Dalai Lama congratulates Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala and Kailash/ENG

2014. október 11./Phayul.com/TibetPress

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DHARAMSHALA, October 11: The Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalia Lama, the 1989 Nobel peace prize winner, has congratulated the Nobel Peace Prize winner duo of Mala Yousofzai from Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi from India.

“It is a matter of great joy for me that the work you have both been doing in your different circumstances to support children and their education should have been acknowledged today,” the Dalai Lama wrote in a letter.

To Malala Yousafzai he wrote:

“For someone so young you showed immense courage in the stand you took to defend girls’ right to education. Later, you again showed tremendous strength as you recovered from the injuries inflicted by those who violently disagreed with you, That you have continued, unbowed, to promote the basic right to education earns only admiration.”

While to Kailash Satyarthi he remarked:

“Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation and someone I consider to be a personal mentor, has been of widespread inspiration across the world, for his dedication to peaceful, non-violent change. I see the award of this prize to you, his follower, as an acknowledgement of him as well.”

The Tibetan leader said the award this year to a female and a male children's rights activist from Pakistan and India respectively "emphasizes that only as human brothers and sisters will we create a more peaceful, happier world." He commended them both for working to support children who are among the most innocent and vulnerable in society, but who are also the seeds of the future, stating that that future will only be secured if we ensure that children receive a full and equal education.

He concluded both letters with the same words:

“The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to both of you serves as reminder of the fundamental importance of education if we are to improve ourselves and create a better world. It is an inspiration to children, girls and boys, everywhere.”

Both Malala and Kailash are the first individuals from their respective countries, Pakistan and India which are currently fighting on the border. Malala is also the youngest person till date to win a Nobel.