Read Malala's touching letter to the missing Chibok girls

A 17yr old Pakistani education activist and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize recipient
Malala Yousafzai, wrote a touching letter to missing Chibok girls to
commemorate their 1 year in captivity. In the letter, Malala who was in Nigeria in
July 2014, said she will never forget them and called on Nigerian and World
leaders to do more towards the rescue of the kidnapped girls. Full text of her
letter below...
To my brave sisters, the kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok,
On this first anniversary of your captivity, I write to you with a message of
solidarity, love and hope. My name is Malala. I am a Pakistani girl your age. I
am one of the millions of people around the world who keep you and your
families foremost in our thoughts and prayers. We cannot imagine the full extent
of the horrors you have endured. But please know this: we will never forget you.
We will always stand with you.
Today and every day, we call on the Nigerian authorities and the international
community to do more to bring you home. We will not rest until you have been
reunited with your families.
Like you, I was a target of militants who did not want girls to go to school.
Gunmen shot me and two of my friends on a school bus. All three of us
survived and are back in school. Now we speak out on behalf of all girls about
the right to get a proper education. Our campaign will continue until you and all
girls and boys around the world are able to access a free, safe and quality
secondary education.
Last July, I spent my 17th birthday in Nigeria with some of your parents and
five of your classmates who escaped the kidnapping. Your parents are grief-
stricken. They love you, and they miss you. My father and I wept and prayed
with your parents - and they touched our hearts.
The escapee schoolgirls my father and I met impressed us with their resolve to
overcome their challenges and to complete their high school education. My father
and I promised your parents and the girls who had escaped that we would do all
we could to help them. I met Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and urged
him to work harder for your freedom. I also asked President Jonathan to meet
your parents and the girls who escaped the kidnapping, which he did a few days
later. Still, in my opinion, Nigerian leaders and the international community have
not done enough to help you. They must do much more to help secure your
release. I am among many people pressuring them to make sure you are freed.
There are reasons for hope and optimism. Nigerian forces are re-gaining territory
and protecting more schools. Nigeria's newly-elected president, Muhammadu Buhari,
has vowed to make securing your freedom a top priority and promised his
government will not tolerate violence against women and girls.
You will have the opportunity to receive the education you want and deserve. The
Malala Fund and other organizations offered all your classmates who escaped the
kidnapping full scholarships to complete their secondary education. Most of the
escapee girls accepted this scholarship and are now continuing their studies at a
safe boarding school and with the support they need. We hope to someday extend
that same scholarship to all 219 of you, when you return home.
Remember that one day your tragic ordeal will end, you will be reunited with your
families and friends, and you will have the chance to finish the education you
courageously sought. I look forward to the day I can hug each one of you, pray
with you, and celebrate your freedom with your families. Until then, stay strong,
and never lose hope. You are my heroes.
Your sister,