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Teen Activists Struggles

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United nations call for change as 57 million children have no education.
Teen activists go out of social norms and their comfort zones to help people. They fight to make the world a better place by protests, strikes, and boy cots. Some things teen activists encounter can make a serious difference on their life. like going to prison assassination or even losing all support. Teen activists use all different types of methods to spread their message. The problems that teen activists face affect them mentally and physically.
Lots of teen actives have either been affected by the problem or may have saw it on the news but all have feelings for the problem that their trying to fix.
For example, Malala was forbidden to go to school as a girl by the Taliban, so she was personally touched by the problem. She started to fight against the Taliban with …show more content…

Over time the internet has become more wide spread across the world. So most teen activist has become more involved with using the internet to spread their message.
Emily Regal used the internet to fight against bulling a cause that has affected everybody at some point in their life. When asked about how she spreads her message Emily mentioned the web as a big help and she has a web site called we stop hate which talks about bulling and how to handle it. She's also been featured in monster high which is a T.V show.
Malala who was shoot by Taliban has a website that funds girl’s education with the moto that every girl has the right to free safe and good education for 12 years of their life. She has also a donation page for her non-profit organization. Unlike Malala Emily doesn’t use a donation page as much of her money is made off her YouTube videos and donations (not with a web page). Teen activists have support from friends and family.
Lots of people have support from family and mainly friends when it comes to their problems but teen activists are no

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