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Champions of Youth
At every Congress, a number of adults are honoured for their courageous support of youth issues and their leadership in securing
the investment from government and the private sector required to meet the most urgent needs of young people around the
world. The presentation of these awards is a key feature of each World Youth Congress, drawing in celebrities who lend it glamour
and providing a focus for media appeal. The Award is also, as far as we can discover, unique in the world and has been greatly apprecieated by all those, listed below, who have won the award to date:
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco
Mohammed VI
was widely referred to as the ‘young King’ when he inherited the throne from his father. He has done much
in his short reign to stimulate youth employment, youth
engagement in social, cultural and sporting activities
through building Maisons des Jeunes in every town and
city neighbourhood in his kingdom. |
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, UK
Prince
Charles was honoured for his work in setting up the
Prince’s Trust and its international arm,Youth Business
International. In thirty years,the two organisations have
enabled over half a million young people - most of them
from highly disadvantaged backgrounds, to set up and
sustain small businesses,largely through the skilful use of
adult mentors. |
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James Wolfensohn,
former President of the World Bank
Throughout his life, Jim Wolfensohn has
championed young people.When he came to the Bank,
he continued creating a new Children and Young People’s Unit, and forcing the Bank’s Board to allow the
2007 edition of their World Development Report to
focus on ‘Development and the Next Generation.’ This
is the first major UN report to address the needs of
youth, as opposed to children. A landmark event. |
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Rick Little,
Founder, Quest International and International Youth Foundation
Few individuals get to create one highly influential organisation
in their lifetimes. Rick, to date, has created two - and he
is working on a third. All seek to raise up young people
who have drawn the short straw in life’s lottery - and to
equip them with the skills, the mentorship and the unconditional love they need to make a success of their
lives. Rick knows how this is done. He came from that
background. |
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Enrique Iglesias,
former President, Inter-American Development Bank
The unanimous
choice of the Latin American delegates to our Third
Congress in Scotland, M. Iglesias championed investments in youth throughout his tenure at the IADB. The
Youth Department were responsible for directing $5bn.
in investment to youth needs in its first ten years, empowering and bringing hope to many millions of young
people across the Americas. |
To nominate a Champion click here.
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