EREMONY 2007 PHOTO : ELIN BERGE
Mary Smart and the other jury members demand respect for the rights of the child in their mother tongues.
Rakesh Kumar, Hassana Hameida Hafed and Idalmin Santana from the jury.
THE WORLD’S CHILDREN’S HONORARY AWARD Inderjit Khurana
Hannah Taylor, with her speech to Cynthia Maung in her mouth, helps Gabatshwane Gumede get ready for her performance.
Bijay Kumar watches as Queen Silvia presents the prize to Inderjit Khurana. Inderjit believes that if a child can’t go to school, school must come to the child. She opened her first school for children who live and work on station platforms 21 years ago, and her organisation now runs 12 platform schools, 6 nurseries, 75 slum schools, 29 preschools, scholarship programmes for poor children, and more.
Thai Thi Nga from Vietnam presents the children’s thank you bouquet to Queen Silvia.
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