By Doug Draper
In a world filled with too much suffering, fear and conflict, it is always a relief to get some good news before you want to shut the damn news right off.
Malala to receive Nobel Peace Prize for her heroic efforts on behalf of world’s children
A welcome injection of good news came this October 10th when the Norwegian-based Nobel Committee announced that it had chosen Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India as the 2014 winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their brave and tireless efforts to end the oppression of children around the world.
Malala, at age 17, is the youngest person to ever receive this century old prize and as many of you may remember, she was the girl who was shot in the face by cowardly Taliban assassins in her native Pakistan two years ago simply for being a girl wanting to go to school and get an education.
Now recovered and living and continuing her education in Britain (since she may very well be targeted for death again if she returned to Pakistan) she has become an international advocate for the right of all children, including girls, to get a quality education.
It was also good to receive the news this October 10th that Malala is following through on an invitation to visit Canada later this month to receive to be made an honourary Canadian citizen. Should make us all Canadians feel a little bit prouder about being citizens ourselves.
Kailash Satyarthi is a perfect individual to share the Nobel Peace Prize with Malala for the three decades of work he has done to stop the exploitation of children as cheap labour in sweatshops.
People like this help restore a little faith in the human race. We need many more like them in leadership roles on this planet.
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