Timbuktu, the media company behind the bestseller Bedtime Stories for Rebel Girls, has donated $ 100 to the Malala Fund.
Rebel girls and charity. On the other hand, if they don't do it, who have put pen to paper the stories of today's princesses, modern women who are symbols of strength and courage, who can do it? This is how Timbuktu, the media company behind the bestseller "Bedtime Stories for Rebel Girls", donated $ 100 to the Malala Fund, which has been fighting for years to defend the right of every girl to receive 12 years of free, safe and healthy education. quality.
To date, there are more than 130 million girls who do not have access to school and who therefore find themselves without the possibility of choosing their future.
Malala Fund was founded in 2013 by Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani student and education activist who started raising her voice for girls' right to education when she was only 11, now the youngest Nobel laureate ever. existed. After surviving a Taliban bombing at age 15, she created the Malala Fund with her father Ziauddin.
“Malala, a globally recognized symbol for the fight against female emancipation, and an inspiration for millions of girls and young women all over the world - declared Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli, authors of Bedtime Stories for Rebel Girls. She is one of 100 women featured in the first volume of Bedtime Stories for Rebellious Girls, and she told us that many girls have come to her with our book, asking her to autograph the page with her portrait. With her founding her Malala Fund, she is leading the struggle to give all girls access to education - especially in countries where they are traditionally marginalized. We could not be more in tune with her mission and her project for a more egalitarian and bright future ”.
Cavallo and Favilli initially gave birth to the movement of Rebel Girls to increase the desire for emancipation in girls and women through examples of extraordinary and nonconformist women who have changed the world and who are still changing it today. The project then resulted in breaking a series of records in fundraising and inaugurated a new debate on the role of female role models for girls among parents, teachers and political figures.
"I would like to thank Timbuktu for their support of the Malala Fund and congratulate them on selling over a million copies of the book Bedtime Stories for Rebel Girls," said Yousafzai. I hope this wonderful book continues to inspire little girls to achieve high results for their own sake - because you don't have to be an adult to change the world. "
The book is published by Mondadori, you can find it in the bookstore or you can buy it here.
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