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30 Cards in this Set
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Princess Diana
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used charity as therapy
national AIDS trust Land mine cites The Leprosy Mission The Royal Marsden Hospital Diana, Princess of Wales, memorial fund |
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Doctors without Borders
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People have rights to receive medical care no matter their background
Medical assistance to all; help the wounded and provide basic treatment help people stricken by natural disaster |
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Mother Teresa
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Missionaries of Charity; run hospices and homes for people with AIDS, leprosy, tuberculosis
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Dr. Phil
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Dr. Phil foundation; help natural disaster stricken places
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Angelina Jolie
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Jolie-Pitt foundation (Madox); eradicate poverty in Cambofia and conserving wildlife
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador Donated 8 mill and 14 mill |
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Malcolm X
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preaching his vision for creating a better world
Islam - clack and Muslim community Muslim Mosque, inc. and the organization of Afro-American Unity |
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Oprah Winfrey
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Raise topics of the medicated and aids
build a school in Africa in 2000-2012; empowerment to women, Oprah Winfrey's leadership academy for girls |
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Nelson Mandela
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first black democratic president in South Africa
Jailed for 27 years after fighting against racial segregation Nelson Mandela Children's fund SOS children's village Action Against Hunger Abolished segregation; apartheid system |
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Pope John Paul II
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pope for 26 years
involvement in Vatican II World Youth Day |
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Dorothy Day
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journalist and human rights activist
founded the catholic worker newspaper catholic worker movement |
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Martin Luther King
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Advancement of Coloured people
Bus Boycott Abolished law giving up seat to white men I had a dream speech |
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Billy Graham
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minister for over 70 years
Billy Graham Evangelistic My hope with Billy Graham B.G. Rapid Responsive Team; mission to share Christ in middle of disaster |
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David Suzuki
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Quirks and Quarks
Nature of Things The Suzuki Diaries Rights livelihood award Better science policies |
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Lester B Pearson
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prime minister 1963
peacekeeping force Student loans Canada's flag Canada's pension plan Pearson National Airport Universal Medicare Nobel Prize |
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Prince Harry
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follows in his late mothers footsteps
supports many charities and founded his own Sentebale; went to Lesoho and helped orphans who's parents suffer from AIDS |
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Craig Kielburger
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activist against child labour
free the children adopt a village program "We Day" |
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Tupac
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Black Panthers
Tupac Amar Shakur Foundation; help kids get the same education as him |
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Maya Angelou
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poet, actress, dancer, singer
"I know why the caged bird sings" worked with Malcolm X on the organization of African unity in 1964 fight racism 7 autobiographies |
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Green Peace
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campaign against the destruction of the environment
end whaling Don't make the Waves Committee 2.9 mill financial supporters Stop Lego from deforestation end and nuclear power |
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Jean Vanier
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Founder of L' Arche; gives homes to the disabled; international federation that creates communities
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Erin Brokovich
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PGNE case and saved multiple families
environmentalist discontinued the severities of the illnesses of the families involved |
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Lech Walesa
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brought an end to communist rule in Poland
led protests after the PLPR decided to increase food prices The Gdansk Agreement; gives workers the right to strike |
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Michael Jackson
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supported the most charities (39)
500 mill donated founded the Prince trust charity and heal the world Make a wish foundation |
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Ghandi
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independence of India and outlawed the Caste System
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Magda Yacoub
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prof
knighted by the queen teaches others how to perform pulmonary autograft or Ross procedure chain of hope foundation founded Aswan heart centre in Egypt started Harefield Hospital |
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Sandra Bullock
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Warron Easton Charter High School
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Nick Vujicic
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born with no arms or legs
president of life without limbs |
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Malala Yousafzai
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believes education should be universal
advocate for women's rights shot by the Taliban |
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Shakira
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Colombian charity to give children education
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Kim dae Jung
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former president of South Korea
tried to remove Yuslin Constitution Le campaigns against parks regime Sunshine Policy - policy to create peace between north and South Korea |
