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Eight amazing Child Rights Heroes were nominated to the World’s Children’s Prize Decade Child Rights Hero award. These eight campaigners have fought for the rights of vulnerable children over a total of 200 years. Watch video with them here, and test your knowledge in the quiz.
Murhabazi Namegabe,
Congo-Kinshasa
Murhabazi fights for child soldiers, girls who’ve been abused and other vulnerable children who have grown up in one of the worst wars in human history.
Anna Mollel,
Tanzania
Fights for differently-abled Maasai children and other children living in poverty in rural Tanzania.
James Kofi Annan,
Ghana
James combats child slavery in the fishing industry on Lake Volta, where he himself was enslaved as a child. 
Malala Yousafzai,
Pakistan
Malala fights for girls’ right to education and a life in freedom, in Pakistan, and around the world.
Phymean Noun,
Cambodia
Phymean fights for children living on rubbish tips, and those children’s right to an education. 
Manuel Rodrigues,
Guinea Bissau
Manuel fights for blind children and other children with disabilities in Guinea Bissau, and their right to live with dignity.
Rachel Lloyd,
USA
Rachel Lloyd fights for children, especially girls and trans youth, who are abused in commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). 
Ashok Dyalchand,
India
Ashok Dyalchand campaigns against child marriage and fights for girls’ rights in India.WORLD'S CHILDRENS PRIZE FOUNDATION
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