Deadline: 1-Mar-22
Would you like to be part of the International Children’s Peace Prize 2022? Nominate your changemaker now!
The International Children’s Peace Prize is awarded annually to a child who fights courageously for children’s rights. Winning the International Children’s Peace Prize puts your changemaker in news headlines around the world.
Prize Information
- The winner receives the statuette ‘Nkosi’, which shows how a child sets the world in motion.
- The winner also receives a study grant and a world-wide platform to promote his or her ideals and causes to the benefit of children’s rights.
- A project fund of €100,000 is invested by KidsRights in projects that are closely connected to the winners’ area of work.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any person or organisation may nominate a child for review by the Expert Committee.
- The International Children’s Peace Prize is for children above 12 years and under 18 years of age from all over the world.
- The child must have a clear history of standing up and fighting for the rights of him/herself and other children. It is important that the child has an active approach in accomplishing this goal, which has led to a concrete result;
- Ability to travel abroad and feeling comfortable communicating with other people;
- The child agrees to being nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize.
- A group of children can be nominated, provided that every individual in the group made a provable effort and co-initiated the activities that resulted in an exceptional difference for the rights of the child and the position of vulnerable children.
For more information, visit https://donate.kidsrights.org/international-childrens-peace-prize-nominations