Feb 01 , 2016
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Malala seeks $1.4bn to educate Syrian refugees
London - Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai will seek to inspire world leaders at a conference in London on Thursday to commit $1.4 billion this year to give Syrian refugee children access to education, she told Reuters on Sunday.
The 18-year-old told that she will make the call to heads of state and government and ministers from countries around the world at a conference in London on Thursday. The goal of the “Supporting Syria and the region” conference is to raise funds for humanitarian crises caused by the Syrian war, according to its website.
"I have met so many Syrian refugee children, they are still in my mind. I can't forget them. The thought that they won't be able to go to school in their whole life is completely shocking and I cannot accept it," Malala said in a telephone interview.
She further said, "We can still help them, we can still protect them. They are not lost yet. They need schools. They need books. They need teachers. This is the way we can protect the future of Syria."
A Pakistani teenage education activist who came to prominence when a Taliban gunman shot her in the head on her school bus in 2012, Malala continued campaigning on the world stage and in 2014 became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk