On Saturday we went to a Award ceremony at the House of Youth in Mainz invited. There we received for our Children's protection song "Come to the Light" (Music: Marc Rohles, Lyrics: Franziska Wonnebauer) the 1st prize of the Children's Rights Prize Rhineland-PalatinateThe prize is endowed with €2.500. We will invest this in a new cooperation project with the city's youth welfare office.
More than 50 people participated in the "Come to Light" project (the name of our child protection song). Since we were only allowed to travel to the award ceremony with a maximum of 20 people, we unfortunately couldn't bring everyone involved. However, everyone who participated in the project was able to attend a [event/conference/etc.] in September 2023. Premiere party on Broadway We were invited. There, we watched the music video together and celebrated the release with popcorn and a live performance of the song. We would like to thank everyone again who contributed to the success of the project!
The four young people who sang the song, along with their families, Elke Burchert from the city youth welfare office and Franziska Wonnebauer for KRASS e.V. on site in Trier, came to the award ceremony in Mainz on June 8.6th.
A children's jury of 14 primary school students reviewed all applications in April and determined the winners.
Sixteen applications were received for the Rhineland-Palatinate Children's Rights Prize 2024 in the diverse formats of songs, projects, videos, strategies and actions.
When we heard we'd won first prize, tears of joy welled up in the eyes of one of the singers in our children's protection song. Our singer and rapper Adem (13 years old) said: "Wow, we just won first prize!"
Our four young singers, Lale, Adem, Rosa, and Johanna, then performed the song "Come into the Light" live for all the guests, accompanied by a backing track, while the video played on a screen in the background. They received what felt like minutes of applause.
Presenter Anne Grossart, who also helped supervise the children's jury, recounted the reactions of the children's jury when they saw our music video "Come to the Light" for the first time: "The video was amazing! The children were completely silent and applauded after watching the video. You really impressed and moved the children's jury."
Host and State Secretary Janosch Littig said the award winners had made children's rights "visible and tangible" with their entries. He concluded by saying, "I think the children's jury made a fantastic selection."
Go to the Newspaper report in the Trierischer Volksfreund
Following the prevention theatre piece “Dare to,” our young people performed the child protection song live again in the Europahalle in front of 350 students a few days after the award ceremony.
