the child It’s finally time for Amanda and her friends in Siyangoba to perform at the WCP ceremony at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, Sweden. Here they are singing ‘Weeping’ along with new World’s Children’s Prize patrons, Vusi Mahlasela and Loreen.
Loreen and Vusi Mahlasela with WCP Laureate Malala.
Loreen and Vusi new patrons
“The band members and Child Rights Ambassadors held our Global Vote at Chris Hani Secondary School.”
front of an audience and talk about my views. Now I’m a Child Rights Trainer, and I recently held a course at my school for others who wanted to become Child Rights Ambassadors. Lots more people than I expected came, and our Child Rights Club is growing.” Global Vote on TV “We Child Rights Ambassadors organised the Global Vote Day at our school. We invited a TV journalist, who came with a team.
At the WCP ceremony, singers Loreen from Sweden and Vusi Mahlasela from South Africa became new patrons of the World’s Children’s Prize.
That evening we were on TV and millions of people in South Africa, throughout Africa and in London saw how we, the Child Rights Ambassadors in Khayelitsha, did our Global Vote! The chance to travel to Sweden, meet the jury children and Malala, and perform at the WCP ceremony was an incredible experience for us all.”
The WCP patrons, who are also Honorary Adult Friends, include five Nobel Prize Laureates and three global legends, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma, and Xanana Gusmão from East Timor. Other patrons include H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden and global leaders and members of ‘The Elders’, Graça Machel and Desmond Tutu. Loreen is a human rights activist and Vusi, who is also known as The Voice, has a foundation to give disadvantaged children the opportunity to train as musicians.
H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden
Desmond Tutu
Aung San Suu Kyi
Amanda’s song for Mandela At the WCP ceremony, Amanda sang her song to the WCP Child Rights Hero and patron, Nelson Mandela. “I wrote it for our Child Rights Hero, Mandela, to say that we still remember him and what he stood for. I wrote the song because so many people have already forgotten what he said, and continue to treat children badly. In our culture, there is a story about how people who die end up on the moon. This is how my song goes:
He stands in the moon Always knew what to do Fulfilled his plans He’s gone for good Now they let him down We honour him with pleasure Our hearts will still remember We still remember you!” 113