 Iqbal Masih, former Pakistani child slave, introduces himself to U.S. students. Then, Iqbal taught the U.S. students a lesson about child labour they could never forget. (December 2, 1994 at the Broad Meadows Middle School in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA)  U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan addressing a crowd in New York City about global service. The two young women on the right, Laura Bloomer and Mary Bloomer, had just given a speech about their global service project. Laura and Mary are campaign leaders in the "School for Iqbal" kids' campaign. (New York City)  Two student campaign leaders of "The School for Iqbal" campaign help spread the word about forced, abusive child labor. A photo of Iqbal Masih reminds the audience about Iqbal's stolen childhood as a carpet slave. Groups like RUGMARK are helping to end child carpet slaves. Check their web site out at: http://www.rugmark.org/ The "School for Iqbal" student speakers are Nicole Ferris and Amy Papile. (Washington, DC)  Graduation Day at the "School for Iqbal" in Pakistan. Students raise gifts they received for academic achievement. Iqbal would be so proud. (The School for Iqbal: Pakistan)  Two more "School for Iqbal" campaign leaders educate a National Consumers' League Convention audience about ways youth can use "consumer power" to help end child labor by buying only child-labor-free items. The students are Alicia and Elizabeth. (Orlando, Florida)  The "School for Iqbal" campaign leaders past and present reunite with tennis champion VENUS WILLIAMS at the 2001 Reebok Human Rights Awards ceremonies in Boston, MA.
Venus Williams and Academy Award winner SUSAN SARANDON presented the Reebok International Youth-in-Action Human
Rights Award to the "School for Iqbal" kids' campaign in 1995 for keeping Iqbal's dream of freedom and education for all
children alive and for establishing "A School for Iqbal" in Pakistan. That school is alive and growing thanks to big hearted
people from many nations and students in all 50 U.S. states.
Photo credits: 1. Don West, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 2. Broad Meadows Middle School, Quincy, Massachusetts 3. Broad Meadows Middle School, Quincy, Massachusetts 4. M. Asghar, Pakistan 5. Broad Meadows Middle School, Quincy, Massachusetts |
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