Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The organization was founded in 1992 by Å imon PÃ nek , a student activist during the Velvet Revolution , and by JaromÃ r Å tÄ tina , a war correspondent .
Simplified: The organization was founded in 1992 by Å imon PÃ nek and by JaromÃ r Å tÄ tina . PÃ nek had been a student activist during the Velvet Revolution .