The PeaceJam Foundation has recently announced that Nobel Peace laureates Tawakkol Karman from Yemen and Kailash Satyarthi from India have been joined to the foundation.

PeaceJam is thrilled to announce that Kailash Satyarthi of India, and Tawakkol Karman from Yemen have become members of PeaceJam, joining 12 other leading Nobel Peace Laureates in mentoring youth to change the world, said the foundation. 

In a statement issued by Colorado-based foundation, it was pointed out that “the addition of these two new global leaders of peace will allow PeaceJam to expand its award-winning program to include issues of child slavery and grassroots democracy building.”

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee" for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. 

Upon being granted the prize, Mrs. Karman became the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman, and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, as well as the youngest Nobel Peace Laureate to date, at the age of 32.

She was at the forefront of the struggle for human rights in her country for years, organizing large-scale nonviolent protests against government corruption that became part of the 2011 Arab Spring movements. 

Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for leading a global movement to end child slavery and exploitive child labor practices. 

In 1980, Kailash gave up a lucrative career as an electrical engineer in India to initiate a crusade against child servitude. As a grassroots activist, he has led the rescue of over 85,000 child slaves and developed a successful model for their education and rehabilitation.

The PeaceJam Foundation is an international organization whose mission statement is "to create young leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities, and the world through the inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates who pass on the spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody. 

Launched in February 1996 by co-founders Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff, PeaceJam was founded to provide the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates with a programmatic vehicle to use in working together to teach youth the art of peace.

More than 1.2 million young people have participated in the program from 40 countries around the world, completing 2 million service projects to address the most pressing issues facing the planet through PeaceJam's Billion Acts of Peace Campaign.