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Youngest Achievers in the World.
Youngest Achievers in the world
Greta Thunberg
A 16-year-old student, Greta began by protesting at
the Swedish parliament in an effort to get them to
do more to prevent climate change. She went on to
organize Fridays for Future, a school climate strike
movement. As of 2019, more than one million
students around the world participated in a multi-
city coordinated protest for stronger action against
climate change.
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Malala Yousafzai
At 17, Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Prize
laureate for her humanitarian efforts. She captured
the world's attention after being shot by the Taliban in
Pakistan on her way to school because she was an
advocate for women pursuing education. She is
currently working towards her bachelor's degree at
Oxford's Lady Margaret Hall while continuing her
charity work through the Malala Fund.
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Samantha Smith
Smith was only 10 when she eased Cold War tensions
between the United States and Russia with a single
letter. She wrote a note to CPSU General Secretary Yuri
Andropov suggesting that both countries could co-exist
peacefully, which ended up getting published in a
Soviet newspaper. Andropov responded with an
invitation for Smith and her family to visit his country.
This experience earned her the role of "America's
Youngest Ambassador“.
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Bana al Abed
Young people using social media may not seem life-
changing, but one look at Abed's Twitter page will
change your mind. At just seven years old, she
documented her life in war-torn Syria to call attention
to the atrocities happening there. With some
assistance from her mother, Abed has called upon
world leaders to take action.
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Anoyara Khatun
At 12 years old, Khatun was a victim of child
trafficking until she was rescued by Save the Children.
She returned to West Bengal and committed her life to
putting an end to the exploitation and trafficking of
children. Anoyara has rescued hundreds of children
through her efforts and prevented many others from
being forced into marriage.
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Anne Frank
The teenage diarist died in 1945, but the words she
put down in her notebook while her family was in
hiding during World War II have proven to be timeless.
It's a literary reminder of the horrors of war and hate
through the eyes of a young girl. Anne's diary has
been translated into more than 60 languages since its
original publication in 1947.
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Babar Ali
Babar Ali is a teacher from Murshidabad in West
Bengal. He was called the "youngest headmaster in
the world" by BBC in October 2009, at the age of
sixteen. Being a student himself, in the afternoons,
starting at 4:00 p.m., he in turn teaches students in a
school he founded in his parents´ back yard in
Murshidabad. He had begun teaching at nine years of
age, mostly as a game, and then decided to continue
teaching other children at a larger scale.
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Yash Gupta
Gupta was inspired to collect eyeglasses for children in
need at 14 years old after breaking his own corrective
lenses and having to wait a week for a replacement
pair. He read a statistic that 12 million children around
the world are living without the glasses they need to
see clearly, which prompted him to launch his Sight
Learning organization. The group collects used glasses
and delivers them to children who need them.
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Boyan Slat
At 16, during a fishing trip in Greece, Slat discovered
massive amounts of plastic in the water. Two years
later, the Dutch inventor launched his non-profit,
Ocean Cleanup, to research using circulating currents
to address the pollution issue. The group has raised
over $31.5 million in donations to help achieve
Boyan's goal.
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