Queen Silvia Receives The "Der Friedenstein" Award

Yesterday, April 7th, the Queen accepted the award Der Friedstein for her work with the World Childhood Foundation. The award was presented at a ceremony at Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha, Germany.

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The Queen is the World Childhood Foundation's founder and honorary chairman. Childhood's work is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and is religiously and politically independent. Childhood has offices in Sweden, Brazil, Germany and the U.S. and provides assistance to approximately 100 projects in 17 countries.