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Marlee Dias, who was named after the reggae singer Bob Marley, was born in Philadelphia 00:00:10

in the United States, to parents of Caribbean descent, and grew up in New Jersey. 00:00:16

At the age of 11, she complained to her mother that in all the books she was asked to read 00:00:24

at school, the protagonists were always white children or dogs. 00:00:29

Her mother suggested that instead of just complaining, she should try to do something 00:00:34

about it. 00:00:39

decided to launch a campaign called Hashtag 1000 Black Girl Books in order to call public 00:00:42

attention to the lack of diversity in children's literature and to promote the idea of featuring 00:00:49

black girls as the main characters. 00:00:55

Her goal was to collect 1000 books and donate them to different communities. 00:00:58

The project became a global sensation, and since the launch of the campaign, more than 00:01:04

13,000 books with black girls as the main character have been donated to libraries, 00:01:10

schools, and community organizations around the world. She also has spoken about her project to 00:01:16

inspirational women such as Michelle Obama and at many other high-profile events. 00:01:23

Her aim is to ensure that kids know that changing the world should not be something that feels 00:01:30

imaginary, but something that they actually have the power to do. 00:01:36

Rishabh Jain is from Portland, Oregon, in the USA. 00:01:55

When he was a young teenager, a close family friend died of pancreatic cancer. 00:02:00

This cancer is one of the most difficult to treat because the pancreas sometimes gets 00:02:06

obscured by other organs in the body, and this makes it very difficult for doctors to 00:02:11

kill all the diseased cells while sparing as many healthy ones as possible when reshab heard about 00:02:17

the low survival rate for patients with pancreatic cancer he decided he wanted to do something about 00:02:24

it he developed an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence to accurately locate and track the 00:02:30

pancreas the algorithm won the top prize in a competition called the discovery education 3m 00:02:38

young scientist challenge and at the age of only 14 he was named america's top young scientist 00:02:45

with the money he won from the competition reshab set up a non-profit organization to promote 00:02:54

stem subjects among disadvantaged children and raise awareness of pancreatic cancer 00:03:00

he continues to be interested in the importance of stem education for young people 00:03:08

and the potential of artificial intelligence in medicine and is now an expert for science 00:03:14

and research on various global committees bali in indonesia may be a dream holiday destination 00:03:20

with its beautiful beaches and clear water however bali has a less glamorous side 00:03:46

the island has a serious problem with plastic pollution 00:03:53

When sisters Malati and Isabel Wyson, then aged just 10 and 12, were swimming one day at their 00:03:57

local beach in Bali, they found themselves surrounded by plastic bags. They were so 00:04:05

upset by the situation that they decided to try to do something about it. Their heroes were people 00:04:11

who had done things to change the world. Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana, and Gandhi. So, inspired 00:04:18

Inspired by them, they set up a campaign called Bye Bye Plastic Bags, which has been instrumental 00:04:26

in the fight to ban plastic bags on Bali. 00:04:33

Through a range of activities, including petitioning both online and offline and distributing environmentally 00:04:37

friendly bags with fellow teens, the sisters' campaign gained international attention, including 00:04:44

the support of the United Nations and conservationist Jane Goodall. 00:04:51

As a result of their campaigning, in June 2019, the governor of Bali banned plastic 00:04:56

bottles and packaging on the entire island. 00:05:03

Since then, the sisters have spoken at many international conferences, and Malati has 00:05:07

made a film, Bigger Than Us, which follows young activists around the world who have 00:05:13

already made a difference. 00:05:19

Their latest project is YouthTopia, a learning platform empowering a new generation of young people to become changemakers. 00:05:21

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