Blessed are the youth, they have the purity of message

Students hold placards and a banner showing 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (right), who seeks to stop global warming and climate change, as they take part in a sit-in against global warming in central Rome on March 22, 2019. PHOTO | AFP

I was researching the dynamo behind the Fridays for Future movement and one thing led to another; next thing I know, I am reading their list of Most Impressive Youth of 2018.

There are “kids” out there doing mindboggling things. Like making cancer cures more accurate by using technology, improving internet security, starting cosmetic companies for anti-bullying purposes and, why not, being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. All before the age of 21.