Malala gives $50,000 to reconstruction of Gaza schools

October 29, 2014 22:14

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education campaigner shot by the Taliban, has donated $50,000 (Rs 30 lakh) towards the reconstruction of schools in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize winner, speaking after receiving the World Children's Prize for the rights of the child in Marienfred, Sweden, said the money would be channelled through the United Nations relief agency UNRWA to help rebuild 65 schools in the Palestinian territory. She said children in Gaza had suffered from conflicts and war and that the money would help children get "quality education" and continue their life, knowing they were not alone and that people were supporting them.

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