BY

Kunyanee Jia, Mekarkart 305265 Nayeon Laura, Ryu 305628 Pearl Tsz Kwan, Lau 307793 Roma Lukianov 305949 Maria Lydia Stamatopoulou 306241

RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ TUM

CONTENT• Background

• Contribution to humankind

• Leadership traits

• Conclusion

BACKGROUND• 9th of January 1959 in Northwestern Guatemala, in a poor indigenous family

• Her father was a representative of their community, fight against the greedy landowners

• In the 1970s and 1980s, Guatemala’s repressive military dictatorship began a large-scale repression of Indian peoples.All her family were brutally tortured and murdered by the Guatemalan army

• She has demonstrated leadership at the forefront of the social struggle at the national and international vision.

• she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, the youngest person ever to be given with this honor.

CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANKIND

• Personality

1. An eager and steadfast woman

2. Eager to self-learning Spanish , Mayan native language

3. Her emphasized work includes different aspect and level , i.e. Support the fair trade and solidarity

• Organization

1. Foundation Rigoberta Menchu Tum (FRMT) , the supports in the following ways:- Education- Human Right- Development initiatives- Citizen participation

• Communication

1. Publishing books , i.e. “ I, Rigoberta Menchu” and “The Girl From Chimel”

2. Doing International Interviews and conferences.

LEADERSHIP TRAITS --- STEADFAST BELIF• The death of all her family members, were killed by the horrible military government.

• Self-learned languages , the Spanish and the Mayan dialect.

• Renounced marriage to continue her purpose and fight.

• The literal death threat from the government

• The Nobel Peace Prize in 1992

• Sacrificed herself to bring the human rights to Guatemalans, from the beginning until now.

CONCLUSION • A Charismatic leader

1. Her confident

2. Steadfast Belief

• The spokesperson of Guatemala

1. The Nobel Peace Prize in 1992

2. Fundación Rigobertta Menchú Tum

“ There is no peace without justice; There is no justice without fairness; There is no fairness without development; There is no development without democracy; There is no democracy without respect for the identity and the dignity of all cultures and peoples. ”

From Rigoberta Menchu

REFERENCES• Fundación Rigobertta Menchú Tum: Citizen Participation Program. Retrieved from

http://frmt.org/en/ParticipacionCiudadana/objetivosdelarea.html

• Fundación Rigobertta Menchú Tum: Mission and Vision . Retrieved from

http://frmt.org/en/misionyvision.htmll

• I, Rigoberta Menchú Plot overview. Retrieved from

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/irigoberta/summary.html

• Interview with Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Retrieved from

http://www.indians.org/welker/menchu2.html

• Leadership Wiki (n.d.). Rigoberta Menchu. Retrieved from

http://fa12phl301.providence.wikispaces.net/Rigoberta+Mench%C3%BA

• Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum (2010). Retrieved from

http://www.global-vision.org/interviews/menchu/

• Rigoberta Menchu. Retrieved from

http://frmt.org/en/quienesrigobertamenchutum.html

• Rigoberta Menchu (2013). Retrieved from

http://www.moreorless.net.au/heroes/menchu.html

• Rigobertta Menchú Tum: Goals of the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation. Retrieved from

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/menchu.html

• The Emily Fund: Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Retrieved from http://www.doonething.org/heroes/pages-m/menchu-bio.html