A school is an organization or society, which provides education for children. Thandiwe Chama is making herself a notable by demanding for children’s rights to a proper education. Thandiwe assumes that the key to any child’s future is formed by education. Through this belief, she took the lead in walking to another school to demand for her and 60 schoolmates’ rights to education. “ …[Thandiwe] helps vulnerable children around her, both at her school and in her community, a role model for children and adults in her own country” (Kids Rights Video). On the other hand, Thandiwe not only made herself a remarkable person for helping out her community, but she also realized that fighting for her human rights can be beneficial. By fighting for the right to education, she asked the government to provide her some money to expand her organization. Thandiwe is from one of the poorest neighborhoods in Lusaka, Zambia (Africa), where education is limited. Although she is from a poor community, she was thriving in school and even does social work on a daily basis. When her school closed down, she couldn’t accept the fact and guided 60 schoolmates to continue on their education. Thandiwe carried out this act because of her firm belief that every child has a right to education. “I fight for the right to education, which is a basic human right for every child in the world.”(Kids Rights Video). Thandiwe perceives that there are children in Zambia who don’t have many educational opportunities, so she had been working to create more educational opportunities for children like her. She fights for basic human rights to education to fulfill one of her goals, which is to make children have the opportunity to learn. Again Thandiwe is an outstanding human being as she had made a difference to create a society where children can be educated.
Helping out children from her school shows that Thandiwe not only cares about her education but for others too. Thandiwe, a respected person shows care to her members of her society, as she wants the children to have the right to education. Even though she had leaded her schoolmates to a new school, she still wants them to continue on their learning but in living conditions. “She wanted to make sure that all of the children could learn inside a building, rather than outside in the burning sun” (Childrenspeaceprize). Her actions of setting up a building to make children learn more advantageous rather than learning outside in front of the hot sun suggests that Thandiwe cares for not only herself but for other children. She knows that learning in a place with shade helps the children be more focused and attentive. Not only did Thandiwe create a public library to give more educational opportunities, she even teaches children about health. Since she is successful at school, Thandiwe had the ability to spread knowledge about how to prevent HIV/aids, and other health issues to her students. “She gets the community involved to provide fruits to sick children...advises children and parents on testing for HIV” (Kidsrights). Thandiwe was aware of the devastating effect of HIV/aids, so she decides to become a teacher and inform her students about these dangerous diseases. Through her lessons with the children, Thandiwe explains how to prevent HIV and aids. She also gets the community involved by persuading them to give fruits to sick children, and gives recommendations to children and parents to get a test for HIV. Her lessons and social work proves that Thandiwe is like a mother to the children, a mother who dearly cares for her children.
Thandiwe carries on displaying leadership and making differences to light a path for the young vulnerable children living in one of the poor communities in Africa to have a better future. By offering children to experience education in a different style compared to their old schools, Thandiwe could lead the children to have a better future than before as they can be fond of education like reading and become successful human beings just like her. If the children then become successful people, they can also become like Thandiwe and help out the poor. Thandiwe is a great model of a person who fights for people’s rights which inspires her community to contribute helping out the children who are in a difficult situation. Thandiwe earned The International Peace Prize in 2007 for her achievements linked to children’s rights for education in Zambia. Furthermore Thandiwe shows a great deal of determination to fight for children’s rights for education.
