Picture – Ritika Ghodke

Ritika

Nominated by NIWCYD - Bachpan

All 2022 Children’s Peace Prize Nominees

Ritika represents her community as a child leader since 2015. In her position as child leader, Ritika has led various awareness programs to bring light to the issues of child abuse and child labour. She further contacted her local polices to mobilise local resources on child protection issues and created a child rights wall in the police station.

Ritika also holds the position of Pri-minister and environment minister in the child cabinet of her school.  Ritika plans to extend her work on children’s issues and engage children in their localities.