Every year KidsRights organises a prize that aims to award a child whose courageous or otherwise extraordinary efforts have made an impact on behalf of the rights of children worldwide. 

The winner will receive the statuette “Nkosi”, a the “Desmond Tutu study and care fund” to enable the child to study and a worldwide platform to promote his/her ideals to the benefit of children’s rights. 

Furthermore, KidsRights will invest a project fund of €100,000 in projects that are closely connected to the winner’s area of work, in the country of the winner. 

Who can be nominated

• An individual boy or girl above 12 years and under 18 years of age;
• From all over the world; 
• The child must have a clear history of standing up and fighting for the rights of him/herself and other children. It is important that the child has an active approach in accomplishing this goal, which has led to a concrete result; 
• Ability to travel abroad and feel comfortable communicating with other people; 
• The child agrees to be nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize; 
• The International Children’s Peace Prize cannot be awarded posthumously; 
• Group nominations are possible provided that every individual in the group made a provable effort and co-initiated the activities that resulted in an exceptional difference in the rights of the child and the position of vulnerable children, anywhere in the world.
• Organisations are not accepted as eligible nominees. 

How to nominate

Any person above the age of 18 or organisation worldwide can nominate a child between 12 and 17 years old who has a history of standing up and fighting for the rights of him/herself and other children.

Deadline: 1 May 2024.

Find out more here.