Two years ago, then twelve-year-old Craig Kielberger was sitting in his Thornhill Ontario home reading the comics when an article caught his eye. It showed a picture of a 12-year-old Pakistani boy who had been assassinated for exposing the horrible conditions children face working in the nation's carpet industry. As Kielberger read on, he learned that the boy had been sold into bondage when he was four, and forced to work 12-hour days six days a week as a carpet weaver until he escaped at the age of ten. Kielberger was so moved he and other classmates formed "Free the Children," an organization devoted to stopping child labor around the world. Kielberger has since traveled to Asia and South America to see firsthand what child laborers face. He has met with the Canadian Prime Minister, addressed Canadian labor meetings and United Nations conferences, and has testified before Congress on the issue. There are now "Free the Children" chapters across North America