Sebastian Macías Rico,
Wilson Danovis Lozano Jaimes &
Juan Pablo Mayorga García
Colombia
“Heart is Not Blind” – Winner of 2018 Competition
“on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux” – Le Petit Prince
What is essential is invisible to the eye, it is only with the heart that one can see rightly. —The little prince
Imagine a hypothetical instance in which you find that your mother has fallen ill. You may wonder: “But she looked so healthy, what happened?” To spare you and your family of the sorrow, she has hidden her illness until now. Despite knowing that her condition is terminal, and any sort of solution would be attempted in vain—would you try to help her anyway? The answer may be “Absolutely”. This points to the idea that there are instances that affect us so deeply, that indifference is not an option.
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Srishti Gupta & Sumeera Godara
India
Fighting Fear
Civil wars, genocides, inequality, discrimination, proxy wars, encroachment, xenophobia, and terrorism have become the familiar phenomena which have initiated international movements that condemn actions which support any of these. There is a humanitarian crises out there which have shaken several nations and forced us all to change the way we think.
We talk about issues that we see and what our human instincts have led us to feel. (Read more…)
Leo Landon
France
Sharing is Loving
A lot of people say : I will believe in miracles until I see one. Well, you don’t have to go that far to see that miracles happen all the time, everywhere, just around the corner; we just have to look…
And I am very lucky to say that my life, every second of it, is a miracle – and I thank my parents, God, Mother Nature, the Universe – whatever you call it – for this endless, unconditional love I received.
I was born in Vietnam twenty-four years ago, where my parents abandoned me as a baby. (Read more…)
Mehul Narula
India
Plant a Smile
The major problems of this world are countless and diverse. From problems to do with the environment and planetary ecosystem to those to do with conflicts, political organization and social Injustice and many more. It is important to know that these need to be addressed urgently. These issues transcend national boundaries and cannot be resolved by any one country acting alone. These issues inevitably will shape our future and every young person such as myself can play a role in bringing awareness to some issue and its solutions. (Read more…)
Zahra Saleh
Tanzania
Empower through Empowering
We live in a world today full of disputes and injustices, where the divide between the privileged and unprivileged is only getting wider. The inequalities and the violence in various forms are common phenomenon across nations – gender discrimination, racism, diseases, war, hunger and poverty. (Read more…)