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Greta Thunberg awarded int’l children’s peace prize

Published : Friday, 22 November, 2019 at 12:00 AM  Count : 194

Greta Thunberg awarded int’l children’s peace prize

Greta Thunberg awarded int’l children’s peace prize

THE HAGUE, Nov 21: Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was awarded an international children's peace prize on Wednesday, for her work in the struggle against climate change which has resonated with schoolchildren across the world.
Cameroonian peace activist Divina Maloum, aged 15, also received the International Children's Peace Prize, awarded by the Dutch KidsRight organisation, which has been handing out the prize since 2005.
Thunberg could not accept her award in person at the ceremony in The Hague because she is crossing the Atlantic by boat on her way to an international climate conference in Madrid.
However she sent a message saying she was "incredibly grateful and honoured for this prize".
The 16-year-old climate campaigner left the United States in mid-November, hitching a ride to Europe aboard a catamaran to attend a UN climate summit in Madrid in early December.
Thunberg rose to international prominence last year when she founded the "school strikes for the climate" movement. Tens of thousands of children around the world have now got involved.    -AFP















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