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Swedish non profit organization

The World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child was founded in 2000 and is run by the World's Children's Prize Foundation (WCPF), based in Mariefred, Sweden. The WCPF is a non profit organisation, independent of all political and religious affiliation, and run with support from bodies including the Swedish Postcode Lottery and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.

Patrons of the World's Children's Prize include Malala Yousafzai, the late Nelson Mandela from South Africa, Democracy Champion, and Freedom Fighter Xanana Gusmão, from East Timor. Its patrons also include Queen Silvia of Sweden, Graça Machel and Desmond Tutu. Artists Loreen and Vusi "The Voice" Mahlasele are also patrons.

Since the launch of the program in 2000, more than 55 Prize Laureates have been awarded the World's Children's Prize. YearAward typeNomineeCountry2000Anne Frank (posthumously)2000Honorary AwardHector Pieterson (posthumously)South Africa2000Honorary AwardIqbal Masih (posthumously)Pakistan 2001Asfaw YemiruEthiopia2001Honorary AwardBarefoot College (Bunker Roy)India2001Honorary AwardThe Children's Peace MovementColombia2002Casa AlianzaSouth America2002Maiti Nepal (Anuradha Koirala)Nepal2003James Aguer AlicSouth Sudan2003Maggy BarankitseBurundi2003Pastoral das CriançasBrazil2004Honorary AwardEmani DavisUnited States2004Paul and Mercy BaskarIndia2004Prateep Ungsongtham HataThailand2005Dunga MothersKenya2005Nelson MandelaSouth Africa2005Nkosi Johnson (posthumously)South Africa2006AOCMRwanda2006Craig KielburgerCanada2006Honorary AwardAna María Marañon de BohorquezBolivia2006Jetsun PemaIndia (Tibet)2007Betty MakoniZimbabwe2007Honorary AwardCynthia MaungThailand, Burma, Myanmar2007Honorary AwardInderjit KhuranaIndia2008Agnes StevensUnited States2008Honorary AwardJosefina CondoriPeru2008Somaly MamCambodia2009World's Children's Prize Decade Child Rights HeroGraça MachelSouth Africa2011Cecilia Flores OebandaPhilippines2011Monira RahmanBangladesh2011Murhabazi Namegebe, D. R. Congo2012Anna MollelTanzania2012Ann SkeltonSouth Africa2012Sakena YacoobiAfghanistan2013James Kofi AnnanGhana2013Honorary AwardKimmie WeeksLiberia2013Honorary AwardSompop JantrakaThailand2014Indira RanamagarNepal2014John WoodUnited States2014Malala YousafzaiPakistan2015Javier StauringUnited States2015Kailash SatyarthiIndia2015Prateep Ungsongtham HataThailand2017Manuel RodriguesGuinea Bissau2017Molly MelchingGuinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia2017Rosi GollmannIndia and Bangladesh2018Gabriel Mejía MontoyaColombia2018Rachel LloydUnited States2018EinarRomania2019Ashok DayalchandIndia2019Honorary AwardSpès NihangazaBurundi2019Honorary AwardGuylande MésadieuHaiti

The World's Children's Prize Foundation is regulated by Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Swedish Fundraising Control), which monitors charitable fundraising.