Rahul Bose, an award-winning Indian actor, has been praised by Time magazine as “the superstar of Indian art house cinema” and by Maxim as “the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema.”
As is widely known, however, Rahul is also a highly involved social activist. In 2007 he started The Foundation, an NGO focused on school six children from the Andamans in Rishi Valley School and running a counseling centre for victimes of sexual abuse during childhood. He has also served as Ambassador for Oxfam (the first of which from the Asia-Pacific region) and Planet Alert for climate change, as well as on the board of Citizens for Justice and Peace and Breakthrough.
An acclaimed speaker, Rahul continues to deliver motivational speeches on leadership, life choices and public commitment across the world. We welcome Rahul in Canada to let us know how important our voices are in the fight against climate change. He will be speaking to the public, key leaders, and the media about how climate change has impacted South Asia and Island nations and what we in Canada can do to turn this situation around and take action.
Christina deliving a presentation in the Solomon Islands
At only 17, Christina Ora is already a twice award-winning public speaker on environmental issues. Native to the Solomon Islands, Christina was selected to represent her country in the climate change speaking tour after a speech session in which she, and other participants, spoke on what climate change means to the people of Solomon Islands, its effect in the country, its effect on women of this nation and the need for strong government action. She impressed with her clear grasp of climate change issues and a real passion for the topic. She is from a village in the Western Province, and spoke passionately about her experiences of climate change there.
Christina Ora speaks to Eco School leaders at North York, Oct 15, 2009
This experience of traveling to Canada is very clearly extremely meaningful to Christina, and she expressed deep determination to make the most of it, and return to the Solomon Islands to work with youth here to share her experiences. She is already an accomplished young woman and a clear future leader in the Solomon Islands and beyond.
