Saved from slavery

Poonam was rescued from human traffickers when she was 15 years old by our partner organisation Maiti Nepal - one of the 39 Prize Laureates honored by children since the year 2000. Poonam now sits on the WCP Child Jury, representing and fighting for girls who has been subjected to child sex trafficking, slavery and abuse.
This year, Maiti and its founder Anuradha Koirala celebrate 20 years of struggling for girls rights and against the child sex trade. In their Jubilee booklet Maiti commemorates receiving the WCP Award in 2002, stating that "…the Award garners equal value to the Nobel Peace Prize, in the Child Rights Sector."
We are proud to have Maiti Nepal is one of the global partners implementing the World's Children's Prize Foundation’s project Rights and Democracy for One Million Girls. In the pic Poonam is in red, with WCP Jury friends Nuzhat from Bangladesh and Lisa from Zimbabwe.