Malala Yousafzai nominated for 'Children's Nobel'

“John quit his job as a manager at the Microsoft company to fulfil his dream: to fight poverty by giving children all over the world the chance to go to school.”

Ranamagar has been nominated for her 20-year struggle for prisoners' children in Nepal.

“She grew up in extreme poverty and had to fight to be able to go to school. Even as a young girl she knew that she wanted to help other people who had hard lives,” the website candidate profile stated.

Instituted in 2000, the World Children's Prize is supported by 606 organisations and departments of education.

The World's Children's Prize Foundation is regulated by the Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Swedish Fundraising Control), which protects the interests of donors and ensures that the funds raised are used appropriately.

Leading patrons of the award are Nobel laureates Aung San Suu Kyi and Desmond Tutu and East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.

Members of the jury for the award consists of around 15 children from across the world.

“They are experts in the rights of the child through their own life experiences as debt slaves, child soldiers, street children or refugees, or through having experienced other violations of the rights of the child,” the foundation's website stated.