Chris "Kesz" Valdez (born December 26, 1998) is a Filipino humanitarian and founder of Championing Community Children (C3).
[1] He is the first Southeast Asian to receive the International Children's Peace Prize and currently the youngest among the finalists nominated for the recognition.
[5] Rising from poverty with a conviction to help bring some betterment to other slum children, Valdez at such a young age highlighted their plight in the international community.
Given Valdez's situation at home, he was forced to beg, scavenge, eat garbage for food, and bring back money to support his father's drug and alcohol addictions.
He escaped from his abusive family at four years old and spent his days begging for food on the streets in Manila's poorest slum area.