HM Queen Silvia of Sweden – Picture by Peter Knutson – Kungahuset.se
Laureate: Queen Silvia of Sweden
She is committed to disadvantaged and abused children, has founded the World Childhood Foundation and is also the patron of more than 60 associations, projects and events: Queen Silvia of Sweden, has been internationally active in social commitments for decades. Among many others, her dedication to dementia patients and the endowment funds she established for the benefit of research in the field of para-sports are inspiring examples of how a personality of the times can prudently and substantively make use of her social position in order to help as many people as possible.
The extensive social and human rights engagement of Her Royal Majesty was honored on 26 September 2017 at the Allianz Forum in Berlin with the Theodor Wanner Award. German Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel delivered the laudatory speech.
Queen Silvia donated the prize money to Sociedade Beneficente Alemã (German Relief Society) in São Paulo, Brazil. The association offers a qualified holistic care of the elderly with cognitive dependency. In addition, educational and cultural programmes are offered in a poor neighbourhood of São Paulo for 320 children and young people.
For further information:
http://www.ifa.de/en/about-us/preise/theodor-wanner-award.html
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Source: ifa.de
