A 12-year-old Canadian girl addressed a UN Meeting on issue of environment

“In my life I had dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.”

“In my anger I am not blind, and in my fear I am not afraid of telling the world of how I feel.”

I'm only a child . . . 

Chek Toy, a 12-year-old Cambodian girl, scavenges to collect recyclable goods at a sprawling, 100-acre garbage dump in Phnom Penh on February 5, 2008. Herald Sun