Dancing girls on stage.
WCP Ceremony 2018

The annual World’s Children’s Prize Award Ceremony 2018 was led by the Child Jury at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred in Sweden. All three Child Rights Heroes were honoured and awarded prize money for their work for children. Sweden’s Queen Silvia helps the members of the Child Jury present the awards.

Every year, the jury children gather to lead the World’s Children’s Prize ceremony at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, Sweden, in celebration of the rights of the child. All three Child Rights Heroes are honoured and awarded prize money for their work for children. Queen Silvia of Sweden helps the members of the Child Jury to present the awards.

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Kim from Zimbabwe, who is both a WCP Child Rights Ambassador and a member of the WCP Jury, was the MC.

Rachel Lloyd received the millions of voting children’s World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child from Queen Silvia. On the left is her colleague, Shaquana Blount.

Gabriel Meija Montoya received the World’s Children’s Honorary Award for his long struggle to help the most vulnerable children in Colombia.

Valeriu Nicolae came to the ceremony with Auriel and Ionut, two of the Roma boys who have been helped by him in Romania. Valeriu also received the World’s Children’s Honorary Award.

During the final song, A World of Friends, the children of the jury were joined on stage by all the South African musicians – Paxton, Jazz Yard Academy and Inkwenkwezi – as well as musicians from Lilla Akademien and Queen Silvia.
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