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How can a 12-year old change the world?
====Craig Kielburger was 12 years old when he came upon an article in the newspaper that would change his life. While reading the comics, he was distracted by a headline: "Child Activist shot to Death". It was a story about Iqbal Masih, the young Pakistani child labourer who escaped from his life as a child slave labourer to become an activist promoting the rights of children in Pakistan. Craig was moved by Iqbal's actions and had many questions. How could there be child slavery in this day and age? How could someone feel threatened by a 12-year old? Why would anyone kill a child? The more he thought about it, the more questions he had. He went to school, spoke to his teacher, and gathered some friends to help him change those questions to ACTION.====

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16 years later, Craig's actions have become a phenomenon. His organization, Free the Children, is the largest organization that encourages children to help other children in the world.

What can **YOU** do to change the world?