Teen Activists Obstacles

Michael Jordan, one of the best basketball players in history, once said “Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” Teen activists all over the world are facing obstacles, but are not letting the obstacles get in their way. Teen activists are young adults that want to make a change in the world instead of waiting for it to happen. When the Teen activists find a problem that they want to fix, they will stop at nothing until it is fixed. Ultimately, Teen activists face many obstacles such as opposition from government, threats from enemies, and raising funds to help support their problem.
To begin, numerous teen activists have to struggle
For instance, Malala Yousafzai from Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan, had to face threats from the Taliban. The Taliban, a terrorist group, that took over Pakistan at the time that Malala was living there. The Taliban forced all girls out of school, and all women out of jobs. Malala stood up for women's rights in Pakistan; when the Taliban found out about this, they were furious with her. The Taliban sent a letter to her house that threatened her for all she has done for women's rights, and that they will kill her if she continues standing up for her cause. Then one day when Malala was on her way home from school in the school bus, a Talib entered the bus, and she was shot in the head. After the shooting, Malala recovered and continued to fight for women's rights. “I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.” This shows that Malala is determined and will not let a threat from the Taliban stop her from pursuing to stand up for women's rights. Because Malala has faced threats from the Taliban, she has became stronger and more motivated to fight for her cause. Iqbal Masih, is another teen who faced threats a child that was forced into child labor since he was young. Iqbal was born in Pakistan in 1983, and his parents were in a debt of four dollars and they sold Iqbal for four dollars. That is when Iqbal was forced into child
For example, Salva Dut, one of the lost boys of South Sudan. Salva was born in southwest Sudan in 1974 during the civil war of Sudan. When Slava was just eleven when his town was bombed when he was in school. Slava ran out of school and hid behind a bush until this group befriended him, but then later the group left him at night. After that, another group befriends and took him in. The group walked thousands of miles to a refugee camp in Ethiopia; while the group was walking was a problem. Then that camp was bombed, and he leads a group of thousand to a refugee camp in Kenya. When he the camp in Kenya, the people were taking many of the young boys and sending them out to America, and Salva was picked. After five years in America Slava received word that his father was alive and that he was in a hospital in Africa. When Salva got to the clinic he was told that his dad had a stomach problem because of the dirty water that he was drinking. After that Slava realized that he needs to do something about the dirty water. “I said I have to do something that I have have to go back and help my people and my country,” Salva said during the Ted talk video. Salva wants to dig wells in South Sudan and wells cost $1,500 US dollars plus the tools to dig; so Salva started this not profit organization called Water For South Sudan (WFSS). Because of WFSS started thousands of man-made wells have been build