**Meg's Note: The first two (winning) essays are regarding Aboriginal children and youth in Canada.

Write the Wrong is a high school essay competition where you were invited to submit essays on the topic of Childs’ Rights. Launched in January, the competition has spread across Canada, with entries from areas as far reaching as Halifax, Nova Scotia and Bowen Island, British Columbia.

If you are reading these words you have taken the first step in becoming part of the jhr community. jhr’s goal is to make everyone around the world fully aware of their rights. Creating Rights Awareness is the first and most necessary step to ending rights abuses. By mobilizing the media to spread human rights awareness, jhr informs people about their rights, empowering marginalized people to stand up, speak out, and protect themselves.
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