Sofia Tereshchenko, Anastasiia Feskova, and Anastasiia Demchenko were awarded the prize for developing a pair of apps for refugee children. Inspired by a news report of a lone child crying while crossing the Ukraine-Poland border, the trio met online and developed one app for young children who have fled their country, to help them understand where they are and how to seek help, and another for older children on how to integrate into the countries they successfully sought refuge in. The awards were held in the UK for the first time on Friday.
Aaron Scarth, 16, from Liverpool, UK, was nominated for his work advocating on behalf of the children of imprisoned parents. In 2018, he helped rewrite the Council of Europe recommendations about the children of imprisoned parents, ensuring it was available in child-friendly language and was the lead consultant for the development of a child impact toolkit for the children of prisoners. Speaking at the ceremony, he said: Whatever our parents did and didn't do, this does not define us. Sofia Tereshchenko and Anastasiia Feskova collect the annual prize.
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