When eleven-year-old Ella and Cash met at Ocean Heroes Camp 1 July 2019, they immediately 2 . Even their moms had no idea the kids would become 3 guards.
"We knew we could make a 4 ,"says Cash. Within a short time, their meeting changed into action, and then 5 the Cleanup Kids—a youth-led non-profit determined to make waves in environmental 6 . Ella's love for the environment started with the 7 of cleaning up rubbish. For Cash, his awareness was8 when a plastic straw(吸管) on the beach caught his eyes. That's when he realized the 48 facing thousands of sea creatures, which may 9 dying because of eating plastics. They are co-leading the Cleanup Kids, which now has over 20010 worldwide and counting.
"My hope is that it's not just hundreds of kids 11 us, but having a ripple effect (连锁反应),"says Cash. Members' 12 include conducting clean up,sorting and recycling rubbish.
In 2022, Cash and Ella received the Gloria Prize for Young Heroes. How can teenagers begin to make the 13 ? Ella's advice is to start 14 ."I started with just a couple of cleanups with my family,"says Ella."And just remember that teenagers may be only a small part of the population, but we're 100 percent of the 15 ,"she adds.
