Category: Wonder Kids
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Who started Bye Bye Plastic Bags?
Bali’s pristine beaches have been a tourist favourite for ages. However, the island was once laced with tonnes of plastic trash. That is until two school-going sisters decided to tackle the plastic pollution in their island. Inspired by great people Melati and Isabel Wijsen are sisters born and raised in Bali, Indonesia. In 2013, when…
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Who has been rapping against child marriage?
Music is a way of expression. Many people take to music, either as listeners or performers, in search of inner peace or to vent out their feelings. Sonita Alizadeh took to rapping when she was 16, bringing out her first video ‘Daughters for Sale’, to raise her voice against child marriage. Now 22, Sonita continues…
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Who has created a video game and an online community for children with cancer?
We often value most the thing or the person who helped us sail through our tough times. For Steven Gonzalez, that thing is video games. His story Steven Gonzalez, now 24, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia when he was 12. For a chance to recover, Steven had to undergo intense chemotherapy and needed a…
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Who is the founder of Kidzcationz?
At the end of a grueling year at school, a vacation is what most children look forward to. However, the planning and execution of the vacation is usually done by parents, and as adults, they might sometimes overlook just how child-friendly the places they plan to visit is. When 12-year-old Bella Tipping from Dubbo, New…
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Who became an entrepreneur of wacky socks at the age of just five?
It’s a beautiful feeling when one’s passion becomes their profession. Sebastian Martinez was only five when he became an entrepreneur and started his company ‘Are you kidding?’. All because of his love wacky socks! Never enough socks Sebastian lives with his father Fabian Martinez, mother Rachel and brother Brandon in Kendall, Miami, the U.S. Since…