The 12-year old author of the book ‘Making Change: Tips from an Underage Overachiever’ is all these rolled into one: a global fundraiser, a children’s rights activist, a global peer counselor, UNICEF Canada ambassador, and an ordinary fun-loving kid. Bilaal Rajan, a grade eight student, campaigns for kid power to change the world. He wants children across the globe to act positively now even before they hit adulthood, because much-needed change is needed right now. And he leads by example. It seems that the child has always had a keen social consciousness in him. When he was four years old, he sold oranges door-to-door to raise money for earthquake victims in Gujarat, India. To date, he has raised more than $5 million for a number of social causes. In March 2005, he was named official Child Ambassador for UNICEF Canada.

The book for kids, written by a kid, hopes to inspire one million children, as well as educators, to act now and help make a more peaceful and caring world as soon as they can. Bilaal wants kids to find their passion and get involved in the many goods things that conscientious people can get into, and make a difference in the lives of the people of the world in their own way. ‘Making Change’ talks about achievements in transforming lives. It also offers advice on how to get involved in social causes. In the last half of the book, Bilaal gives his “Eight Principles to Maximize Your True Potential.” These tips were developed from the child’s self-help and motivational workshops he gave to children in Africa. A long way to go for a kid based in Toronto, Canada.

The book also has a chapter entitled “Get Creative” where a list of more than 90 different fundraising ideas for young people is written down. The book is truly a hands-on material full of doable tips and strategies that kids can understand and accomplish if they put their hearts and minds into their aspirations for the world around them. The children as hope for the future can have the chance to actually shape the future they will have, for them and for others. These leaders of tomorrow are challenged by Bilaal to start their road to leadership now.

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Via PRWeb/Bilaal Rajan website/MAKING CHANGE