Why has The Childrens Peace Movement been awarded?
The Children’s Peace Movement has received The World’s Children’s Honorary Award 2001, because it has, in an environment filled with violence, grown into a force for peace in Colombia. It is the power of the children themselves which has been put to use. Children teach other children about the rights of the child and that they have the right to demand respect for their rights. Children also help other children to forget the violence and the terrible things they’ve experienced, by involving them in moments of play and companionship. Through the Children’s Peace Movement, Colombia’s children demand peace and an end to the violence in their country.
