Young Peaceheroes

(pronounced  mah-LAH-lah   yoo-sahf-ZIGH) “Malala Yousafzai” by Simon Davis/DFID, licensed under CC BY 3.0. In 2014, at age 17, Malala became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The award recognized Malala’s work to assure an education for herself and other girls. Her efforts conti

Greta, at age 16, appeared on the 2019 TIME 100 for her work in sparking a number of youth-led protests that call for action on climate change. Thunberg started in August 2018 (at age 15) by spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament holding up a sign saying “School strike for climate”.

Craig Kielburger with brother Marc, by Siavash Ghazvinian, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. At the age of 12, Canadian Craig Kielburger read a newspaper article that motivated him to take action. Iqbal Masih, a boy the same age in Pakistan, had lost his life defending other children. Iqbal was kidnap

At 13 years old, Autumn is a Anishinaabe-kwe and a member of the Wikwemikong First Nation and an internationally recognized champion for clean water.  She addressed world leaders at the United Nations in 2019 about protecting water. A fierce advocate for water protection and conservation since t