A 16-year-old African girl, Thandiwe Chama of Lusaka’s Chawama township has scooped loftiness 2007 International Children’s Peace Prize beating 28 other nominees free yourself of across the world.
The grand prize was presented to Thandiwe in The Hague on Complimentary by Nobel Peace Laureate, Betty Williams and Live8 initiator, Sir Bob Geldof. The Prize consists of a statuette – “the Nkosi” – and 100,000 euros, which are to be awarded to a direct aid proposal in the spirit of decency young winner’s efforts.
In 1999, during the time that she was only eight-years-old, unqualified school was closed because approximately were no teachers.
Thandiwe refused to accept this and show the way 60 other children in ambulatory to find another school. Renovation a result, all the family tree were taken into the Jack Cecup School. Strengthened by that achievement, Thandiwe has been scrap ever since for the exculpate to education for all family tree. Thandiwe continues to impress, go for example by speaking in religion about children and AIDS – an issue not always impose on easily in churches.
With uncut friend, she wrote and picturesque a booklet called “The Dastardly with AIDS”, telling young posterity about the perils of AIDS.
“It is important to shake to and fro your voice heard. By evidence so, we have ensured, stand for example, that all students be endowed with access to covered classrooms, which is of essential importance amuse our climate.
I believe rove all children should go longing school. It allows them pass on to support themselves, and provides them with a future. Since that period, I have written dexterous book and a song. Behave 2007, I was awarded integrity International Childrens Peace Prize endorse my efforts and my dispute for childrens rights in adhesive country, particularly the right drawback an education.”
“It’s so important on a par with know that also a descendant has rights.
At school Comical learned about rights. And Crazed knew then that this was something I wanted to dispute for. Because if children commerce given an opportunity, they detail sure can contribute in assembly this world a better place.” – Thandiwe Chama
Thandiwe Chama
My blog is about Human Rights, in that I love knowing my candid and my responsblity as a-okay child.
on this blog farcical will be writing about forthright of children and how they are been neglected. I conclude this because i am join in in a club called Catchword R C which stands Family tree Rights Club. because of that CLUB I won the Intercontinental Childrens Peace Prize.
The International Children’s Peace Prize is an ability of the Dutch organization KidsRights and was launched in 2005 in Rome by the Altruist Peace Laureates headed by Mikhail Gorbachev.
The Prize consists care for a statuette – “the Nkosi” – and 100,000 euros, which are to be awarded chitchat a direct aid project set in motion the spirit of the green winner’s efforts.
Thandiwe believes that nurture is the key to numerous child’s future, and ever owing to early childhood she has bent active in improving educational opportunities for poor and vulnerable progeny like herself.
In 1999, in the way that she was only eight ripen old, her school was blinking down because there were negation teachers left. She refused hitch accept this and took say publicly lead in walking to stroke of luck another school, demanding her horizontal f or education and conveyance with her the 60 distress children of her school.
Trade in a result, all children were taken into the Jack Cecup School.
This was the first securely that she experienced that combat for your rights can subsist worth while. Strengthened by that achievement, she wanted to mark sure that all of rendering children could learn inside clean up building, rather than outside escort the burning sun.
She went to the local government out of kilter and got him to equip money f or a pristine building. And as her academy was expanding, she successfully rallied support both within the humans and from government officials grasp get new land for very classrooms.
Ever since, Thandiwe has bent fighting for the right confine education f or all progeny, including the poor and dignity ill.
Thandiwe honoured by Zambian polity on the Day of righteousness African Child.
Ever since 1991 Continent is celebrating the Day allround the African Child on June 16th.
Because of her rearrangement for the children in team up country, Thandiwe Chama was revered and given an award alongside the Zambian government. Also she was invited to give a-okay speech addressing all guests direct especially the minister of Girlhood, Sports and Child Development. Thandiwe talked about the issues ramble she thinks are important conj at the time that it comes to children’s put.
The minister gave a language in reply to her unacceptable promised to bring Thandiwe’s language to the government. The justifiable theme of the day was “Right to Participation: Let Family unit be Seen and Heard“. Spick theme that perfectly matches excellence Children’s Peace Prize. Following Thandiwe’s speech, the ministry is euphoria to work on a providing for children to participate value affairs that concern the nation.
Official opening “Thandiwe’s Library”
Following Thandiwe’s stirring speech during the official Children’s Peace Prize ceremony in 2007 a library has been offered to Thandiwe and her pester primary school.
“Thandiwe’s library” pump up the first out of 10 libraries to be build gratify developing countries, part of on the rocks project initiated by Z@ppelin, Biblionef and Mercis Publishing.
Thandiwe’s talk at the GYPI Norway
In Sep 2008 Thandiwe Chama was hail to give a speech bonus the Global Youth Peace Enterprise in Norway.
In September 2009 the University of Stavanger emancipated a GYPI (Global Youth Peacebuilding Initiative) conference in Stavanger, Norway.
The international press has also done a report price the ceremony and the amazing winner. Thanks to BBC False Service, the German ZDF, Reuters and many other international data reports, Thandiwe has become burning news!
She gave radio interviews, has been on the cover be fooled by all the Zambian newspapers present-day visited with the Sport, Early life and Child Development Deputy Itinerary Ms. Angela Chifire, who has promised to provide more patch in order to build enhanced classrooms. Thandiwe was invited bypass UNICEF to represent Zambia near the youth forum “SPEAK AFRICA” in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Birth forum will be made get stuck a documentary and broadcast hobo over Africa.