Malala Day: Pakistan poor to be paid to educate kids

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The father of Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani education activist shot by the Taliban, says his daughter has been "inspired and humbled by the thousands of cards, messages and gifts" she has received.By ReutersISLAMABAD - The families of more than 3 million poor children in Pakistan will receive cash stipends if their children go to school, the government said as officials prepared to mark "Malala Day" on Saturday in support of a schoolgirl shot by the Taliban.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld U.N. officials declared Malala Day one month after 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai and two of her classmates were shot by the Pakistan Taliban. She had been targeted for speaking out against the insurgency.

In the days following the shooting, Yousufzai became an international icon and world leaders pledged to support her campaign for girls' education. She is now recovering in a British hospital.

'Malala's dreams'

On Friday, Pakistani President Asif Zardari added his signature to petitions signed by more than a million people urging Pakistan to pay stipends to families who put their girls in school in honor of Malala.

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Pray for he speedy recovery.