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Filipino child rights hero honored with World's Children's Prize
POSTED ON PILIPINASGOODNEWS.COM (APRIL 29, 2011)
Filipino human trafficking fighter Cecilia Flores-Oebanda is one of the winners of the World’s Children’s Honorary Award in the 2011 World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child.
The chair of the Visayan Forum Foundation, a multi-awarded nongovernment organization that fights human trafficking, shares the award, a recognition accorded child rights advocates from around the world with Monira Rahman of Bangladesh, who was cited for helping victims of acid attacks, and Murhabazi Namegabe, who has long worked for the release of child soldiers and sex slaves in his native Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more
Pinay gets World's Children's Prize Honorary Award
POSTED ON abs-cbnNEWS.com (APRIL 28, 2011)
MANILA, Philippines - For her "tireless struggle" against child labor and trafficking, Filipina Cecilia Flores-Oebanda is one of the 2 recipients of the World's Children's Honorary Award.
The award was given by the World's Children's Prize, an educational program involving 24.5 million pupils in 102 countries. Flores-Oebanda started working at age 5, and has since committed herself to fighting for the rights of the poorest and most vulnerable children. Read more
Filipina 'rock star ' to kids is human trafficking warrior
BY TARA QUISMONDO, PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER (APRIL 28, 2011)
MANILA, Philippines—In the company of children, Filipino human trafficking warrior Cecilia Flores-Oebanda is a rock star.
“I was shocked by how the kids welcomed us. They were running toward us, cheering for us. It was really inspiring. They showed us that we were their heroes,” Oebanda said Wednesday by phone from Stockholm, narrating how she and fellow child rights advocates met with a group of children in the Swedish capital. Read more
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, POSTED ON www.washingtonpost.com
STOCKHOLM—Congolese children's rights activist Murhabazi Namegabe on Tuesday was named winner of the $100,000 World Children's Prize for his efforts to protect children exploited by armed groups in the African country.
The award foundation based in Mariefred, Sweden, cited Murhabazi's "dangerous struggle to free children forced to be child soldiers or sex slaves" in Congo. Read more
The Word's Children's Press Conference - The Philippines
Filipino child advocates speak out on the rights of the child. A human trafficking survivor reads through the thoughts shared by fellow child advocates during a program for the World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child. Some 3.2 million children all over the world joined the global vote which named Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, an internationally recognized Filipino human rights advocate and freedom fighter, as an Honorary Awardee for her work against child labor and human trafficking.
Cecilia Oebanda nominated as children's rights hero
Three amazing child rights heroes have been nominated for the World's Children's Prize 2011. They are Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, the Philippines, Murhabazi Namegabe, D.R. Congo and Monira Rhaman, Bangladesh.
These three candidates were selected from this year’s nominations by the World’s Children’s Prize International Child Jury. The prize sum for 2011 is 100,000 US dollars, which must be used in the prize laureate’s work for the rights of the child.
Learn more about the nominees and the children they fight for before you cast your vote!
Cecilia Flores-Oebanda
Cecilia was five when she started working, and has made it her life’s mission to fight for the rights of the poorest and most vulnerable children. She founded the organisation Visayan Forum, which has rescued tens of thousands of girls from slave labour and trafficking. Learn more about Cecilia
Murhabazi Namegabe
Murhabazi and his organisation BVES have freed thousands of child soldiers, girls who have been sexually assaulted by armed groups, and have taken care of more than 4,000 unaccompanied refugee children. Learn more about Murhabazi
Monira Rahman
Monira and her organisation ASF saves the victims of acid and petrol violence in Bangladesh. Most of those affected are girls, but women, boys and men are also attacked. Monira helps survivors to live an active life, with dignity. Learn more about Monira
