Mayra Avellar Neves

Last July 9th Thandiwe, Mayra and Baruani attended and participated in the KidsRights MDGs Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Mayra wrote the following about her experiences there: In July 2010, I received a very cool news: I’d travel to South Africa to participate in discussions on the MDGs. I was very happy, firstly because I would travel to the mainland that I most admire, the continent where my ancestry comes from. Secondly because I [...]

I've met Mrs. Clinton!

Mayra Avellar Neves, Children’s Peace Prize winner of 2008, wrote: Today’s experience at the side-event at the UN was important, because world leaders that were present know that we young women come from the same hemisphere and they can hear what we are thinking and how we act. The purpose of the event was also [...]