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There are many social activists who have made a difference in our world. Today you are going to learn about social activist Kailash Satyarthi! You will learn about his background, some of his accomplishments, world wide marches, awards and famous quotes! Did you know that Kailash Satyarthi has saved more than 80,000 kids from child labour?! Made a carpet company that does not use children to make them? One of the marches he has lead had travelled an astonishing distance of 80,000 km! That is like one million Johnny Bright Terry Fox runs!
Kailash Satyarthi was born on January 11th, 1954 in Vidisha India. He is now 65 years of age, living in New Delhi India. Something else Kailash likes to do in his spare time is cooking! His family says that he is an amazing cook! Now here is a fact about him that you might be surprised about hearing. It is surprising that when Kailash Satyarthi was born his real name was Kailash SHARMA! When he was 15 years old he changed is name (with approval) to Kailash Satyarthi which means “Seeker of Truth”.
Kailash Satyarthi, the man on a mission, has helped many people with peaceful marches and protests. One of his accomplishments was saving more than 80,000 children from child labour. When he was younger, on the first day of school he was looking at a dad and child working as a clobber, shoe shiners, and wondered why the kid was working instead of going to school. Even from childhood he felt cfor children like that. He lead peaceful protests encouraging the government to implement laws to prevent child labour. The first march was in 1928 which stretched across 103 countries! That's crazy! The march travelled 80,000 km to put forth a global demand against child labour, 140 differnt countries participated in the march. Another one was a nationwide march in Bharat Yatra India and it covered 19,000 km in 35 days to spread awareness about child abuse and traffliking. Something else you might want to know about him is that in 1994 he started an initiative which at the time was called RugMart. In present time, it’s called GoodWeave which is a carpet industry that does not make use of child labour. So that means that any carpet they make is child labour free.
Kailash Satyarthi has already earned more than 12 awards from the year 1994 and onward. Some of those awards are the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. He received the Nobel Peace Prize because of his efforts to bring peace. Another thing you should know about the prize is he did not earn it just himself, he got it with Malala Yousafzai! The reason why they did that was because for their struggle against the suppression for children and young people too. He is currently the global chair for the Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation where they believe that every kid has a fundamental right to live freely, be healthy, enjoy their childhood and receive a quality education. He also won the Humanitarian of The Year award where he was the first Indian to ever receive it!
Kailash Satyarthi inspired many people with his words. Here's one of his many quotes that he said about children's rights to conclude my biography project:
“The single aim in my life is that every child is:
Free to be a child
Free to grow and develop
Free to eat, sleep, see daylight
Free to laugh and cry
Free to play
Free to learn, free to go to school, and above all, free to dream.”
Kailsh Satyarhti has been a hero for the kids in India. Lead peaceful protests and marches, made a company not using children to make carpets and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. These are all of the wonderful things that Kailsh has done to try to improve child labour and trafliking.
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