On Sunday 17 April, the Janusz Korczak prize will be awarded for the second time. This prize is organised by the Janusz Korczak Vlaanderen vzw and the Polish Institute and goes to a project promoting equal chances for children and youth. The polish pedagogue, doctor and writer Janusz Korczak is its source of inspiration. The awarding is taking place during the Polish Animation Festival.

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>>> Sunday 17 April 2016 – 17:30 until 19:00
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Janusz Korczak prize
The Janusz Korczakprijs is organised by the Janusz Korczak Vlaanderen vzw and the Polish Institute and goes to a project promoting equal chances for children and youth. This year the prize is 1.000 euro.

Janusz Korczak was a polish pedagogue, doctor and writer of jewish origin. In 1912 he erected an orphanage in Warsaw for jewish children. He died tragically in the nazi concentration camp Treblinka. He is internationally regarded as the founder of the childrens’ rights movement striving for equal rights for children and adults. His philosophy is known worldwide. In Flanders his ideas are spread by the Janusz Korczak Vlaanderen vzw. In 2012, the Polish parliament declared the year 2012 as the Janusz Korczak Year in Poland.

During the Janusz Korczak Year the Janusz Korczak Vlaanderen vzw and the Polish Institute organised the first Janusz Korczak prize to reward an organisation who puts the ideas of Korczak into practice. A jury of children and specialists on childrens’ rights awarded the prize to Opre Roma. This organisation received for its projects a sum of 10.000 euro.