Divina Maloum

{{Short description|Child peace activist}}

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.{{Cite web |title=2019 - Divina Maloum (15), Cameroon |url=https://www.kidsrights.org/advocacy/international-childrens-peace-prize/winners/divina-maloum/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=KidsRights Foundation |language=en-US}} She is a changemaker for peace.{{Cite interview |first=Divina |last=Maloum |title=Divina Maloum on the addressing the impact of Boko Haram in Cameroon through a youth-led peace movement |url=https://www.missingperspectives.com/home/divina-maloum |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Missing Perspectives |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308122158/https://www.missingperspectives.com/home/divina-maloum |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite interview|title=Divina Stella Maloum |url=https://womendeliver.org/classmember/divina-stella-maloum/ |website=Women Deliver}}{{Cite web |title=Cameroon Teen Girl Wins International Children's Peace Prize |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_cameroon-teen-girl-wins-international-childrens-peace-prize/6179821.html |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Voice of America |language=en|date=November 21, 2019|first=Moki Edwin|last=Kindzeka}} She was one of 137 applicants from 56 countries.{{Cite press release|publisher=KidsRights Foundation |title=Desmond Tutu Announces the Winners of the International Children's Peace Prize 2019: Greta Thunberg (16) From Sweden and Divina Maloum (14) From Cameroon |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/desmond-tutu-announces-the-winners-of-the-international-children-s-peace-prize-2019-greta-thunberg-16-from-sweden-and-divina-maloum-14-from-cameroon-802168463.html |access-date=2022-03-08 |via=PR Newswire|date=4 October 2019 |language=en}} The winners were announced by Desmond Tutu and the award was presented by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi{{Cite web |date=2019-11-21 |title=La Camerounaise Divina Maloum lauréate du Prix International de la Paix des enfants 2019 |url=https://www.afrik.com/la-camerounaise-divina-maloum-laureate-du-prix-international-de-la-paix-des-enfants-2019 |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Afrik |language=fr-FR}} in a ceremony at The Hague. The prize was 100,000 euros to be spent on their cause.