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International Children's Peace Prize
December 8 , 2017
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- Sixteen-year-old Mohamad Al Jounde from Syria was awarded the International Children's Peace Prize for his efforts to ensure the rights of Syrian refugee children.
- Al Jounde, a refugee of the Syrian civil war, received the prize from Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her work for children's rights.
- He set up a school together with his family in a Lebanese refugee camp that currently provides 200 children with education.
- Since 2005, Kids Rights, the foundation committed to defending children's rights worldwide, annually awards the International Children's Peace Prize.
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