Malala Yousafzai

Dear All,

Many of you will have heard about Malala Yousafzai in the news, the Pakistani  girl recently shot by the Taliban after she campaigned for girls’ education, following the Taliban’s ban of this in her area. She is now recovering in hospital in Birmingham. John Walmsley asked Shanna and I to write a letter to Malala on behalf of the students here, expressing our support for her. John also said that she could come to Atlantic College with a full scholarship. Attached is the letter we plan to send to her shortly. We thought that actually it would be really good if all students and staff signed this with names and countries, so that she could see on the page more than 400 names from around the world supporting her. This way it could also be a letter from everyone at the College.

·         Friday Break, come to the Breakfast Room to sign the letter. All staff and students welcome.

Also Tariq Abid is kindly providing an Urdu translation of the letter. Malala speaks some English but this will be nice for her to see as well.

Many thanks,

Tim

LETTER (written by the President of Student Council):

Dear Malala,

We are students and staff at UWC Atlantic College in Wales, not far from where you are now. We are writing this in solidarity with your cause and with you personally. Your voice for girls' education and the courage with which you pursue it are inspiring to us. We want to express our support for your work and dedication, and also support for the many people working for girls' education around the world. We wish you and your family strength in recovering from what has happened. It is nice to know that you are being treated quite near to us. We all hope that you feel very welcomed in Birmingham.

UWC Atlantic College is a part of United World Colleges, a group of colleges around the world with the mission of making education a force to unite peoples, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. There are people from many countries and cultures here, all living and learning together. Our principal John Walmsley would like to offer you a chance to study here when you are ready. If you and your family would like, there will be a place with a full scholarship for you. To learn more about this please contact the school using the information below. It would be a great honour to have you join our school. Whether you decide that this would be a good option for you or not, we want you to know that we all hope you get well soon. We are sure whatever paths you may choose you shall do great things.

With all our best wishes, solidarity, and hope for your fast recovery,

UWC Atlantic College