Winner of The World's Children's Prize 2011
Murhabazi Namegabe, Human Rights Activist and leader of the NGO BVES in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Murhabazi Namegabe has since 1989 worked with rehabilitation of former child soldiers and helped other vulnerable children:

- 4,000 child soldiers
- 4,500 girls exposed to sexual abuse
- 4,600 unaccompanied refugee children

23 million children aged 10-17 years from 101 countries have participated in the voting. Queen Silvia of Sweden handed over the prize on 28 April 2011.

Since 2004 the BVES has received financial support from the Danish Working Group for Children.

For more information about the prize, follow this link:

www.worldschildrensprize.org