Kesz Valdez is a very inspiring young teen activist. Kesz said “Health is your wealth” to show that all people should be healthy. Kesz is a courageous, strong, determined kid. He is known for helping young children who are poor or children who are abused. In fact, Kesz made his own foundation to help them. He also won the International Children's Peace Prize. Kesz Valdez Chris (Kesz) Valdez was highly abused at a very young age. He ran away from home because of that. He lived on his own as a street kid. Eventually he was adopted by a small family. On his seventh birthday, he gave all of the gifts he received to homeless poor children. He did this because he knew it was the right thing to do. He gives rubber shoes, toys, food, and clothing. He gave about 7,000 of these “gifts of hope”. He helped approximately 10,000 homeless children. Kesz won the Children's International Peace Prize on September 19, 2012. He received a grant and from that made a foundation to help the homeless children. International Children's Peace Prize …show more content…
This prize is not just handed out to anyone. To be able to win the must be at least 12 and older or younger than 18. children's peace prize. The International Children's Peace Prize started in january 2005. The winner receives a stat ue called the “Nkosi” in honor of a kid who died at a young age but, was still devoted to helping people. The peace prize winner will receive a project fund or grant of $100,000. He/she now has $100,000 which will be sent towards making a project which is related to the prize winner's
Solomon Radasky was born on May 17, 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. He lived in Praga which was a city across the river. He had a store in Warsaw where he would make fur coats. He had 78 people in his family and he was the only one to survive the holocaust. He had two brothers Moishe and Baruch and three sisters by the names of Sarah, Leah, and Rivka. His parents names were Toby and Jacob.
The children that didn't go into homes with families went to an orphanage or a church.
learned all these lessons, and became a more complete person. He found who he truly
Just like every other kid, Janusz Korczak tried to live a normal childhood. As a young boy, Janusz
Kip Kinkel was born on August 30, 1982 in Springfield, Oregon. Kip Kinkel and his family moved to Spain for one year in 1986, where he attend school and it was very difficult because his teacher did not speak English. When they returned to Springfield, he repeated the first grade once again because of his physical development. From first grade on, he continued to have problems learning and by third grade he had qualified for special education services. In fourth grade he was diagnosed with dyslexia from the family physician soon discovered that he had attention deficit disorder. They became very concerned about his interest in violence. The Kinkels’ had to disable there cable because they could no longer stop him from watching violent programs. Kip Kinkel was very competitive and had a very bad temper. When his sister moved to Hawaii and was no longer around to watch what he is doing, he began to hang around a new group of friends and was getting into major trouble. Him and those three friends were caught shoplifting, buying explosive building books on the internet, and testing those explosives.
as a prisoner during the Holocaust. Our teenager named Eliezer grew up in the small community
the streets and beg all day and if he didn’t get enough money his father and grandmother
There are some exceptions, Workers at UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) and those at several homelessness eradication organizations are two examples. At UNICEF, they base their work on children, and how to get children out of major conflicts, dangerous areas and for children in 3rd world countries not receiving proper medication for their diseases or education for professionals. A more specific example of UNICEF helping children not just in one focussed area, but around the globe is when in 2015, they raised over $586,000,000.00 or 586 million dollars (USD) for children in distress, problematic situation or need. Their work is carried out by those who care - done by volunteers, the good will of those who want to change the world for the better, and those who believe change will start with the next generation. Like Hans and Rudy from The Book Thief, nothing forces them to work as volunteers for UNICEF, except for their wholehearted actions and their human nature to help and aid anybody, regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, income, color, language and education level. Similar to UNICEF, the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) helps guide homeless people to temporary shelters until they can
Even though he was enclosed in a classroom full of temptation, his idea of fortunes, goods and righteousness did not change and this led him to give the crayons away in the end. As a result, Matthew became more jubilant because he built one of the strongest relationships in his life, which was
His father left him and his mother died of tuberculosis as did his father a little while later. He became an orphan. Most of his books reflected the childhood he had. He got taken in by a family and then joined the army. After that he became a writer.
had eveything handed to him with a silver spoon. His mother gave him the very
He wanted to remain anonymous and used the pseudonym that was made from the names of his wife and daughters. So many people wrote to him expressing their need for food, clothes, shoes, helping family members, rent, debts, and children’s Christmas presents that he decided to give $5 to 150
He took his final opportunity as a free child, not knowing that it would be his last. This example showed me that I should always do what I feel would be good at the moment. As long as it won’t hurt myself or anybody else, then I will do something that will create a lifetime of happy
Howard, Barbara J. “Do What You Can for a Homeless Child.” Pediatric News June 2008: 16. Academic OneFile. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.
many charities' events to support people who get affected badly. Lately, he donated 83,000 euro to pay for sick child's operation, and other contributions.