“I became a global citizen early on in life, at home in northern Uganda,” says Olara Otunnu.
     “My father was a travelling evangelist in neighbouring countries like Sudan, Kenya, and Tanzania. I kept track of where he was by looking at the stamps on his letters. When I was seven years old I became my dad’s foreign correspondent. He sent me to the shop to listen to the news. Then I’d run home fast, so I didn’t forget anything, and recite the news from memory.”

Olara came a long way 
   That little boy has come a long way in the world, and has been a lawyer, Foreign Minister, Chairman of the UN Security Council, Chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission, and UN Under-Secretary-General for children and armed conflict. In 2006 the WCP Child jury, on behalf of millions of children, gave the mission of being the first-ever World’s Children’s Ombudsman to Olara Otunnu. He said at the time:
    “I am delighted and honoured to accept your invitation to become the World’s Children’s Ombudsman. In my work to ensure protection for children exposed to war I have seen many projects for and by children, but I have never seen such an empowering process, involving so many children, in so many countries. I am delighted to join this project, and I invite all other institutions and individuals in a position to do so to give their full support to help the World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child to develop and to grow.  You, the children, are a special global asset, and the World’s Children’s Prize is a uniquely empowering process for children all over the world.”     Today, Olara supports the World’s Children’s Prize. as one of our Patrons