International Children's Peace Prize

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The International Children's Peace Prize is awarded annually to children who campaign or have campaigned in a publicly visible and sustainable manner for children's rights or for the improvement of the situation of disadvantaged children, such as orphans, those affected by child labor or children with AIDS. The prize is endowed with 100,000 euros.

The award was initiated by the KidsRights Foundation , an international children's aid organization based in Amsterdam , the Netherlands.

The first Children's Peace Prize was awarded in November 2005 at a world meeting of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Rome ; Organizations such as UNICEF and Amnesty International were also involved in the meeting .

The 2005 Prize was presented by Mikhail Gorbachev . It went posthumously to Nkosi Johnson , a South African child who founded Nkosi's Haven , a project for AIDS mothers and children. The 2006 Prize was presented by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Frederik Willem de Klerk in a ceremony at the seat of the Dutch Parliament in The Hague . The 2007 award was also presented in The Hague by Bob Geldof and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams . The 2008 Prize was presented by Desmond Tutu . In 2012, the award was given to Chris 'Kesz' Valdez, a former Filipino street boy who, with the help of social workers in his area, has helped nearly 10,000 other street children. The award was again presented by the South African Bishop Desmond Tutu.

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  1. ↑ Desmond Tutu Announces the Winners of the International Children's Peace Prize 2019: Greta Thunberg (16) From Sweden and Divina Maloum (14) From Cameroon ( en ) In: Cision PR Newswire . 4th October 2019.