Winners 2022 – Rena Kawasaki (17), Japan "My ultimate goal is not to only ensure my generation has better opportunities, but that future generations have them too." 2021 - Vihaan and Nav Agarwal (17 and 14), India "We would like to encourage all young people to start their own initiatives no matter how small they seem." 2020 - Sadat Rahman (17), Bangladesh "I hope the boys and girls of Bangladesh and across the world will do a lot of good for society.” 2019 – Divina Maloum (15), Cameroon "I am standing up for peace." 2019 – Greta Thunberg (16), Sweden "We children usually don’t do as you tell us to do, we do as you do. And if you adults don’t care about my future, neither do I." 2018 - March For Our Lives-initiators, USA "For people who felt unsafe everywhere else, school is now an unsafe place as well" 2017 - Mohamad Al Jounde (16), Syria "The future is unknown, so I'm focusing on what I can do now." 2016 - Kehkashan Basu (16), UAE "Children are the future of the planet and we have the fundamental right to a life of dignity." 2015 - Abraham M. Keita (17), Liberia "No violence against children is justifiable and all violence against children is preventable." 2014 - Neha Gupta (17), USA "You have the ability to raise your voice, together our voices will be loud enough." 2013 - Malala Yousafzai (16), Pakistan "I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I am afraid of no one." 2012 - Kesz Valdez (13), Philippines ''Street children need to be healthy, to be able to make their dreams come true.'' 2011 - Chaeli Mycroft (17), South Africa "In my life, disability has never been seen as a problem or a burden. It is part of my life and an opportunity to do things differently." 2010 - Francia Simon (16), Dominican Republic "A name and nationality are indispensable and a basic right for every child." 2009 - Baruani Ndume (16), Tanzania "Children are at the heart of the refugee crisis." 2008 - Mayra Avellar Neves (17), Brazil “Education is the key to breaking the viscous cycle of poverty and violence.” 2007 - Thandiwe Chama (17), Zambia "When you educate a child you educate the nation. And an educated society is a developed country.” 2006 - Om Prakash Gurjar (14), India “If a bonded child laborer like me could see a dream of a world free from exploitation, so why not you?” 2005 - Nkosi Johnson (12), South Africa “Care for us and accept us – we are all human beings.”
