Friday, July 19, 2013

Meerut girl Razia Sultan receives first UN Malala Award (Rediff News)

Razia Sultan (Image source)
How very inspiring! 

A former child laborer is now fighting against the menace of Child Labor by door-to-door campaigning and spreading the importance of child education. She has marched not only in her region, but across different parts of the country as well as Nepal.
 
A native of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the fifteen year old Razia Sultan will be awarded the first UN Malala award to commemorate Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai's contributions towards protesting against Taliban's ban on women's education. She has already changed the lives of 48 children by admitting them into schools.

It's a commendable feat - emerging from the shackles of child labor yourself and being a proponent of child education that too at such a young age!
 
Go Razia! We're vey proud of you.

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I would like to thank my brother for bringing my attention to this article.

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