Nkosi was South Africa’s most important child
"Nkosi Johnson was a true hero who everybody loved. Once he came to a center for us street children and explained how we could avoid getting Aids. He said that if we played football and one of us got injured he should be careful with open wounds. There are many children living on the street who are infected, but most of them don’t know they are. I have lived on the streets now for nearly four years because we had a serious problem in the family when my parents divorced. I couldn’t stand it and ran away from home. Now I beg to get enough money for food. I am often sad and I sniff a little glue to try to forget all of the bad things. But it was a good day when Nkosi came by. I think that he was one of the most important children in all of South Africa."
William, 15,
street child, Johannesburg

Hector Pieterson
The original photo was taken when Hector Pieterson was shot in 1976. Hector was posthumously (after his death) awarded the Children's World's Commemorative Prize at the first award ceremony for The World’s Children’s Prize 2000.
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