A 14-year-old Indian boy has been awarded the International Children's Peace Prize for leading a campaign against child labour and child slavery. Om Prakash was forced to work as a farm labourer for three years. After he was rescued, Om set up a network that aims to give all children a birth certificate as a way of helping to protect them from exploitation. Om was awarded the $100,000 (£53,000) prize organised by a Netherlands-based group at a ceremony in The Hague. Om suffered the fate of millions of children. At the age of five, he was taken away from his parents and for three years he worked in the fields. He was given two meals a day, was regularly beaten and never paid. After he was rescued, Om campaigned for free education in his native Rajastan. He then helped to set up a network of what are known as "child friendly villages".
Om Prakash was forced to work as a farm labourer for three years.
After he was rescued, Om set up a network that aims to give all children a birth certificate as a way of helping to protect them from exploitation.
Om was awarded the $100,000 (£53,000) prize organised by a Netherlands-based group at a ceremony in The Hague.
Om suffered the fate of millions of children. At the age of five, he was taken away from his parents and for three years he worked in the fields.
He was given two meals a day, was regularly beaten and never paid.
After he was rescued, Om campaigned for free education in his native Rajastan. He then helped to set up a network of what are known as "child friendly villages".
