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TEAM : FEARLESS EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE THE HEROES WITHIN US, INSPIRATION TO THE WORLD. NARAYANAN KRISHNAN A COMPANION TO THE FORGOTTEN Story behind Krishnan : Krishnan was an award-winning chef . After witnessing a distressing incident in 2002, he quit his job and began feeding the homeless and mentally disabled in his hometown. He said, "I saw a very old man, literally eating his own human waste out of hunger. I went to the nearby hotel and bought some idly for this old man. It was the most life changing incident for Krishnan. Now, Mr Narayanan Krishnan founded the Akshaya Trust organization in 2003, which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled. MALALA YOUSAFZAI 3

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TEAM : FEARLESSEXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE THE HEROES WITHIN US, INSPIRATION TO THE WORLD. NARAYANAN KRISHNANA COMPANION TO THE FORGOTTENStory behind Krishnan :

Krishnan was an award-winning chef . After witnessing a distressing incident in 2002, he quit his job and began feeding the homeless and mentally disabled in his hometown. He said, "I saw a very old man, literally eating his own human waste out of hunger. I went to the nearby hotel and bought some idly for this old man. It was the most life changing incident for Krishnan. Now, Mr Narayanan Krishnan founded the Akshaya Trust organization in 2003, which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled.

MALALA YOUSAFZAIONE PEN,ONE BOOK, ONE TEACHER CAN CHANGE A LIFE.Story behind Malala :

Malala Yousafzai is a 18 year old activists Pakistan. She became an advocate for girls' education, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her, because the Talibs believe that education for girls is against Islam. On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala when she was traveling home from school. She survived, and has continued to speak out on the importance of education. She becoming the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

BUDI SOEHARDITHE FATHER TO THE FORGOTTENStory behind Budi :

Budi and Peggy(his wife) have worked under the Singapore Airline had seen a great many famous landmarks and foreign cultures. They were due for a vacation and this time, they decided, it would be special, so they went to one of the few places in the world neither of them had been to: the East Timor refugee camp. One night Budi and his wife were watching TV during dinner in 1999 which were showing the sufferings little children having in East Timor Little did they know that what they would see was about to change their lives forever.

EFREN PENAFLORIDAA PUSHCART EDUCATORStory behind Efren :

Budi and Peggy(his wife) have worked under the Singapore Airline had seen a great many famous landmarks and foreign cultures. They were due for a vacation and this time, they decided, it would be special, so they went to one of the few places in the world neither of them had been to: the East Timor refugee camp. One night Budi and his wife were watching TV during dinner in 1999 which were showing the sufferings little children having in East Timor Little did they know that what they would see was about to change their lives forever.

ANURADHA KOIRALAA HAND OUT OF HORRORStory behind Anuradha :

Anuradha was an English teacher in and now aNepal activistand the founder and founder ofMaiti anon-profit organization dedicated to helping victims ofsex trafficking . Mother Theresa is her biggest source of inspiration. As the name suggests, Maiti Nepal ("maiti" meaning "mother's home" inNepali) has been a refuge for women rescued from the brothels in India .

DERRECK KOYONGOTHE GLOBAL SOAP PROJECTStory behind Derreck :

Derreck Kayongo is from Uganda and the founder of the Global Soap Project: a program which takes donated, melted, purified and reprocessed hotel soap and redistributes it to vulnerable populations around the world. Today the Global Soap Project has given away more than two million bars of soap to refugees, including people affected by disasters like the 2010 Haitian Earth quake that left over 100,000 people dead. Derreck strongly believes that a soap bar is the most essential thing for preventing a thousands of diseases.

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