He also said that 110 million children did not complete even primary education, and two-thirds of these were girls. His point was that these children could have the same potential as actress Vanessa Redgrave, nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, penicillin discoverer Alexander Fleming, scientist Albert Einstein, pop star Robbie Williams or footballer David Beckham. All the living people on this list have signed the movement's pledge. Other famous signatures have come from singers Harry Belafonte and Julio Iglesias and Mercedes Sosa, chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Mench , actor Roger Moore, musician Youssou N'Dour, photographer Sebasti o Salgado and television presenter Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. Children are always the first to want to help when they see bad things going on with other children .
All children are outraged when they see suffering.
We have too much hope in the potential of children to leave things as they are. We have too much faith in our fellow human beings not to know that the global movement we are calling for can happen. Each of you deserves to have the best possible start in life, to be allowed to develop your full potential. The movement encourages leadership and activism, especially among children. The famous personalities were designed to attract the attention of the mainstream media, but the children already involved in the movement were the most eloquent.