Michaela Mycroft

Michaela Mycroft, 24, is an ability activist with cerebral palsy who won the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011.

In 2004 Michaele and her sisters founded the Chaeli Campaign in Cape Town to raise funds for her motorised wheelchair. The organisation now runs seven programs that impact the lives of more than 7 000 beneficiaries annually.

In 2012, at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago, she was awarded the Peace Summit Medal for Social Activism by Nobel Peace Laureate F. W. de Klerk, on behalf of all Nobel Peace Laureates. In 2013 she was awarded the World of Children Awards that recognises a young person under the age of 21 who has made significant contributions in the lives of other children.

At age 21, Michaela became the first female quadriplegic to summit Mount Kilimanjaro. A year later, in 2016, she and Anita Engelbrecht became the first wheelchair athletes to complete the Comrades Marathon.