Payal Jangid, Rajasthan

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All of 16 and this young girl has already received hugs and praises from Michelle Obama! Payal Jangid is a child rights activists who are working tirelessly to educate people on issues like child marriage, child labor and educating the girl child in her village, Viratnagar in Rajasthan. She is the leader of the Village Child Parliament which aims at making the village “child-friendly”.

Source:http://worldschildrensprize.org/payaljangid

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2933400/The-luckiest-girl-India-Meet-children-s-rights-activist-14-hugged-Michelle-Obama-praised-work-refused-gift.html

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/payal-jangid/article7870507.ece

 

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