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Loudmouth

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"A 16-year-old girl from Zambia won the 2007 International Children's Peace Prize for her efforts to help educate children in her homeland, the organisation that awards the prize said.

The award, which includes a £72,000 grant, was established by the Amsterdam-based KidsRights Foundation in 2005.

The winner, Thandiwe Chama, comes from the Zambian capital, Lusaka. When she was eight-years-old, she began lobbying for better school facilities there after her own school was closed because of a shortage of teachers, KidsRights said in a statement.

She has since begun lecturing in churches on the dangers of HIV/Aids and speaking out against corrupt officials, but continues to be an activist for children's right to education, it said.

Irish singer Bob Geldof gave the award to Miss Chama in the ceremonial 13th century "Hall of Knights" in The Hague."

What a lovely story


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There is a nice picture of them on
http://zambianchronicle.com/2007/12/18/zambian-girl-thandiwe-chama-awarded-childrens-peace-prize-in-the-hague/

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A very short video from the ceremony. The winner is the girl in the green scarf, I think. Bob seems to be enjoying himself.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5PfSFzu6Qu4

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Thanks for this nice video!!

By the way - I have "adopted" two years ago a boy from Lusaka. It must be a place of wise children smile

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