A UAE-based teenager girl has been named one of the three finalists for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2016.

The international child rights organization KidsRights named environmentalist Kehkashan Basu, 16, who founded Green Hope in 2012.

An expert committee chose Muzoon Almellehan, 18, from Syria, Basu from the UAE and Divina Maloum, 12, from Cameroon from a record number of 120 international entries.

According to the committee, a Nobel Peace Laureate will award the Children’s Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2006 Muhammad Yunus will present the prize this year, in the Hall of Knights (Ridderzaal) at The Hague on December 2.

Yunus said that, “I congratulate the three finalists and thank them for their invaluable contributions to children’s rights and sustainable peace. Our world desperately needs young change-makers like Divina, Kehkashan and Muzoon, who through their work have proved just how powerful and resilient children are. Adults do not have all the answers. Decision-makers should and must listen to the opinions of children, who have the power to ignite change and move the world.”

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