Christina Noble

Turning misfortune into a blessing for 700,000 children

She had a dream about suffering children in Vietnam as she wrote in her autobiography Nobodyโ€™s Children. She then decided to go there to help them, which she did. Despite her poor education and having no connections with sponsors, through hard work and inventiveness, she built up an impressive international charity, the Christina Noble Childrenโ€™s Foundation. The Guardian articleโ€™s fitting title was โ€œChristina Noble: the woman who transformed the lives of 700,000 children,โ€ and, of course, many more since.ย