Sign up for our newsletters! Craig has traveled the world
talking to children who are forced to live and work in
desperately poor conditions. During his first trip to India, he
met children who worked 12 hours a day in a brick kiln and never
had the chance to attend school.  Craig also visited with an
eight-year-old girl whose job was to sort through used syringes
and needles in a recycling factory. The needles came from
hospitals that treated drug addicts. The girl had never heard of
AIDS, but said she had pricked herself many times on the used
needles.  In the Philippines, Craig talked to an eight-year-old
boy who had never set foot outside the trash dump where he was
born and works all day, every day. Craig says, "The only thing I
can promise the kids who I meet is that I will take their
stories and I will tell them to anyone who is willing to
listen." PAGE 2 of 6 Published on January 15, 2006