Maydelith Laura

Maydelith

Nominated by María Fernanda Claudia Jamanca Hancco

All 2024 Children’s Peace Prize Nominees

Maydelith is committed to fighting for the rights of people with disabilities. She is one of the founders of “Hablemons con las manos” a youth NGO dedicated to promoting the rights of the deaf community and encouraging the learning of Peruvian Sign Language. She has impacted a community of more than 40 adolescents and young people teaching them how to interact with people with motor disabilities and how to facilitate their inclusion in society.