Ashok Dyalchand, India, who has been campaigning against child marriage and fighting for girls’ rights for 40 years, received the World’s Children’s Prize 2019. Spès Nihangaza, Burundi, and Guylande Mésadieu, Haiti, received the World’s Children’s Honorary Awards. Millions of children studied their work and participated in the Global Vote.
Child Rights Heroes 2019
• Spès Nihangaza, Burundi, for her 25-year fight for orphaned children who have been severely affected by the AIDS epidemic and a brutal civil war, received the World’s Children’s Honorary Award 2019.• Ashok Dyalchand, India, who has been campaigning against child marriage and fighting for girls’ rights for 40 years, received the World’s Children’s Prize, 2019.
• Guylande Mésadieu, Haiti, who has been fighting for 20 years for children who have been forced into slavery, children in prison and children on the street, received the World’s Children’s Honorary Award 2019.Related stories
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