16 -year-old Pakistani girl child education activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban militants in Pakistan for advocating girls’ right to education, has donated all the proceeds from the sale of her portrait to Nigerian charities focused on education and advocacy for girls and women.
Speaking at the auction in New-York, Malala said:
“I am very concerned about these innocent girls — my sisters — whose only crime was going to school and learnings. I was shocked and saddened when I heard about the abduction of more than 200 girls by terrorists in Nigeria. ..
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