Kailash Satyarthi
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He is simplicity and works is what makes him spaecial. He is
accesible, he is down to earth and he is ‘devoted’. We are talking about Nobe laureate Kailash Satyarthi. Born on 11 january
1954, in vidisha, Madhya Pradesh Satyarthi is the best example of the fact ‘work speaks more than words’. Satyarthi
graduated in electrical engineering in Vidisha and then pursued post-graduate
studies in high-voltage engineering . In 1980, he grave up his career as a
teacher and become secretary general for the Bonded Labor Liberation Front; he
also founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan
(Save The Children Mission) that year. He
has led the rescus of over 78,500 child slaves and developed a successful model
for their education and rehabilitation. As a worldwide campaigner, he has
been the architect of the single largest civil socity network for the most
exploited children, the Global March
Against Child Labor, which is a worldwide coaliton of NGOs, Teachers’ Union and Trade Union. He has also served as
the President of the Global Campaign for Education, having been one of it s
four founder alongside ActionAid , Oxfam and education International. Satyarthi
is a member is a member of a High Leval Group formed by UNESCO on Education for
all comprising of select Presidents, Prime Minister and UN Agency Heads. He has
survived numerous attacks on his life during his quest to end child labour.
He was honoured by the Formers US President Bill Clinton is
Washington for featuring in Kerry Kennedy’s book ‘Speak Truth to Power’, where his life and work featured among the
top 50 human rights defenders in the world including Nobel Laureates Archbishop
Desmond Tutu,Elie wessel, His Holiness the dalai Lama, etc. He also esteblished
Goodweves as the first voluntary labelling monitoring and certification system
of rugs manufactured without the use of child-labour in South Asia.
Satyarthi, along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai, was awarded the nobel Peace Prize in 2014 “for thair struggle against the suppression
of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”.He
is the 8th Nobel Laureate born in india.
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