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The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child 2006:
Jetsun Pema
Jetsun Pema with the children
Every year hundreds of refugee children risk their lives to escape from Tibet. Many are orphans. Others are sent by their parents to escape the oppression and poverty in Chinese-controlled Tibet.

In Jetsun Pema’s Tibetan children’s villages they get a new home and the chance to go to school. She has fought for Tibetan refugee children for 40 years and the children call her ama la, which means respected mother in Tibetan.

> Meet Jetsun Pema

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Read the texts about the laureates 2006 and the children they help. Then try the quiz to see what you have learnt.
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Why has Jetsun Pema been awarded?
Jetsun Pema received The World's Children's Honorary Award 2006 for her 40-year struggle for the Tibetan refugee children in India. Her tireless work has saved lives and given tens of thousands of Tibetan refugee children a home, a family, education and hope for the future. Pema always puts the children’s interests first and has built up Tibetan Children’s Villages (TCV) into the exiled Tibetans’ largest children’s rights and educational organisation. Every year, nearly 15,000 refugee children get help through TCV. In the Tibetan children’s villages the children grow up in a loving Tibetan home with traditional Buddhist values like non-violence and respect for all life.
Portait Laom
“The only thing missing from my wardrobe is a digital watch, which would make it easier to get to school on time,' says Lamo.

> See Lamo’s wardrobe
Portait Rinchen

Rinchen has received a parcel containing a chupa, a traditional Tibetan coat. Both girls and boys in Tibet wear a chupa, an ankle-length coat or dress that is held together with a belt.

> See Rinchen’s wardrobe
portrait Sonam & Lopsang

Sonam and Lopsang, both 12, arrive in Dharamsala just as the sun rises over the mountain tops.
> Meet Sonam and Lopsang

Portait Jangchup
Jangchup has wanted to be a Buddhist monk since he was little. When the Dalai Lama’s own monastery needed new monks his parents finally allowed him to join.
> Meet Jangchup
Learn Tibetan!
Tibetan is becoming a neglected language in Tibet. Preserving their own language is an important reason why Tibetan parents send their children to schools in children’s villages in India.
> Learn Tibetan!
A clock
The day begins early in the children’s village. Rinchen is 11 years old. In his home, the home mother wakes the boys first. But they fall asleep again while she is off waking the girls!
> A day in the village
portrait Tashi
Tashi goes to school for the first time in her life. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up, but she tries hard and is happy when the teachers praise her.
> Meet Tashi
Learn more about Jetsun Pema and the TCV on: www.tcv.org.in
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