Christina Noble

Christina Noble OBE
Born	(1944-12-23) December 23, 1944 Dublin, Ireland
Organization	Christina Noble Children's Foundation
Known for	Founder of the Christina Noble Children's Foundation, Noble (film) and helping children in the Vietnam War
Children	4
Relatives	3 siblings

Christina Noble, OBE, is an Irish children's rights campaigner, charity worker and writer, who founded the Christina Noble Children's Foundation in 1989.

Noble was born on 23 December 1944, in Dublin, Ireland. Her mother died when she was ten. She was sent to an orphanage and dishonestly told that her three siblings were dead. She escaped and lived rough in Dublin, where she was gang-raped. Her baby son was adopted, against her will. She married and had three more children but was the victim of domestic abuse.

She visited Vietnam to care for abused children after a recurring dream, during the Vietnam War, about them appealing for her help. This led to her creating the Christina Noble Children's Foundation.

She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 15 June 1997. Despite being Irish, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

A film about her, Noble, was released 8 May 2015. The director was Stephen Bradley.

Bibliography

• Noble, Christina (1994). Nobody's Child. Grove. ISBN 978-0802115515. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Noble, Christina (1994). Bridge Across My Sorrows. John Murray. ISBN 978-0719553615. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Noble, Christina (1998). Mama Tina. John Murray. ISBN 978-0719556357. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)