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Andhra Girl Dhanya Vasanta Wins Prestigious Dame Marie Bashir Peace Prize in Australia
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News18•30-09-2026, 13:45
Andhra Girl Dhanya Vasanta Wins Prestigious Dame Marie Bashir Peace Prize in Australia
- •Dhanya Vasanta, an NRI student from Vijayawada, won the Dame Marie Bashir Peace Prize 2026 in Australia.
- •The award was presented at the New South Wales State Parliament, Sydney, recognizing her contributions to community service, youth leadership, and peace promotion.
- •At just 12 years old, Vasanta founded "A Little Library," starting with a donation of 200 books to Westmead Children’s Hospital.
- •Her initiative has grown into a grassroots literacy movement, collecting over 10,000 books and distributing them to communities in Australia and African countries.
- •Vasanta has also built partnerships, raised funds, and mobilized volunteers to sustain her literacy initiative.
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Dhanya Vasanta, an NRI 12th-class student hailing from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, won the prestigious Dame Marie Bashir Peace Prize 2026 in Australia.
The award was presented on September 28, 2026, at the New South Wales State Parliament in Sydney.
At just 12 years old, Vasanta founded “A Little Library,” which has grown into a grassroots literacy movement that has collected over 10,000 books and distributed them to remote Australian communities and African countries.
