Malala donates $50,000 to schools in Gaza

Pakistani education rights campaigner, Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban, has donated $50,000 towards the reconstruction of schools in Gaza.

Speaking after receiving the World Children’s prize for the rights of the child in Marienfred, Sweden, on Wednesday, said that the money would be used to rebuild 65 schools in the Palestinian territory.
According to her, the money would be channeled through the United Nations relief agency (UNRWA).

The noble prize winner said that children in Gaza had suffered from conflicts and war, adding that the money would help children get “quality education” and continue their life.

Her words: “The needs are overwhelming – more than half of Gaza’s population is under 18 years of age. They want and deserve quality education, hope and real opportunities to build a future.

“This funding will help rebuild the 65 schools damaged during the recent conflict. Innocent Palestinian children have suffered terribly and for too long.”

Pierre Krähenbühl, UNRWA’s commissioner general, said the organisation was “deeply touched” by the gesture. It would “lift the spirits of a quarter of a million UNRWA students in Gaza and boost the morale of our more than 9,000 teaching staff there”, he said.