World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child

The WCP program was founded in 2000 and is run by the World's Children's Prize Foundation (WCPF), based in Mariefred, Sweden. The WCPF is a non-profit organisation, independent of all political and religious affiliation, and run with support from bodies including the Swedish Postcode Lottery and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers help to implement the WCP program, including over 778 organisations, institutions and departments of education.

Every year, the WCP program begins with the selection of three Child Rights Heroes as candidates for the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child. Their stories, and the stories of the children they fight for, are presented online and in The Globe magazine, along with facts about the rights of the child and democracy. The World's Children's Prize is open to all schools and humanitarian organizations. It is supported by more than 778 organizations as well as institutions, departments of education etc. Many of them implement the program in collaboration with 40,000 – 50,000 teachers. Through the World's Children's Prize, hundreds of millions of people are presented with information on the World's Children's Prize program and accounts of rights violations facing children around the world each year.

The program concludes with a Global Vote in which children may participate until (and including) the year they turn 18. Students organise their own Global Vote Days and vote for their Child Rights Heroes. The nominee who receives the most votes is awarded the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child (WCPRC) while the other two nominees receive the World's Children's Honorary Award. By the time the prizes are awarded, several million children have learned about the rights of the child and democracy, with the support of around a hundred thousand involved teachers. The WCP program ends with the children voting for their Child Rights Hero in a Global Vote. The (record) number of voting children is 7.1 million.

Patrons

Adults who perform outstanding work for the rights of the child and/or World's Children's Prize can be invited to become patrons of the World's Children's Prize. Patrons of the World's Children's Prize include Malala Yousafzai, the late Nelson Mandela from South Africa, Democracy Champion, and Freedom Fighter Xanana Gusmão, from East Timor. Its patrons also include Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Child Rights Champions and World Leaders (theelders.org) Graça Machel and Desmond Tutu. Artists Loreen and Vusi "The Voice" Mahlasele are also Patrons.

World’s Children’s Prize Laureates

Since the launch of the program in 2000, more than 50 Prize Laureates have been awarded the World's Children's Prize. These role models have inspired children all over the world to demand change, and the prize money has helped improve the lives of thousands of the world's most vulnerable children. People who have made outstanding contributions to the rights of the child can be nominated for the WCPRC. Children at Global Friend schools as well as adults and organisations that support the WCP can nominate candidates for the World's Children's Prize. The three final candidates are selected by the WCP International Child Jury. All three candidates are honoured as prize laureates at the WCP ceremony at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, Sweden. The recipient of the WCPRC receives SEK350,000 and the recipients of the Honorary Award receive SEK 175,000 each, to be used in their work for children. Since the year 2000, more than 40 prize laureates have received awards and the prize money has given tens of thousands of the world's most vulnerable children a better life:

Year Award type Nominee Country
2000 Anne Frank (posthumeously)
2000 Honorary Award Hector Pieterson (posthumeously) South Africa
2000 Honorary Award Iqbal Masih (posthumeously) Pakistan
2001 Asfaw Yemiru Ethiopia
2001 Honorary Award Barefoot College (Bunker Roy) India
2001 Honorary Award The Children's Peace Movement Colombia
2002 Casa Alianza South America
2002 Maiti Nepal (Anuradha Koirala) Nepal
2003 James Aguer Alic South Sudan
2003 Maggy Barankitse Burundi
2003 Pastoral das Crianças Brazil
2004 Honorary Award Emani Davis United States
2004 Paul and Mercy Baskar India
2004 Prateep Ungsongtham Hata Thailand
2005 Dunga Mothers Kenya
2005 Nelson Mandela South Africa
2005 Nkosi Johnson (posthumeously) South Africa
2006 AOCM Rwanda
2006 Craig Kielburger Canada
2006 Honorary Award Ana María Marañon de Bohorquez Bolivia
2006 Jetsun Pema India (Tibet)
2007 Betty Makoni Zimbabwe
2007 Honorary Award Cynthia Maung Thailand, Burma, Myanmar
2007 Honorary Award Inderjit Khurana India
2008 Agnes Stevens United States
2008 Honorary Award Josefina Condori Peru
2008 Somaly Mam Cambodia
2009 World's Children's Prize Decade Child Rights Hero Graça Machel South Africa
2011 Cecilia Flores-Oebanda Philippines
2011 Monira Rahman Bangladesh
2011 Murhabazi Namegebe, D.R. Congo
2012 Anna Mollel Tanzania
2012 Ann Skelton South Africa
2012 Sakena Yacoobi Afghanistan
2013 James Kofi Annan Ghana
2013 Honorary Award Kimmie Weeks Liberia
2013 Honorary Award Sompop Jantraka Thailand
2014 Indira Ranamagar Nepal
2014 John Wood United States
2014 Malala Yousafzai Pakistan
2015 Javier Stauring United States
2015 Kailash Satyarthi India
2015 Prateep Ungsongtham Hata Thailand
2017 Manuel Rodrigues Guinea Bissau
2017 Molly Melching Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia
2017 Rosi Gollmann India and Bangladesh
2018 Gabriel Mejía Montoya Colombia
2018 Rachel Lloyd United States
2018 Einar Romania
2019 Ashok Dayalchand India
2019 Honorary Award Spès Nihangaza Burundi
2019 Honorary Award Guylande Mésadieu Haiti

Safe donations

The World's Children's Prize Foundation has what is called a ‘90-account’. It is regulated by Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Swedish Fundraising Control), which monitors charitable fundraising. Svensk Insamlingskontroll protects the interests of donors and ensures that the funds raised are used appropriately.

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