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Does anyone know whose Craig Kleiburg?

He's supposed to be some kind of activst. I think, he's around 18 years old. I googled him but there isn't anybody by that name whose a activst. Maybe i got the spelling wrong for his name.


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I met this guy he came and spoke at my uni, he is brilliant. He's also been on Oprah.

Craig Kielburger was born December 17, 1982 in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. He is a child rights advocate and leadership specialist. He also is an award-winning author and a popular speaker and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times. He founded Free The Children, the world's largest network of children helping children through education, and co-founded Leaders Today, a youth leadership training organization. When he organized the former group at the age of 12, he became famous as a young social activist.

When Kielburger was 12 years old he was shocked to learn about the murder of Iqbal Masih, a child-labourer-turned-child-ri... He established "Free The Children", eager to take action and determined to help free children from poverty, exploitation and powerlessness. The organization began as a small group of classmates in Thornhill but quickly grew with chapters being established all over the world with head offices currently in Thornhill, Ontario.

Under Kielburger's leadership, Free The Children and its volunteers have built more than 400 primary schools, providing daily education to over 35,000 children.

Free The Children's many accomplishments in the areas of education, alternative income, health care, water and sanitation provision and peacebuilding have facilitated high profile partnerships with organizations such as the United Nations and Oprah's Angel Network,