While most 16-year-old children are out having a good time, Kehkashan Basu is on a different mission.

The Indian expat, a student at Deira International School, has been chosen as the winner of this year’s International Children’s Peace Prize. Why? Because of the work she’s doing to protect the environment. She was selected from 120 entries.

Honoured & humbled 2 receive the International #ChildrensPeacePrize @UN @UNEP @ravikarkara @iyadabumoghli @UN_Women pic.twitter.com/RkJEnEWVDW

— Kehkashan Basu (@KehkashanBasu) December 2, 2016

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She’s been doing this since she was eight…

In 2000 she organised a campaign to raise awareness on the importance of recycling waste.

In 2012 she founded Green Hope. The organisation runs waste collection, beach cleaning and awareness raising campaigns in ten countries with more than 1,000 volunteers.

Not your average teenager

Honoured to meet Isabella Lövin, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden @Good_Policies pic.twitter.com/y5z0xprS8a

— Kehkashan Basu (@KehkashanBasu) November 29, 2016

Youth taking action for a cleaner planet @GreenHopeYouth #CleanUpTheWorld in Dubai @ThaniAlZeyoudi @DMunicipality pic.twitter.com/FOZ6IrJIMK

— Kehkashan Basu (@KehkashanBasu) November 18, 2016

Organic farming plays a key role in mitigating #climatechange #ClimateAction @BCCFarm pic.twitter.com/feyKwIfPVB

— Kehkashan Basu (@KehkashanBasu) November 12, 2016

Children painting their vision of mitigating #climatechange @GreenHopeYouth conference in Dubai @Good_Policies @UN pic.twitter.com/twBqJlVQoQ

— Kehkashan Basu (@KehkashanBasu) October 22, 2016

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