"Kids can make a difference." Craig Kielburger said. When Craig was 12, he （开办）a group that has helped kids all over the world.
How did Craig get started? In the seventh grade he learned something that made him （生气）. A 6-year-old boy in Pakistan was sent to work in a factory. The boy could not go to school. He could not even play. He had no freedom (自由) at all.
Craig （比较）that with his own life. Laws in his country said that kids must go to school. （教育）was free to all kids. But in some countries school was not free. Children from poor families went to work instead of to school.
Craig wanted to help those who didn't have the same （优势）as he and his friends. As a result, Craig and some friends started Free The Children.
Craig and his friends decided that Free The Children should （筹集）money to build schools. Craig hoped that learning would help kids in poverty (贫困) live （更好）.
Today, Craig's charity has more than one million members in 45 countries. It is （仍然）going strong. The money they have raised has done many good things. It has helped build more than 500 schools around the world. It also pays for health care in （贫困）communities.
Craig has had a lot of success. However, he still remembers his unpleasant start in the seventh grade.
"We were laughed at by other kids, who said you （不能）change things," he says. Still, Craig didn't give up. Now he wants more kids to help. "Go to free the children.com. Bring it to your teachers," he says. "As you gain more confidence, friends will join you. It just gets easier."
