Outstanding Youth Peaceworker
Outstanding Youth Peaceworker
The Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Youth Peacemaker seeks to recognize either a person who creates an absence of war or forges a culture of peace or someone who pursuits a career in peace building.
- Individual
- Male or Female, alive, < 35 years
- Activities create peace defined as direct peace building, either creating an absence of war, or as creating a culture of peace, or as pursuing a career in peace building activities
- Global coverage over the years
Nadia Alexandria Kendall
2024 Outstanding Youth Peaceworker
Nadia Alexandria Kendall, an academic and activist, leads the “Hidden Disability Inclusion” program at We Belong Europe, advocating for neurodivergent individuals’ inclusion and equal opportunities in the workplace.
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Nicolas Maggi Berrueta
2022 Outstanding Youth Peaceworker
Nicolas, a self-taught violinist from a poor background, gained national and international recognition for his music. He is now dedicated to creating a music conservatory in Uruguay to provide children from low-income backgrounds with access to music education.
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Boniface Mwangi
2020/2021 Outstanding Youth Peaceworker
Boniface Mwangi, a photographer and activist, created Picha Mtaani, a traveling photo exhibition, after witnessing the 2008 Post-Election Violence in Kenya. It attracted over 2 million visitors, fostering reflection, dialogue, and reconciliation.
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Franck Katschunga
2017 Outstanding Youth Peaceworker
Franck Katshunga is the founder of Peace Education, Elembo+, which focuses on maintaining unity and peace between Congolese, Africans, and all the people of the world.
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Asma Khalifa
2016 Outstanding Youth Peaceworker
Asma is a co-founder at Tamazight Women Movement, a think/do tank that is working on gender equality and research on the Indigenous women of Libya and North Africa.
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Omar Aboubaker
2016 Outstanding Youth Peaceworker
Omar was acknowledged to be an International Ambassador of Peace by the Universal Circle of the Ambassadors of Peace during the Youth World Peace Forum in Cairo in 2015.
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2024 Register to the event
The 2024 Luxembourg Peace Prize ceremony will take place at the Museum D'Art Moderne (MUDAM) and shared online.