The Kidsrights Changemaker Movement is calling for applications for the Children’s Peace Prize 2019. Any individual or organization can nominate a child for the prize. The winners will get huge exposure of their cause and support in their work. The deadline for this opportunity is 15th of March 2019.
Participants in the Children’s Peace Prize 2019 Competition need to be nominated. They have to be between 12 and 17 years old at the time of the nomination deadline. They can be from all around the world. The children nominated need to have a clear history of fighting for children’s rights in their communities in an active and practical manner. Group nominations are possible if every member of the group is a child and has contributed equally to the goal of empowering children and young voices.
To apply for the Children’s Peace Prize 2019, people who want to nominate children need to fill out an application form from the homepage. In this form, the activities and the results of the child’s work have to be described. Furthermore, the motivation and the plans going forward have to explain.
In the end, you need the consent of the parents or legal guardians to use the data and publicize a picture of the child. Without this permission, the application cannot be accepted.
Winning the Children’s Peace Prize 2019 is a great way to get huge exposure for a children’s work and their projects. Before nominating anybody, make sure that the nominees would be comfortable with the media attention that might be coming if they would win the award. Also, make sure that their parents and guardians are on board.
For accepting the Children’s Peace Prize 2019, travel abroad is necessary. Find out if this is an option for the nominees before putting too much work into an application.
The Children’s Peace Prize 2019 wants to honor children, who stand up for themselves and their peers and fight for their rights. In your application, make sure you show how the child you propose for the award found her or his motivation and in which ways they come up with their own and unique ways to see their ideas through.
For more information, please see this link.
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Eva is based in Germany and has worked for nearly a decade with NGOs on the grassroots level in Nepal in the field of capacity development and promotion of sustainable agricultural practices. Before that, she worked in South America and Europe with different organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in geography and her field of research was sustainability and inclusion in development projects.
