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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