Christina Noble

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Christina Noble is an Irish children's rights campaigner, charity worker and writer. She founded the Christina Noble Children's Foundation in 1989. Born on 23 December 1944 in Dublin, Ireland, her mother died when she was ten. She was sent to an orphanage and was told her siblings were dead. She escaped, lived rough in Dublin, and was gang-raped, which left her pregnant. Her baby son was adopted without her consent. After learning the truth about her siblings, she found her brother in England and moved there at 18. She married there and had three children, but later faced domestic violence.

In 1989, after her own children were grown, she visited Vietnam and began caring for homeless children, inspired by a recurring dream from during the Vietnam War. This led to the creation of the Christina Noble Children's Foundation, which has helped over 700,000 children in Vietnam and Mongolia.

Noble has appeared on the BBC radio show Desert Island Discs (1997) and the TV program This Is Your Life (2002). A 2014 documentary, In A House that Ceased to Be, follows her reunion with the remaining siblings after many years. The 2014 feature film Noble tells the story of her life. She has spoken about her faith, saying she loves God and Jesus. She has received honors including being made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and the 2014 Women of the Year Prudential Lifetime Achievement Award.