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Harry Leibowitz co-founded the World of Children Award with his wife, Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz. He used $250,000 of his own money to fund what would later be touted as the "Nobel Prize© for Children" after realizing that there's no award-giving body that acknowledges those whose work are focused on children. Since World of Children started giving awards, it has helped 30 million children from 140 countries and has granted around $5M to their 95 Honorees.

Meet the extraordinary Mikhail Gorbachev. Former statesman of the Soviet Union, politician and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient who is most famous in the world for being the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, as well as the Soviet Union's last leader before its dissolution and transition into the Russian Federation. A true hero to the Russian people. "I always wanted to do something, accomplish something, or take the initiative". To read more about Mikhail Gorbachev visit www.thextraordinary.org