Divina Stella Maloum is an activist from Cameroon. She is the founder of Children for Peace (C4P) in Cameroon. She set up the organisation when she was 11 or 12 years old. She was inspired by children who were exploited, child marriages and child soldiers. She uses cartoons to communicate with children to avoid language barriers.[1] She is a changemaker for peace.[2] On November 20, 2019 - World Children's Day, when she was 14, she was joint winner of the International Children's Peace Prize together with Greta Thunberg.[3][1][4] She was one of 137 applicants from 56 countries.[5] The winners were announced by Desmond Tutu[5] and the award was presented by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi[6] in a ceremony at The Hague. The prize was 100,000 euros to be spent on their cause.
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Further reading
- African Youth Resilience Initiatives Against COVID-19 and Pandemics (PDF) (Report). African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development. pp. 23–25.
- Maloum, Divina (5 February 2021). Divina Maloum: a young activist brings change to her community in Cameroon. United Nations (in French).
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References
- ^ a b "2019 - Divina Maloum (15), Cameroon". KidsRights Foundation. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ Maloum, Divina. "Divina Maloum on the addressing the impact of Boko Haram in Cameroon through a youth-led peace movement". Missing Perspectives (Interview). Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ "Divina Stella Maloum". Women Deliver (Interview).
- ^ Kindzeka, Moki Edwin (November 21, 2019). "Cameroon Teen Girl Wins International Children's Peace Prize". Voice of America. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ a b "Desmond Tutu Announces the Winners of the International Children's Peace Prize 2019: Greta Thunberg (16) From Sweden and Divina Maloum (14) From Cameroon" (Press release). KidsRights Foundation. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-08 – via PR Newswire.
- ^ "La Camerounaise Divina Maloum lauréate du Prix International de la Paix des enfants 2019". Afrik (in French). 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2022-03-08.