> Download (750 MB)

Who is Kim?

“I wake up at four o’clock and I fetch water before I light the fire. Then I sweep up and wash the dishes. We have porridge for breakfast and sometimes we put a little peanut butter into it.
   “At five I start my walk to school. I am alone in the beginning and I am afraid when meeting strangers. Other girls have been raped on their way to school. But after a while, some friends join the walk and then I feel safe.
    “I arrive at school after walking for one and a half hours. Before we were punished with a whip on the inside of our hands if we were late, but now the punishment is to pick litter.
   “It was not until grade 5 that I learnt that girls and boys have the same rights. I read The Globe and this is how I learnt it. Often we have no light at home when it gets dark, but when we have kerosene I can do my homework and read The Globe in the evening.”

Who is Hassan?

“I live together with my two older sisters. When I had my WCP Child Rights Ambassador training I learnt about girls’ equal rights. It is a violation of a girl’s rights to force her into child marriage, to make her do all the chores at home, to stop her going to school or not to listen to her opinions. Many parents value their sons more, and even when us boys are little we are allowed to tell our big sisters what to do. This is so wrong!
   “Because girls’ rights have always been violated and boys’ rights always protected, I decided to be a Child Rights Ambassador who fights for girls’ rights. I always tell other boys that they must not violate girls’ rights.”

Fifty children at Hurungwe Primary School were trained and received the World’s Children’s Prize Child Rights Ambassador diploma, so far.
   “We meet under a tree at school every week. We learn more together about our rights and the global goals and discuss how to reach as many children as possible”, says Kim.

Informing and empowering girls!

The ambassadors often meet with girls who have been forced into child marriage or experienced other violations of their rights. “I teach them about their rights and try to empower them. Their lives are often very sad and not easy to change”, says Kim.
> Meet Rutendo, who was married off at twelve, and who was helped. by Kim.

The Global Vote

“The Global Vote is us children’s own vote for the rights of the child. At the same time, we learn about how democracy works. We know our rights and responsibilities when we then come to vote in other elections. Once we have learned about the Child Rights Heroes in The Globe, we organize our own Global Vote. We prepare the ballots, make the ballot booth and ballot box”, explains Hassan.

How we do the Global Vote!

Educating elders

“As Child Rights Ambassadors we tell the traditional leaders about our thoughts and facts about children’s rights and the environment. I am always a bit nervous about doing that, as we have great respect for them. We know that with their help we can achieve much more as changemakers for girls’ equal rights and the environment”, says Hassan.

Round the Globe Run for a Better World

During the final of The Round the Globe Run for a Better World, children in your community and around the world present their demands for change, form a human chain and walk or run 3 km.

No Litter Generation

On No Litter Day, children show that they belong to the No Litter Generation by cleaning up their communities, and by sharing knowledge about the environment and the need to fight climate change.
   Hassan says: “We gather on No Litter Day to speak of the need for a No Litter Generation. Let us begin to be changemakers by throwing litter in the bin. The No Litter Generation also teaches us about climate change and that we all have to be part of action to change this. For us in Zimbabwe, this is very important, as otherwise both drought and floods will increase here.”

Tireless ambassadors