Kategorien: Alle - literature - diversity - environment - challenges

von Chris Castellanos Vor 6 Jahren

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Youth Activist

Marley Dias, born in Philadelphia, is dedicated to increasing the representation of African-Americans in literature. She actively raises awareness among authors and writers about the need for diversity in books, advocating for the inclusion of all kinds of people rather than just white characters.

Youth Activist

Marley Dias

Marley is trying to stop one type of people in books and wants to promote all types of people in books.
Marley Dias was born in Philadelphia, Pensilvania, Usa.

She stives to fight for her africans being in books because many cant do what she is doing. She is also fighting for many people.

She is currently 13 years old.

Marley Dias is trying to have every kind of people in books instead of having just white people. Since she is doing this she is rasing lots of awareness to authors and writers.

Has been on the news and lots of websites such as having her own wiki sight.

Rising Star Awards.

People don't listen her because she is 13 and people think she wont have much knowledge.

Youth Activist

Ishmael Beah

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Ishmael Beah is trying to help stop children going to the army and kids being forced to go.

Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone. Now he lives in New York, USA.

Ishmael Beah Was born on November 23, 1980.

He is motivated to stop people being child soildes because in part of his life he was one and knows lots about it.

Ishmael Beah is 38 years old.

To stop childern being forced into the army. He also is a writer on this.

He is a author and known for being a fighter for rights for the people who cant he also is lots of places on the internet to inform people of his books and what he is doing for many people.

He now fights for this and also writes books with his emotions on child solders, and one of his books was nominated for a Quill award in 2007 and is a New York bestselling author for his book A Long Way Gone.

Ishmael Beah had gone through being a child solider as a child which could have affected his him lots emotional or physical. Aside this happening Ishmael decided to not just let it happen he took responsibility and now fight for people who went through what he did and now have serious problems and cant do what he does.

Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai was a environmental activist because in her county/Nyeri, Kenya she planted trees and plants to help our earth and her environment. She was also a politician of Kenya.

Wangari Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya.

Wangari was born on the date of :April 1, 1940.

She belives that planting trees will make our planet better for living, witch is true. It will also help evryone for living.

Wangari Maathai sadly died at the age of 71 years.

Wangari Maathai started the green belt movement to help her environment and help kids to learn so they can pass it on and continue to they can make our planet last longer instead of making it a waste land.

Like everyone on on this page she has been lots and lots of web sights and a handful of times on the news which helped her carry on.

Wangari Maathai has won a total of 19 awards and the biggest award was the Nobel Peace Price on October 8th 2008.

Wangari Maathai has had aids which caused her to slow her down.

Kelvin Doe / Dj focus

Purpose
He is becoming a engineer and a inventor at a very young age with below average education and recycling for the materials.
Place

Kelvin Doe was born in Sierra Leone and moved to USA for better education and for more successful jobs.

Motivation

Kelvin Doe was motivated to help his town because they were not as economically advanced as other countries such as USA or Canada. His country only gets to electricity once a week and Kelvin Doe is not affected by that anymore because he now lives in America where he can use electricity as much as he wants.

Age

Kelvin Doe is 19 years old.

Kelvin Doe was borin in 1999 on October the 26.

Projects

Kelvin Doe tough himself how to build and engineer at the age of 13 with not many new and clean materials. Kelvin doe also made a radio station with only the materials he can find. He has used the radio to talk to other people from countries such as U.S.A.

Achievements

Kelvin Doe has made it onto many web sights and onto the news, he has also made it to.

Awards

Kelvin Doe had won the Africa youth award.

Challenges

Poor country and not much resources to help his researching. Also his country does not have the type of schooling that we have in Canada.