roles forced on children around our planet, carried out through the story of its author, fifteen-year-old... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
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