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Third Place 3 <br />Audrey Wilson <br />8th Grade - RAMS a �L <br />Taught by Lee Theo <br />"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fecl <br />VM_VFK!][W a 1 .11;1110219 UA. 1"I <br />1010 <br />I rarely think twice about my human rights and how lucky I am to have the rights that I <br />do. I experience my human rights every day. Human fights ensure that every person — no matter <br />their race, gender, age, or sexuality — get fair treatment and everything that they need. Most kids <br />�n my community, 'Including me, take our human rights for granted; however, many kids either <br />don't have human fights, or their rights are not protected. Many kids here, and around the world <br />don't have adequate living conditions, the right to education, or the freedom of belief anI <br />Having adequate living standards is one human right that many kids live without. In <br />IN'&nnesota one in six kids are homeless. Where I live Roseville Minnesota <br />the ratio is one to five. This means that out of every five kids in my school, one of them may be <br />homeless. This means they do not having stable living arrangements. Article 25 in the Bill of <br />Human Rights states: <br />!"You have the right to have whatever you need so that you and your family: do <br />not fall ill; go hungry; have clothes and a house; and are helped if you are out of <br />a <br />work 31 if you are ill, if you are old, if your wife or husband is dead, or if you do not <br />eam a living for any reason you cannot help." <br />Around the world,, thousands of Idds do not have adequate living standards. In seven <br />q,elect cities 'in India there are 414,700 children living on the streets. They are put at risk of many <br />-fifferent diseases, like anernia,, dentai problems, gastric ulcers, other gastrointestinal diseases., <br />Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolernia, acute and chronic infectious <br />1 <br />